Google collaborates with major art museums around the world

Unveiled yesterday, February 1, the Art Project is “a unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail.”


Over the past 18 months, Google and 17 prestigious art museums have worked together to bring art to you, giving the viewer an intimate and personal look into celebrated artists and artworks. The project includes a virtual gallery with 360 degree tours using Street View technology, super high resolution images, and the ability to curate your own collection and save it to the computer.



Can’t get to the palace of Versailles? Don’t worry, through the Google Art Project, you can still marvel at its gilt ceilings and lovingly decorated halls. Never had the chance to see a Rembrandt or a da Vinci or a Caravaggio up close? Always wanted to visit an Egyptian temple or stand before a grand statue of a Buddhist priest? Google’s got them all.



Discover the brushstrokes of a van Gogh painting or the intricate flowers in a Botticelli work, listen to audio guides, find notes on the history of each work and its artist, share your favorite work with friends, and explore each museum.



The seventeen museums participating in the project include:

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

The Frick Collection, New York City

Tate Britain, London

The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Museum Kampa, Prague

Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid

Palace of Versailles, Versailles

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.

National Gallery, London

Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Gemaldegalerie, Berlin



With over one thousand artworks on display, Google’s virtual museum is a groundbreaking new technological advancement in the museum world, bound to change the way we view and experience art. Works range from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Autumn Landscape window at the Met, to The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein at the National Gallery, to the intricate 18th century Peacock Clock located in The State Hermitage Museum, to beautifully designed Islamic bowls from the Freer Gallery, to Botticelli’s La Primavera at the Uffizi, and to the large plaster sculptures of modern artist Miloslav Chlupac at the Museum Kampa. With Google Art Project, there is something for everyone, a chance to connect with art across the world and beyond our time.