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NCJWA Vic offers a set of programs for seniors which encourages social interaction, improve health and provides inspiring experiences for older women and men. The programs are inclusive and offer a sense of community and family. The Golden Age Clubs are open to Holocaust survivors from the former Soviet Union living in social housing. Participants are offered exercise classes, discussion groups, visits to different places of interest and a way to connect with their Jewish heritage through celebration of festivals. The Golden Age Clubs take place now virtually, using telephone conferencing. The meetings are held in small groups and are facilitated by our program coordinator. The meetings include guest speakers, educational programs, and discussion groups. We have also introduced the initiative ‘NCJWA Vic Sessions’, for Seniors Program volunteers also offering group discussions and guest speakers via Zoom. NCJWA Vic has the ability to evolve as situation changes, we are constantly updating the ways in which we operate to meet the current needs of our community. We will keep supporting those who are in need, while adapting to the reality and identifying new opportunities to work within the current environment.

The Jam Project is a teenage - buddy program matching girls aged 14-16 years with a female 'buddy' aged 21-28, with the goal of promoting the empowerment of girls, while helping to build their own sense of self-worth, self-belief and autonomy. Ordinarily, this is achieved through secure and reliable fortnightly catch ups for up to a period of a year. In addition monthly group sessions bring the girls and buddies together for workshops and activities that enhance their mindset and promote their curiosity, resilience and autonomy. The girls and their buddies now catch up weekly on phone or Facetime and staff are in regular weekly contact with them. The program offers ad hoc activities for buddies and girls in Zoom while maintain the monthly group sessions. We also introduced a weekly newsletter for the Jam Family (girls, buddies and parents) which provides discussion topics and stay at home activities that the girls and buddies can share.  

Caring Mums is a confidential, non- denominational program providing emotional support to mothers and pregnant women. It matches trained volunteers to new mums with the goal of developing secure trusting relationships. Through up to 12 months of regular weekly meetings, mums’ feelings of isolation, anxiety and depression decrease, while their parenting confidence, sense of belonging and connection grow significantly. In response to the COVID- 19, NCJWA Vic quickly adapted the program to operate in the on-line environment. Our priority was to keep offering our service as we understood the impact this reality could have on vulnerable and isolated populations. Face to Face weekly catch ups between the participant and her volunteer were replaced by Facetime calls, often accompanied by small acts of kindness such as a take away coffee left on the participant’s door step. Sometimes the volunteer accompanied the participant virtually (via Facetime) on a walk. Our Caring Mums team have maintained fortnightly supervision sessions for volunteers via zoom and are always available by phone. New intakes have continued with staff matching new mums to volunteers. We continue to train new volunteers to meet demand. All volunteers receive 20 hours of training. Usually this takes place over 5 weeks in a face to face setting. The most recent training was interrupted by the pandemic and quickly switched to an online platform. To counteract the enhanced isolation many of our participants were experiencing we introduced a new virtual mothers’ group ‘Caring Mums Together’. The group is facilitated by Michelle Kornberg (Caring Mums Coordinator, educator, family counsellor, parenting, relationships and grief specialist) and meets weekly. The group are in regular contact between sessions via WhatsApp. In addition, we have initiated a fortnightly Caring Mums newsletter for all Caring Mums stakeholders with interesting parenting articles, podcasts and Ted Talks.

In the first of two articles, teacher educators Kate Coleman and Abbey MacDonald share practical examples of how visual arts teachers transformed the ways they connected and communicated with students, and each other, during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown to ensure a continuity of learning.

Enjoy live music with the Melbourne Recital Center. 

Learn more about the Mona Musuem, "Australia's most extravagant museum".

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has created an online space for Australian libraries to share their strategies in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Gallery of Australia's collections include more than 160,000 works of art across four main areas: Australian art, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, Asian art and European and American art. 

Accès aux dernières nouvelles sur la culture et les arts dans le monde entier.

Public presentation of a global study on human reactions to Covid-19 pandemics and other catastrophes. The study, undertook in the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Dyclam + Master programme,on Cultural Landscapes, includes three parts: adaptations to Covid-19; adaptations and transformation following other catstrophes (warsm tsunami, earthquakes, plague); and human reflection across pace and time, since the middle ages. The study, coordinated by Luiz Oosterbeek, is part of teh research programme of the UNESCO-IPT chair in Humanities and Cultural Integrated Landscape Management, and is available online.

Short video of the Museum of Mação, in Portugal, on the importance of tangibility, within the precaution safety measures imposed by the pandemic. The video was prepared involving several Erasmus Mundus mater students (International Master in Quaternary and Prehistory and DYCLAM + Master in cultural landscapes) and the UNESCO-IPT chair in Humanities and Cultural Integrated Landscape management.

