A GREAT CHANCE FOR FREE UK VENUES TO VISIT AND OTHER USEFUL SITES TO USE

Many of these sites are a free alternative to actually visiting the venue and some may not be available when restrictions end or even earlier. All still applicable as at 11th May

ON LINE VENUES

Alternative Chelsea Flower underthedoormat.com/explore-london/chelsea-flower-show-three-fun-

Show alternatives

Big Ben Clock Tower www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w6tK4jCH6w

Bletchley Park bletchleypark.org.uk/

Buckingham Palace www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace

British Museum britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

Chichester Festival Theatre www.cft.org.uk/flowers -for-mrs-harris-broadcast

Cirque Du Soleil – 60 Minute www.cirquedusoleil.com/cirqueconnect Specials Curve Theatre: What the www.curveonline.co.uk/news/watch-our-archive-recording-of-joe-ortons-

Butler Saw what-the-butler-saw/

Edinburgh Zoo www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/

English National Ballet www.ballet.org.uk/onscreen/watch-party/ Eugenius The Musical in full (Click the blue writing to watch) Explore top museums mumsdotravel.com/2020/03/how-to-explore-londons-top-museums-from-

home/

Full-length, smash-hit www.youtube.com/channel/UCdmPjhKMaXNNeCr1FjuMvag musicals

Globe Theatre www.shakespea resglobe.com/watch/

Houses of Parliament www.parliament.uk/visiting/virtualtour/ London Theatre www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/watch-theatre-online-or-at-home-

musicals-plays-drama-opera-ballet/

London Zoo www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/virtual-london-zoo Museum of London www.museumoflondon.org.uk/about-us/business-services/venue-

Docklands hire/museum-london-docklands/virtual-tour

Metropolitan Opera Live www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/ streams

Museum of London https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands Docklands

National Gallery https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours

Natural History Museum www.nhm.ac.uk/

National Theatre www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw

National Theatre. Full length www.youtube.com/user/ntdiscovertheatre plays

Picasso Museum Barcelona http://courtyard.museupicassobcn.org/

Royal Academy of Arts www.royalacademy.org.uk/ Royal Albert Hall various www.list.co.uk/article/115618-royal-albert-hall-launches-royalalberthome-

events to-stream-season-of-free-shows/

Royal Institute Lectures www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch

RSPB https://www.rspb.org.uk/

Shakespeare’s Globe www.shakespearesglobe.com/watch/#now-showing productions Stonehenge www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history-and-

stories/stonehenge360/

Tate Britain www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain

Ten Downing Street www.eyerevolution.co.uk/case-study/10-downing-street/ The Shard www.the-shard.com/news/shard-view-virtual-reality/ The Other Palace. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJHafQr6Cxs ( Myth the musical)

The Royal Albert Hall www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/series/royal-albert-home/ The Royal Opera House. www.roh.org.uk/news/the -royal-opera-house-launches-a-programme-of-

free-online-content-for-the-culturally-curious-at-home

V and A Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzvjVIeLTzU www.hotukdeals.com/deals/free-virtual-tours-louvre-british-museum- Virtual tours of Art galleries wall-of-china-exoplanet-nasa-uffizi-van-gogh-salvatore-dali-museum- and-more-3429850

Westminster Abbey https://www.westminster-abbey.org/learning/virtual-tours

Windsor Castle www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-windsor-castle World Heritage Sites earth.google.com/web/@0,0,0a,22251752.77375655d,35y,0h,0t,0r

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LIST OF OTHER FREE NON - UK VENUES. CLICK TO ENTER THEM

African Animals Kansas City Zoo Pyramids AirPano Langley Research Centre, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Atlanta Zoo NASA Salvatore Dali Museum, Berliner Philharominker Legoland Spain Cincinnati Zoo Louvre Museum Paris San Diego, California, Zoo Colosseum, Rome Machu Picchu Smithsonian, Washington DC Dublin Zoo MASP, Sao Paolo, Brazil Street Art with Google ExoPlanets Nasa Melbourne Zoo Taj Mahal, Agra, India Explore.org Live Cams Met Museum, New York The Great Wall Of China Flamingo Land Musei Vaticani, Vatican City The J. Paul Getty Museum, LA. Florida Aquarium National Aquarium, USA The Kennedy Centre Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain National Gallery Of Arts, Tour of Rome, Italy Hermitage Museum, St Washington Van Gogh Museum, Petersburg, National Zoo, Washington DC Amsterdam, Hirakawa Zoo, Japan Northern Lights Virginia Living Museum International Wolf Centre Osaka Zoo Virtual Japan Picasso Museum, Barcelona Walt Disney Parks Wellcome Collection Yellowstone National Park

OTHER INTERETING SITES

Action Fraud Contact details www.actionfraud.police.uk/

Animals at Home www.zoo.org.au/animals-at-home/ Architecture documentaries www.openculture.com/2016/04/watch-50-documentaries-on-famous-

architects-buildings.html

Coronavirus Scams to avoid www.nationaltradingstandards.uk/news/beware-of-covid19-scams/

Gardeners World www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mw1h Geography of Britain and www.geograph.org.uk/ Ireland

Jigsaw puzzles to do online www.jigsawplanet.com/AshmoleanMuseum

Live Music Streams www.jambase.com/livestreams Online Boredom Busters chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/list-of-online-resources-for-anyone-who-is-

isolated-at-home

Open Culture www.openculture.com/ The History Channel www.youtube.com/user/historychannel

Zoom. Tips on starting up and edu.gcfglobal.org/en/zoom/getting-started-with-zoom/1/ using it

Daily Mail briefings to your https://www.mailplus.co.uk/briefings?signin=none Inbox National Geographic Magazine www.youtube.com/channel/UCpVm7bg6pXKo1Pr6k5kxG9A

Or if you prefer the radio to the Internet here are some programmes you might like on Radio 4 Extra

Mondays – Dad’s Army, 7.30 p.m. Tuesday – The Goon Show 7.00 p.m. Wednesdays from 8.30 p.m. (currently, Agatha Christie’s Poirot) Thursdays – I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again Every evening from 8.00 – 9.00 p.m. 2 detective stories which include Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, Miss Marple, Paul Temple and Lord Peter Whimsey. Every evening from 10.00 p.m. Two hours Comedy Club

BBC 4 The Reith Lectures given by Grayson Perry were very entertaining and although they ended on 28 March can be heard on BBC Sounds.

Jazz FM (only on DAB radio) 7.00 pm until 9.00 p.m. Dinner Jazz, described as jazz to unwind to after a stressful day.