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HOME OF THE BIG RED ONE APRIL 3, 2020 PAGE 12 Travel & Fun in Kansas Gail Parsons 1ST INF. DIV. POST COVID-19 has families and children unable to travel and explore the wonders of Kansas. But people can still take a virtual adventure. Many museums and land- marks around the world offer on- line exhibitions and virtual tours of their facilities. Art, history, architecture, nature and more are a click away. Students and adults can log onto https://virtu- alschoolactivities.com/ and have access to a growing list of virtual tours from around the world. The Smithsonian Institu- tion is the world’s largest mu- seum, education, and research complex. They are offering distance-learning resources to support teachers and students facing challenges in the midst of nationwide school closures due to COVID-19. The resources, which focus on pre-kindergarten through 12th grade education, include tailored lesson plans tied to national learning standards and added support for educators and parents. Visit them at https://www. si.edu/ for an array of informa- tion, tours and projects covering art and design, history and cul- ture and science and nature. Un- der the Explore and Learn tab at the top of the homepage, click on For Kids to find games and activities for children to learn and have fun with. ART The Metropolitan Museum of Art at https://www.louvre.fr/ en offers virtual tours and a look as several collections of art. The Met was founded in 1870, since that time, it has grown its col- lection to encompass more than 5,000 years of art from across the world and decades. Visitors to the website can browse collections of art, watch videos with step-by-step instruc- tion for art projects or take a vir- tual tour. The Louvre in France is closed as that country also strug- gles with COVID-19. However, their website at https://www. louvre.fr/en brings the virtual visitor through its halls with video and art lessons. Home to the Mona Lisa, the Louvre covers 15 acres of exhibit space and has extensive collections of art from France and around the world. It is one of the largest art museums in the world. The Guggenheim offers the following message on its web site at https://www.guggen- heim.org/plan-your-visit/gug- genheim-from-home: “Since its founding, the Solomon R. Gug- genheim Museum has main- tained a belief in the transforma- tive powers of art. In uncertain times such as these, art can pro- vide both solace and inspiration. Although our catalytic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building is temporarily closed, we remain a virtual community committed to igniting ideas, discussion and creativity.” NATURAL HISTORY The National Museum of Natural History is part of the Smithsonian but has additional virtual tours of past and perma- nent exhibitions. Go to https:// naturalhistory.si.edu/ and ex- plore Bone Hall with skeletons that represent an unparalleled study collection of every major group of vertebrate animals. Or, Uncover the world of ancient Egypt through the ceramics, tools, and jewelry found in an- cient tombs, along with mum- mies from more than 2,000 years ago. The Natural History Mu- seum in London, https://www. nhm.ac.uk/ answers natural his- tory questions about the smallest insects to the largest mammals, its website states. There are also videos to show hands on activi- ties people can do at home. National Geographic brings children on outdoor adventures at on https://kids. nationalgeographic.com. In ad- dition to videos of animals, sci- ence and history, the website has activities for children to do. HISTORY The National Museum of American History brings visitors through the decades that shaped out country at https:// americanhistory.si.edu/. Among the online exploration is an ex- hibit called Becoming Us. “The people of North Amer- ica came from many cultures and spoke different languages long before the founding of the United States, even before European contact,” the website states. “At the center of Becom- ing US is the understanding that some people were already in the land that is today the United States, some people were brought against their will, some people came voluntarily, and some people never moved but became part of the United States as its border expanded to include them.” The Library of Congress is America’s oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 162 mil- lion items. The collections in- clude books, sound recordings, motion pictures, photographs, maps, and manuscripts, ac- cording to its website at https:// www.loc.gov/exhibits/. Visitors to the website can browse ex- hibits as varied as the world of comic art and suffrage. The Oriental Institute Museum of Chicago at https://oi.uchicago.edu/vir- tualtour brings visitors on a virtual tour that showcases the history, art, and archaeol- ogy of the ancient Near East. The Museum displays objects recovered by Oriental Institute excavations in galleries devoted to ancient Egypt, Nubia, Per- sia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Ana- tolia, and the ancient site of Megiddo. JUST FOR FUN The International Spy Museum invites people to spy on them from home by visit- ing https://www.spymuseum. org/. In addition to virtual tours and exhibits The Mu- seum has lessons, resources and activities that support traditional curriculum in a range of subjects. The Atlanta Zoo lets people watch their pandas on the Pandacam at https:// zooatlanta.org/panda-cam/. And over at Duke Farms web- site https://www.dukefarms. org/making-an-impact/eagle- cam/ people can watch eaglets in a nest on the eagle cam. Bill Nye the Science Guy has science experiments and ac- tivities that kids can do at home on his website https://www.bill- nye.com/home-demos. Stay-cations take on new meaning with COVID-19 Spc. Shell says goodbye and hopes everyone finds new things to visit in Kansas. Courtesy photo Travel to France but never leave the house. Take a tour of the Louvre and collections of art that spans the centuries. Courtesy photo Walk the halls and view the exhibits to discover history in its earliest days in a Natural History Museum virtual tour. Courtesy photo See a copy of the first successful newspaper comic strip in an online exhibit of comic art through the decades at the Library of Congress website. Courtesy photo National Geographic Kids takes children on outdoor adventures at https:// kids.nationalgeographic.com. In addition to videos of animals, science and history, the website has activities for children to do. Courtesy photo Watch Tai Shan, the giant panda cub at Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Learn more about Tai Shan and other animals at the National Zoo website Courtesy photo Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian Institution Building, “The Castle,” on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Travel & Fun in Kansas
Gail Parsons1ST INF. DIV. POST
COVID-19 has families and children unable to travel and explore the wonders of Kansas. But people can still take a virtual adventure.