Publication edited by the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, in collaboration with Turismo Centro National Agency in Portugal, the business corporation NERSANT and the UNESCO-IPT chair in Humanities and Cultural Integrated Landscape Management. The e-book, coordinated by Luís Mota Figueira and Luiz Oosterbeek, includes 15 contributions from various sectors, addressing the Tourism and Culture prospects following the impact of the current pandemic crisis.

This is a document that collects a series of art education practices that have taken place in Portugal since the beginning of the lockdown. To celebrate the International Arts Education Week 2020, Arte Central launched this project called "Set of Art Education Practices: visual arts in pandemic times". We invited teachers from all levels of education to participate by sharing the activities they are working on with students. We received 30 generous contributions, here collected, but teachers continue to send us material, so that we might have to launch a second edition, with more activities. As a member of the International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA) and of the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE), Arte Central has decided to mark that special week by becoming an aggregating element, making the bridge between these teachers, sharing their practices, in order also to understand what is happening in Visual Arts in our formal education system.

On the occasion of World Art Day, Club per l'Unesco Genova Città Metropolitana along with AIAP/IAA INDIA, official partner of UNESCO in India, under UNIVART Foundation had organised an e-seminar on the ResiliArt movement. In this time of crisis, when the world is suffering from economic and psychological trauma, art has become a primary source of solace. The health crisis brought on by the novel corona virus has plunged the global economy into a recession. Majority of UNESCO World Heritage properties have closed down, along with cultural institutions and museums. The artists are struggling to survive as their medium of income has been ‘locked down’. The e-seminar was held on 24th April 2020, representing countries such as Italy, Turkey, Germany and India. The event was inaugurated by Manaj Saha (President IAA INDIA, official partner of UNESCO) who began the discussion on ResiliArt with Massimo Ruggero (President of Club of UNESCO Genova). The chief speaker was Bedri Bakyam (President of IAA World, official partner of UNESCO) and his speech was followed by Eva Moll (Curator and Artist). The debate focused on the power of artistic expression and its value from a psychological point of view. Another ‘e-seminar’ was held on 26th April 2020 by AIAP/IAA INDIA, official partner of UNESCO in India, under UNIVART Foundation. The discussion took place between Mr. Manaj Saha, President of IAA INDIA, Official Partner of UNESCO and Mr. Amit Bhar, Vice President of IAA INDIA, Official Partner of UNESCO, along with Mr. Samir Sarkar, Eminent Artist and Art Activist and Dr.Neerja Chandna Peters, awardee of Wales Hartley.

With the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, country - wide lock down in India, and the fear and uncertainty, we took the initiative to organize online events (50 programs so far) via our Facebook page MusiCal (https://www.facebook.com/bncmusical/) with our folk singers and musicians of Rajasthan (94 folk singers and musicians) and Bengal (46).

In the wake of preventive measures of the Government of India to contain the spread of Covid-19, and to encourage people to #StayIn and #StayHome, the National Book Trust, India in its efforts to encourage people to read books while at home, is providing its select and best-selling titles for FREE Download as part of its initiative of #StayHomeIndiaWithBooks!
 

The National Portal and Digital Repository for Indian Museums are developed and hosted by Human-Centred Design & Computing Group, C-DAC, Pune as per the agreement with Ministry of Culture, Government of India. HCDC Group has also developed JATAN: Virtual Museum software which is used for creating the digital collections in various museums and digital archival tools that are used in background for managing the national digital repository of museums.

A work of community art in a park in Joensuu, Finland. Everyone could place their own sculpture in the vicinity of the others.

High meets low in the web portal created for the joint World Heritage Site of the Swedish High Coast and the low-lying Kvarken Archipelago in Finland. So make a virtual visit to this transboundary natural heritage site and get to know the story behind its unique geology and nature! The story is enriched with brand new videos and animations. Photo: Liselott Nyström Forsén

The Vrouw Maria (Lady Mary) was a 18th Century Dutch vessel that sank in Finnish waters on its way to Saint Petersburg, bearing a precious cargo destined for the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia. It represents a valuable piece of European underwater cultural heritage: thanks to digital technologies anyone can “visit” the shipwreck - and with no need to be a scuba diver. Researchers and students at the Department of Media (Media Lab Helsinki) in Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, have created an interactive, real-time, virtual reality simulation about the Vrouw Maria shipwreck.

