STUCK AT HOME ! ♡

A list of free, online, boredom-busting resources!

Click on any of the underlined headings/links below to find out more.

Virtual tours

• Roman fort 

• Museums from around the world - Virtual, online tours

• Access to 500 Museums & Art Galleries - Free, online

• Future Learn - Explore the architecture and history of Rome, walking around a 3D digital model of the ancient city, with this free online course.

• Virtual Tours  - Virtual online tours - including zoos, landmarks in foreign countries, etc.
• Aquarium – Georgia aquarium allowing you to tour under the sea

Online learning

• University of Alabama - Free online archaeology and Egyptology Uni courses (create an account to log on)

• Open Learn - Free, online courses, Open university

• BBC languages - Learn languages online free

• FrenchTeacher.Net - Free French study packs

• Sociology courses - Free online study

• Creative courses - Free online study

• A range of short, free online courses 

 Geography and nature

• National Geographic

• Tutorful - Top Geography websites, YouTube videos, and resources

• Project Noah – Global site where you can view and share wildlife

• Seterra - Free world geography, online quizzes

• Online film festival - Resistance in the Rainforest

 Music

*Check the location/time zones of live-streamed concerts to calculate the UK start time. Time Zone calculator

• Concerts online - Various concerts held without audiences to stream online for people having to stay at home - list of live streaming concerts

• Free Opera  - Dates confirmed until the end of March. Check the website via the link for future dates to be added

• Free classical orchestras - Live streaming performances

• Free Chamber music - Live streaming

• Berlin Philharmonic orchestra - Live streams and performance archive

• Announcements/lists - of worldwide performances being streamed

• Livestream concerts list - artists and bands

• Bands and artists - streaming performances 

• Full-length concerts - watch online free

• Celebrities performing on social media

• Facebook Virtual Choir - Duet with a choir online

Arts and culture

• J P Brewer - View classic paintings online

• Walter's Museum - houses the highest artistic achievements from nearly every corner of the world. View some of the past, present, and future exhibitions

• Rob Biddulph an artist posting draw-along videos via Twitter here

• Google Arts and culture - Learn something new every day!

 Literature online

• Gutenburg - Download free books, e.g. Shakespear, Edgar Allen Poe, Frankenstein, etc.

• Solomon Kingsnorth - Books in PDF, Word and audiobook format - Alice in Wonderland / Wind in the Willows / The Railway Children / The Jungle Book / Peter Pan / Black Beauty

• Read great literature online - Free Ebooks, poetry, classic literature

• Read Free Literature - also includes study guides

• 50,000 free ebooks - arranged by genre

• Open Library Access - Free

Entertainment

• Expeditions App- Free virtual Reality Augmentation app for all ages, to take virtual trips around the world to hundreds of destinations.

• Podcasts - Free to download

• Board Game arena - Play board games online free

Miscellaneous

• UK parliament  - Politics, history, citizenship, etc. Written for children and young people, but lots of very interesting information, including how laws are made.

• Historical association - Learn about 20th Century history

• National Trust sites  - Free access to their sites - please check their website first for updates

Anxiety/Mental health

• WHO guidance to support mental health during this time

• MIND coronavirus and your wellbeing

• 9 ways to stay positive during this period 

• Blog from Anna Mathur, Psychotherapist - dealing with Coronavirus anxiety