The recent pandemic has made it almost impossible at times for people take advantage of cultural attractions such as art galleries. However, many do offer virtual tours and in this modern age, making use of the internet to avoid missing out on exhibitions seems to be the obvious solution. Almost all the major art galleries have an online option to tour either the whole facilities or just to showcase some of their most important works. So, what are the advantages of a virtual tour?
Take your time
Over the last few decades there have been some major exhibitions of works by artists such as Monet that have sold thousands of tickets. They are often packed with people who do not want to miss out before the exhibition is packed away and the works returned to their original galleries. The downside of this is that you are often jostling for space in front of the canvases with a lot of other people and you don’t get to spend a lot of time enjoying each of the works. With an online virtual tour, you can take as long as you want to study each of the paintings.
Get close up
For each of the works, when you take a virtual tour you can enlarge the image so that you can examine it in detail. If you have a good quality device such as a refurbished MacBook Pro, the resolution will be very sharp and you will be able to look at small details of the images such as the colours and the brushstrokes. It is important to use a good quality device if you want to zoom in on the features so that the images are not distorted. While you can take a virtual tour on almost any device, you may not get the same resolution on a smartphone as you would on something with a larger screen such as a laptop or tablet.
Visit at any time
With a virtual tour, your visit to the gallery can take place at any time of the day or night. You are not limited to the opening hours of the bricks and mortar building. If you wake up at 3 am and want to catch a glimpse of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, it’s right there at your fingertips.