Visitors can see Suomenlinna from a bird's view and go inside tunnels, venues and services of the fortress

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the Archives of Latvian Folklore of the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art (University of Latvia) and Punctum Magazine launched an initiative "Diaries in the Time of Pandemic 2020". The aim of the initiative is to identify and through diary entries document, how our society feels during the pandemic – in a situation where there is so much unknown and we are forced to isolate ourselves and spend more time in our homes than ever before. But above all, the project aims to create a sense of community, because although we are confined in our own four walls, we are all in this together. The initiative invites anyone to document their life during these uncertain times in Latvia and contribute to the collection "Diaries in the Time of Pandemic 2020". Diaries can be sent via email or tagged @autobiografijas.lv if posted on Facebook. All submitted diaries are published in the Digital Archives of Latvian Folklore. They can be submitted anonymously as well. The project is carried out in cooperation with Kroders.lv and UbiSunt.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the Archives of Latvian Folklore of the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art (University of Latvia) and Punctum Magazine launched an initiative "Diaries in the Time of Pandemic 2020". The aim of the initiative is to identify and through diary entries document, how our society feels during the pandemic – in a situation where there is so much unknown and we are forced to isolate ourselves and spend more time in our homes than ever before. But above all, the project aims to create a sense of community, because although we are confined in our own four walls, we are all in this together. The initiative invites anyone to document their life during these uncertain times in Latvia and contribute to the collection "Diaries in the Time of Pandemic 2020". Diaries can be sent via email or tagged @autobiografijas.lv if posted on Facebook. All submitted diaries are published in the Digital Archives of Latvian Folklore. They can be submitted anonymously as well. The project is carried out in cooperation with Kroders.lv and UbiSunt.

Tales and Legends of Honduras narrated by the announcer, journalist and writer Jorge Montenegro and illustrated by the artist María José Martínez.

Catalog of masks made by Panamanian hands

Virtual visit of the National Theatre of Panama

Audiovisual magazine “Entre Nos” and a series of “cultural capsules” to promote initiatives on the Panamanian cultural scene, through the International Cultural Center (CCI) accounts on social networks.

A unique Panama City tour through sounds and more than 200 stories about the city told by its inhabitants. Panama as if you were there!

WHV Webinar Series, second session titled 'International Voluntary Service: engaging youth in heritage preservation', which took place on Wednesday 27 May 2020, from 13:00 to 14:30 (Paris Time, CET). This webinar provided a brief introduction of the International Voluntary Service movement, and showcased its non-formal educational approach to engage and empower youth in world heritage preservation and promotion. The guest speakers for the Webinar included the CCIVS President Ingrid Danckaerts, CCIVS Director Victoria Lovelock, CCIVS Vice President for Europe Tamás Mahner, CCIVS Programme Coordinator Zhuoling You, Non Formal Education trainer Mauro Carta, and Impact Research Expert Francesco Volpini.

#IVSwork is a social media campaign by CCIVS that promotes and raises awareness of the projects ran by International Voluntary Service organisations. 2020 is the 100 years anniversary since the first IVS workcamp which took place in 1920 in Esne, near Verdun. IVS promotes social and climate justice, human rights, sustainability, critical thinking, active participation, democracy, global citizenship, shared and intercultural learning and helps to break down prejudice and stereotypes. It contributes to the Implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Throughout this photo series, we share more about our values, our history and our work. It is our values and work that link people. History connects our past, our present and our future.

Retrouvez le plaisir de l’évasion et voyagez au cœur de la bibliothèque digitale gratuite de la SNCF, un large choix de lecture pour les grands et les petits.

An online campaign highlighting how museums can help fight stress and anxiety caused by the lockdown.

An interactive digital map where you can find/share info about an online exhibition, digital catalogue, specific digital collections or a crowd-sourcing project that people can do while they are #stayinghome.

Face à la pandémie du coronavirus, un tour d'horizon des chants de guérison s'impose. De l'île de Madagascar à Taïwan en passant par le Pakistan ou le Mexique, découvrez les mélodies et voix qui guérissent.

Diffusion gratuite de concerts de musique classique

Après Garnier puis Bastille, la 3e Scène est la scène digitale de l’Opéra national de Paris. Créée en 2015, cette plateforme gratuite et accessible à tous est un territoire d'expérimentation et d'exploration. Elle invite des artistes venus de tous les horizons (photographes, cinéastes, écrivains, dessinateurs, plasticiens, compositeurs, chorégraphes) à créer librement.

Kids Page' is designed for small chidren to discover and learn about UCH while playing with the catoon personality Olly. 

Le projet offre un regard artistique et anthropologique sur ce qui polarise l'intérêt des gens en ces temps de confinement. Le programme sélectionne et diffuse en continu "les cinq vidéos les plus visionnées en temps réel sur une célèbre plateforme en ligne de partage de contenu". 