Many museums and land-marks around the world offer on-line exhibitions and virtual tours of their facilities. Art, history, architecture, nature and more are a click away. Students and adults can log onto https://virtu-alschoolactivities.com/ and have access to a growing list of virtual tours from around the world.
The Smithsonian Institu-tion is the world’s largest mu-seum, education, and research complex. They are offering distance-learning resources to support teachers and students facing challenges in the midst of nationwide school closures due to COVID-19. The resources, which focus on pre-kindergarten through 12th grade education, include tailored lesson plans tied to national learning standards and added support for educators and parents.
Visit them at https://www.si.edu/ for an array of informa-tion, tours and projects covering art and design, history and cul-ture and science and nature. Un-der the Explore and Learn tab at the top of the homepage, click on For Kids to find games and activities for children to learn and have fun with.
ARTThe Metropolitan Museum
of Art at https://www.louvre.fr/en offers virtual tours and a look as several collections of art. The
Met was founded in 1870, since that time, it has grown its col-lection to encompass more than 5,000 years of art from across the world and decades.
Visitors to the website can browse collections of art, watch videos with step-by-step instruc-tion for art projects or take a vir-tual tour.
The Louvre in France is closed as that country also strug-gles with COVID-19. However, their website at https://www.louvre.fr/en brings the virtual visitor through its halls with video and art lessons.
Home to the Mona Lisa, the Louvre covers 15 acres of exhibit space and has extensive collections of art from France and around the world. It is one of the largest art museums in the world.
The Guggenheim offers the following message on its web site at https://www.guggen-heim.org/plan-your-visit/gug-genheim-from-home: “Since its founding, the Solomon R. Gug-genheim Museum has main-tained a belief in the transforma-tive powers of art. In uncertain times such as these, art can pro-vide both solace and inspiration. Although our catalytic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building is temporarily closed, we remain a virtual community committed to igniting ideas, discussion and creativity.”
NATURAL HISTORYThe National Museum of
Natural History is part of the Smithsonian but has additional virtual tours of past and perma-nent exhibitions. Go to https://naturalhistory.si.edu/ and ex-
plore Bone Hall with skeletons that represent an unparalleled study collection of every major group of vertebrate animals. Or, Uncover the world of ancient Egypt through the ceramics, tools, and jewelry found in an-cient tombs, along with mum-mies from more than 2,000 years ago.
The Natural History Mu-seum in London, https://www.nhm.ac.uk/ answers natural his-tory questions about the smallest insects to the largest mammals, its website states. There are also videos to show hands on activi-ties people can do at home.
National Geographic brings children on outdoor adventures at on https://kids.nationalgeographic.com. In ad-dition to videos of animals, sci-ence and history, the website has activities for children to do.
HISTORYThe National Museum
of American History brings visitors through the decades that shaped out country at https://americanhistory.si.edu/. Among the online exploration is an ex-hibit called Becoming Us.
“The people of North Amer-ica came from many cultures and spoke different languages long before the founding of the United States, even before European contact,” the website states. “At the center of Becom-ing US is the understanding that some people were already in the land that is today the United States, some people were brought against their will, some people came voluntarily, and some people never moved but became part of the United States
as its border expanded to include them.”
The Library of Congress is America’s oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 162 mil-lion items. The collections in-clude books, sound recordings, motion pictures, photographs, maps, and manuscripts, ac-cording to its website at https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/. Visitors to the website can browse ex-hibits as varied as the world of comic art and suffrage.
The Oriental Institute Museum of Chicago at https://oi.uchicago.edu/vir-tualtour brings visitors on a virtual tour that showcases the history, art, and archaeol-ogy of the ancient Near East. The Museum displays objects recovered by Oriental Institute excavations in galleries devoted to ancient Egypt, Nubia, Per-sia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Ana-tolia, and the ancient site of Megiddo.
JUST FOR FUNThe International Spy
Museum invites people to spy on them from home by visit-ing https://www.spymuseum.org/. In addition to virtual tours and exhibits The Mu-seum has lessons, resources and activities that support
traditional curriculum in a range of subjects.
The Atlanta Zoo lets people watch their pandas on the Pandacam at https://zooatlanta.org/panda-cam/. And over at Duke Farms web-site https://www.dukefarms.
org/making-an-impact/eagle-cam/ people can watch eaglets in a nest on the eagle cam.
Bill Nye the Science Guy has science experiments and ac-tivities that kids can do at home on his website https://www.bill-nye.com/home-demos.
Stay-cations take on new meaning with COVID-19
Spc. Shell says goodbye and hopes everyone finds new things to visit in Kansas.
Courtesy photo
Travel to France but never leave the house. Take a tour of the Louvre and collections of art that spans the centuries.
Courtesy photo
Walk the halls and view the exhibits to discover history in its earliest days in a Natural History Museum virtual tour.
Courtesy photo
See a copy of the first successful newspaper comic strip in an online exhibit of comic art through the decades at the Library of Congress website.
Courtesy photo
National Geographic Kids takes children on outdoor adventures at https://kids.nationalgeographic.com. In addition to videos of animals, science and history, the website has activities for children to do.
Courtesy photo
Watch Tai Shan, the giant panda cub at Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Learn more about Tai Shan and other animals at the National Zoo website
Courtesy photo
Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian Institution Building, “The Castle,” on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