Les chefs-d'œuvre des grands musées pour les enfants

Accès à toutes les documentations de l'Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA). Altaïr : le nouveau portail, riche de plus de 120 000 ressources documentaires sur la culture arabe, en consultation libre. Il inclut spectacles, conférences, photographies, œuvres d’art, livres, enregistrements audio, vidéo...

 

L'Opéra de Paris propose ses archives en ligne gratuitement

Chaque lundi et jeudi à 18h, nous vous proposons de nous retrouver autour d'événements enregistrés à La Colline

Collections (accessible par artiste, mot-clé, type d’œuvre et par pays). Accompagné d’un documentaire de l’œuvre, un dossier sur l’artiste et des interviews de spécialistes. (en anglais)

Visites en ligne : Pénétrez dans les salles du musée, contemplez les façades du palais et admirez la vue ! Le Louvre, grâce au mécénat de Shiseido, vous invite à une visite virtuelle.

Plateforme du Ministère de la Culture français qui rassemble les initiatives culturelles en ligne

Muni d’un casque de réalité virtuelle ou non, parcourez les expositions fictives d'UMA sur le street art, les chats, de Vinci… Un contenu diversifié et unique pour les fans d'expériences immersives.

Plus de 20 opéras (productions récentes) en streaming

Plus de 600 spectacles vivants en streaming illimité gratuit

L'Opéra de Paris diffuse de nombreux spectacles dans leur intégralité.

Spectacle du "Off" du Festival d'Avignon 2016 qui propose une déambulation de 8 heures au cœur du savoir encyclopédique participatif contemporain.

Conçue pour les enfants, la plateforme Muséosphère propose des visites à 360 degrés de 13 musées et sites patrimoniaux de la Ville de Paris ! Contenu également pour les adolescents, visites guidées, documentaires, et applications smartphone, imprimantes 3D et casques VR.

The Association for the Development of Research in Maritime Archaeology (ADRAMAR) has produced a 3D model of the wreck of the Fetlar, a 56-metre long steamer that sank on 13 April 1919 off the coast of St Malo. The application L'EPAVE DU FETLAR proposes you to discover this ship and the secrets of its wreck through a virtual dive to a depth of 26 meters. Download the application L'EPAVE DU FETLAR for free on Play Store and App Store.

Plateforme du Ministère de la Culture français qui rassemble les initiatives culturelles en ligne

Accès à des milliers de ressources en ligne de livres écrits et audio, manuels scolaires, visites virtuelles, magazine de presse et de cours à distance

Access to 1001 free e-books

Gallica est la bibliothèque numérique de la BNF (Biliothèque Nationale de France) et de ses partenaires.

Carte interactive de la ville du Havre.

360 degree video tour of Fontainebleau.

Was the decorated cave of Pont'Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, the first movie theater? Have a closer look at animated images of the Chauvet Cave from 36,000 years ago.

A 10 minutes VR experience that guides visitors through the Chauvet Cave, narrated in French and English.

Visite virtuelle du centre historique de Carcassonne (3D). 

Aram Khachaturian House-Museum and "Arloopa" Company launch a new project. The project starts on Aram Khachaturian's birthday, from June 6. By installing the free "Arloopa" application and being in the place indicated in the map (for example, Northern Avenue, Republic Square, A. Khachatryan monument, Khachatryan street, etc.) one can enjoy the immortal compositions of the composer. There is one work in each of these points. The application allows everybody to take a video and post it on social networks. Aram Khachaturian House-Museum uses the latest information technology opportunities, which helps them to popularize Aram Khachaturian's legacy. The House-Museum, in collaboration with "Arloopa", has implemented various programs both inside and outside the museum.

As an Art Center, we seek to promote encounters, learning, creativity, expression and the creation of favorable environments that contribute to the quality of life of our community. At the end of March 2020, we created the PAINTING AT HOME Project, an open and free virtual meeting space for the elderly, which consists of proposing various pictorial activities weekly, which the participants carry out at home. These experiences are shared through a virtual platform, in which we can comment and generate communication spaces, as an accompaniment for the days of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Online activities for children

Virtual tour of the Historic National Museum, Chile

Virtual tour of Museo a Cielo Abierto en San Miguel

Virtual tour of Museo La Pincoya

Hasta mayo 2020, 21 universidades han contribuido a ampliar la capacidad de procesamiento de pruebas qPCR para la identificación de COVID – 19, a través de los siguientes mecanismos: - Dotación a hospitales y centros de salud de personal, equipamiento e insumos, para desarrollar pruebas qPCR de SARS – CoV2. - Procesamiento de pruebas de diagnóstico qPCR de SARS-COV2. - Implementación de laboratorios para realizar pruebas qPCR para el diagnóstico del SARS – CoV2, en zonas prioritarias del país .

Virtual tour on Ecuadorian museums

Virtual tour of Museo Casa del Alabado

360° underwater footage, recorded by Underwater Earth, a partner of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme.

ACWW has been gathering data on the impact of Covid-19 on rural women globally by conducting bi-weekly online surveys.

To support those affected by the pandemic, Soho Theatre launched a new initiative where you can rent Fleabag. Every rental contributes to charities dedicated to supporting those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic : 35% of proceeds will be sent to the National Emergency Trust supporting the most vulnerable in society, 35% will be sent to NHS Charities Together supporting NHS staff and volunteers caring for COVID-19 patients, 15% will be sent to Acting For Others who distribute to people struggling across the theatre sector, and 15% will be kept for the Fleabag Support Fund.

The Barbican performing arts centre, theatre and gallery have increased their online content. They are focusing on bringing everything people love about the Barbican to homes. You can keep up to date with their new content on their website, social media channels and mailing lists.

The Mosaic Rooms are a non-profit art gallery and bookshop dedicated to supporting and promoting contemporary culture from the Arab world in London.

London Sinfonietta have launched a new series of digital content. Live includes concerts and performance guides given by London Sinfonietta Principal Players, as well as composition challenges aimed at young people.

Some 5,000 works from the London Museum of Design and Decorative Arts available online.

A book about Coronavirus written for young children to help them understand what is going on and why it’s important to stay indoors. Written by Dan and Kathryn Allman, and illustrated by Lisa Johnstone.

The London Buddhist Centre are offering some of their services such as live classes, meditation and video courses online so people can engage with the Buddhist Centre from their own home for a small donation.

Live from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Liverpool Philharmonic Announces ‘Live from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’ Digital Programmes. Enjoy live concert video and recordings in the comfort of your home.

Every week, Penguin.co.uk is publishing a series of exclusive essays from its leading authors, offering their response to the Covid-19 outbreak.  Through Perspectives, authors will reflect on what the crisis is revealing about us – and what kind of a world we might hope for when we come through the other side. 

Despite the closing of their theatres, we can still watch lots of fantastic shows from the Royal Shakespeare Company for free on BBC iPlayer and Marquee TV.

BBC is delivering programs for Culture In Quarantine, a virtual festival of the arts rooted in the experience of national lockdown. Culture in Quarantine will, across television, radio and online, give the nation access to the arts at a time when they need it the most. Providing extraordinary access to shuttered exhibitions, performances and museums, a virtual book festival and much more besides. The BBC mission is to increase access to the arts, at a time when the buildings that support them are closed, and to support artists and arts organisations in the process.

Cambridge University Press is providing free access to a collection of over 1,700 ebooks hosted on Cambridge Core, for university libraries and their associated students and faculty. This collection includes our HTML Textbooks, Cambridge Histories, Cambridge Companions, and Cambridge Elements. Free access through the offer is available to everyone until the end of May 2020 but access must be set up via your librarian.

 

"Ballet is for everyone, everywhere." The English National Ballet is working hard to continue to give free access to great content, as well as ways to keep people dancing, active, and inspired. As part of their ENB at HOME initiative, notable English National Ballet dancers have been holding virtual ballet classes for professionals, beginners, young people and a range of others. Additionally, every week they host a #WednesdayWatchParty for one of their celebrated ballets. This is composed of virtual Q&As and interviews with leading dancers, and access to the full length ballet which is free to view on Youtube for 48 hours. After this, significant extracts from the ballet remain on their Youtube page.

An ongoing collaborative archive of life during COVID-19, showcasing the many life stories around the world and documenting societal changes.

Explore museums, castles and more from your living room 

Formation en ligne et gratuite pour comprendre et approfondir des connaissances sur le trafic d'antiquités et objets d'art

A list of free, online, boredom-busting resources

Virtual visit British Museum, Great Britain propose de découvrir les collections d’Afrique, des Amériques, d’Asie, d’Europe et d’Océanie selon une échelle chronologique (Art and design, Living and diying, power and identity, religion and belief, trade and conflict)

Virtual visit of Walker art gallery Liverpool.

Tour the wrecks of HMT Arfon, HMS/mA1, HMS Colossus, London, Coronation, Holland No.5, Invincible, Norman’s Bay, U8, Association, Bartholomew Ledges, Tearing Ledge, Wheel Wreck, Thorness Bay, and Rooswijk. Ships from different parts of the world, that have at different points in time sunk in English waters. These trails use new technologies such as multi-image photogrammetric recording and virtual reality techniques. The new techniques allow viewers to see a clear 3D image of a site. Not only do they bring maritime archaeology to life for the non-diver, they're a lot easier to interpret than more traditional geophysical survey techniques or photographs taken in poor visibility. They can even aid archaeologists' work on land by allowing measurements to be taken and analysis to be carried out post-dive.

Of the two destroyer wrecks in Portsmouth Harbour identified by the Maritime Archaeology Trust in 2016, the eastern wreck of V82 is the more visible. The site was recorded on April 6th 2016 as part of the HLF Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War project by the Maritime Archaeology Trust.

Orkney has a unique underwater environment, from vast battleships resting in the heart of Scapa Flow, to smaller blockships dotted along the rugged coastline. There is a real poignancy to seeing the wrecks on the seafloor of the Flow, an area that is teeming with a history that spans the centuries and encompasses both grievous losses and magnificent victories. For non-divers, these pages give the opportunity to experience the wrecks from afar – and without the need to don a dry suit

3D video tour about the process of building the HMS Anne. Viewers can use 3D glasses to watch the video and have a realistic and direct experience.

Manchester poets will be reading about their connection to trees and nature. Poems will be shared throughout the day.

Edinburgh's Scottish Poetry Library will be sharing a poetry podcast from their collection every hour free of charge. Be sure to stay tuned in and celebrate poetry.

Le Conseil fédéral suisse a approuvé le 20 mars 2020 un paquet de mesures spécifiques pour la culture pour une durée de deux mois et a mis à disposition de cette première étape une enveloppe de 280 millions permettant de couvrir : - des aides d’urgence pour les entreprises culturelles sans but lucratif (100 millions sous forme de prêts) et les acteurs culturels (25 millions sous forme d’aides à fonds perdus), - une indemnisation pour les pertes financières pour les entreprises culturelles et les acteurs culturels (145 millions sous forme d’aides à fonds perdus) - la prise en charge des frais liés à l’annulation ou au report de manifestations des associations d’amateurs actives dans le domaine culturel (10 millions sous forme d’aides à fonds perdus). Ces mesures sont complémentaires aux autres mesures prises par la Confédération dont peuvent aussi bénéficier les milieux culturels. Le Conseil fédéral suisse a décidé le 13 mai 2020 de prolonger la validité de l’ordonnance de 4 mois, en maintenant l’enveloppe globale de 280 millions.

The city of Lausanne has adopted measures to support single people and those most at risk in the event of contamination. Six emergency shelters are open 24/7 for homeless people. A hotline has been set for elderly and free delivlery services has been made available to most vulnerable groups.

The Lausanne Office for Immigrants shares information to limit contamination and protect migrants and their relatives: health information related to COVID-19 has been translated into 21 languages and municipal decisions taken in relation to Coronavirus have been translated into eight languages. An Info Point has been set up to respond to the needs of migrants on a variety of issues, including racism, employment etc.

La Ville de Lausanne a mis en place une hotline pour les personnes âgées permettant de répondre à leurs questions et leurs besoins en lien avec la solitude et les risques liés à l’isolement pendant la pandémie.

En plus des lieux d'accueil habituels, six hébergements d'urgence sont ouverts 24h/24 pour les personnes sans-abri.

Le Bureau lausannois pour les immigrés (BLI) a maintenu ses prestations sous forme de trois permanences téléphonique. La permanence d'accueil et d'orientation générale a lieu deux fois par semaine, le mardi et jeudi de 10h à 12h. La permanence emploi-formation (PEF), qui renseigne les personnes migrantes sur les questions liées à l'emploi et à la formation, a lieu les lundi et jeudi de 13h à 15h. Finalement, la permanence Info-racisme, qui offre soutien et informations à toute personne victime de racisme ou de discrimination raciale à Lausanne, a lieu les lundi et jeudi de 14h à 17h.

Le Bureau lausannois pour les immigrés (BLI) a compilé et mis à disposition sur son site Internet les principales informations sanitaires existantes sur le coronavirus, traduites en 21 langues (français, arabe, bosniaque, chinois, allemand, anglais, espagnol, farsi/dari/persan, croate, italien, portugais, romanche, roumain, russe, serbe, albanais, tamoul, tigrigna, turc, kurmanji et somalien). Le Bureau a également fait traduire les décisions municipales en lien avec le COVID-19 en huit langues (anglais, allemand, espagnol, italien, portugais, arabe, albanais et serbe, croate, bosniaque).

Le Centre du droit de l'art de l'Université de Genève met à disposition une base de données de ces affaires. Cela pourrait être l'occasion de donner de la visibilité aux cas réussis de retours ou de restitutions sous l'égide de l’ICPRCP

886 ebooks gratuits en téléchargement libre

The World's most beautiful railway - The Bernina Express, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Le musée Marthe Donas à Ittre réouvre ses portes pour vous faire découvrir son exposition permanente consacrée à son artiste éponyme. Venez découvrir les oeuvres de cette artiste belge, considérée comme la première femme peintre abstraite belge et découvrez son cheminement créatif la menant de la figuration à l'abstraction. L'entrée est gratuite et ouverte à tous.

Envie de découvrir le musée autrement ? Visitez notre site internet pour consulter nos bases de données en ligne. Vous pourrez découvrir plus de 500 objets conservés à l’Espace gallo-romain. Les pièces y sont présentées accompagnées de photographies et d’informations de base (numéro d’inventaire, datation, fonction, matériaux). Cet accès facilité à la collection est tout autant destiné au grand public qu’aux chercheurs qui trouveront les informations préliminaires à leur étude et à leur visite au musée.

Le ministère de la culture de Wallonie-Bruxelles (Belgique) en collaboration avec le secteur culturel belge francophone vous présente les initiatives permettant d'accéder à la culture chez soi. "Culture à la maison" donne un tour d’horizon de la riche offre culturelle accessible dans ces moments où la maison est le lieu principal de nos activités et ce en attendant de pouvoir revivre tout cela dans les lieux culturels de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles ! #LaCultureàlaMaison

Les médias sont aujourd’hui confrontés à un paradoxe. D’une part, leur rôle en tant que sources d’informations fiables et vérifiées est renforcé. D’autre part, leurs revenus publicitaires se sont érodés et la vente de journaux papiers a chuté ce qui provoque des difficultés économiques profondes avec des conséquences directes pour les journalistes et en particulier pour les journalistes indépendants. Le Gouvernement des Belges francophone (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) vient en aide à ce secteur crucial par quatre mesures de soutien : 1. Un soutien aux médias dont la viabilité est menacée en raison de la crise du COVID-19 ; 2. Un soutien direct aux journalistes indépendants ; 3. Un soutien à la transition des médias vers un modèle économique moins dépendant de la publicité ; 4. Une campagne de communication.

Le Gouvernement des Belges francophones (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) a créé un Fonds d’urgence et de soutien pour les opérateurs et travailleurs du secteur culturel frappés de plein fouet par la crise sanitaire du coronavirus COVID-19. L'objectif de ce fonds est de rémunérer les créateurs, compagnies, auteurs, artistes et techniciens. Le Gouvernement entend ainsi être solidaire des acteurs les plus fragiles du monde culturel, secteur le plus affecté par la crise du COVID.

Pour sa réouverture au public, le site du Grand-Hornu a édité un nouveau document illustré, gratuit, qui accompagne la visite du site. L'architecture néo-classique de cet ancien charbonnage en fait un musée à ciel ouvert. Au-delà des bâtiments magnifiquement restaurés, c'est l'histoire de l'industrie wallonne qui se raconte à travers les pages de ce document. Le visiteur peut donc s'y plonger en toute sécurité, en déambulation extérieure. Par ailleurs, les visites guidées étant suspendues, les guides du Grand-Hornu ont posté des capsules vidéo où ils racontent des extraits de l'histoire du lieu.

Nous souhaitons résoudre la question du délaissement des apprenants à eux-mêmes en raison de la fermeture des écoles. Pour cela, nous avons conçu une plateforme sur laquelle nous mettons en ligne des cours donnés par des professeurs des lycées et collèges à l'adresse des enfants. Notre innovation réside dans le fait que l'apprenant peut suivre le cours autant de fois qu'il le désire et au moment où il le désire. Il peut entrer en contact avec le professeur et poser ses questions de compréhension auxquelles le professeur répond très rapidement.

Nous souhaitons résoudre la question du délaissement des apprenants à eux-mêmes en raison de la fermeture des écoles. Pour cela, nous avons conçu une plateforme sur laquelle nous mettons en ligne des cours donnés par des professeurs des lycées et collèges à l'adresse des enfants. Notre innovation réside dans le fait que l'apprenant peut suivre le cours autant de fois qu'il le désire et au moment où il le désire. Il peut entrer en contact avec le professeur et poser ses questions de compréhension auxquelles le professeur répond très rapidement.

Jeux pour enfants du Musée historique d'Abomey, Benin

On Sado Island, located roughly 40 km off the coast of the Japanese mainland, there are well-preserved remains of mines and villages from several eras stretching back more than 400 years. The gold mined on Sado Island long helped to support Japan's finances of the central goverments and even influenced the global economy. The Sado Gold and Silver Mine was inscribed on Japan's World Heritage Tentative List under the title "The Sado Complex of Heritage Mines, Primarily Gold Mines" in 2010, becoming an official World Heritage candidate, and it is now seeking inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The property exhibits important interchanges and exchanges amongst the different polities in East Asia between the 4th and the 9th centuries, which is evident from the abundant finds and objects with a variety of origins deposited at sites on the Island where rituals for safe navigation were performed. It is also an exceptional example of the cultural tradition of worshipping a sacred island, as it has evolved and been passed down from ancient times to the present. Please explore our site by the movie introduces each component.

This site provides high definition images of national treasures and important cultural properties owned by four national museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum and Kyushu National Museum) that belong to the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, together with their descriptions in multiple languages (Japanese, English, French, Chinese and Korean).

Hiroshima Peace Memorial virtual tour.

Dive in the aquatic universe of Casa Batlló with a 360º video experience. Navigate with your mouse and with the arrows on the screen. You can adjust the image quality in the settings options at the bottom right of the video.

Information and documentary resources about doctors, nurses, and other sanitary personnel along the history as tribute to their work during the COVID-19 epidemic.

The social media campaign #WindowsOfMusicAndHope aims at unite people and spread a message of hope by encouraging music enthusiasts to perform on their balconies. See more

Visite virtuelle. Alhambra. Alhambra, Generalife et Albaicin, Grenade

Programme implemented by the Culture Secretariat of the Government of Mexico to face the challenges of the crisis derived from COVID-19 and with the aim to ensure people continue to exercise their right to culture from home, as well as a tool to promote the creativity and talent of the artistic community for the development of activities and projects from their home during the "National period of healthy distance". This platform involves various different measures, actions and calls in nine categories: Digital Culture, Virtual Tour, Audiovisuals, Books, Audios, Children, Apps, Calls and Recommendations, and facilitates free and remote access to a wide cultural offer and artistic quality content, including sound files, interviews, photo galleries, videos, electronic books, virtual tours of museums and archaeological sites, informative capsules, plays, games, tales and stories, interactive and downloadable contents, among other digital resources of various artistic disciplines, as well as cultural, historical and indigenous language materials, available on line.

Learn about Centro Historico in the Mexico City. more than 300 interest points. You can see also points in other regions from Mexico.

The online platform ‘Cultural Capital in Your Home’ gives access to all digital cultural activities provided by cultural institutions based in Mexico City.See more

Visite vituelle du Musée d'archéologie subaquatique de Campeche, Mexique

Partez pour une visite virtuelle à Mexico, et explorez la "Casa Azul" (maison bleue) de la célèbre peintre mexicaine Frida Kahlo. 

Située au cœur du quartier de Coyoacàn, cette maison est celle où Frida Kahlo est née, a vécu la majeure partie de sa vie et est décédée. Elle sera transformée en musée en 1958, quatre ans après sa mort.

Virtual visit of the museum.

Dare to discover the corners that make up this fabulous museum, by clicking on this virtual tour that will make you feel like you are there

Historic Jeddah is situated on the eastern shore of the Red Sea. From the 7th century AD it was established as a major port for Indian Ocean trade routes, channelling goods to Mecca. It was also the gateway for Muslim pilgrims to Mecca who arrived by sea. These twin roles saw the city develop into a thriving multicultural centre, characterized by a distinctive architectural tradition, including tower houses built in the late 19th century by the city’s mercantile elites, and combining Red Sea coastal coral building traditions with influences and crafts from along the trade routes.

It is one of the programs of the Saudi Digital Academy that aims to qualify and train recent graduates and job seekers through multiple, intensive, qualitative and specialized training camps. These camps are designed according to modern and innovative ways of education and training in the fields of emerging, modern and advanced technologies. The program also aims to link future occupations to the necessary skills to prepare the next generation of leaders.

Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology launched the Future Skills Initiative. The objective is to achieve the desired transformation in the telecommunications and information technology sector, and because the human element is the main pillar of this transformation, the Ministry supports, in partnership with the private sector, to recruit and guide the national cadres in the telecommunications and information technology professions.

Virtual art exhibit showing the work of 37 artists from the Qatif Art Group. The exhibit reflects the artist's effort in bridging the gap between art and the audience.

In light of the Saudi Ministry of Culture’s commitment to supporting artists during this time, and in line with protective measures implemented as part of the Kingdom’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Culture invites artists to creatively express their experiences by submitting artwork to be considered for inclusion in the second edition of “From Within” contemporary art exhibition. The Ministry of Culture is inviting artists to look beyond traditional methods and to use innovative techniques to produce artwork from within their homes.

The National Museum, Riyadh, proposes a captivating display of Saudi Arabia's culture in past and present forms. Discover the different types of antiques, manuscripts, documents and display boards that showcase an erstwhile era.

As part of the community, we invite you to participate in an artistic initiative under the #NeverDisconnet campaign to motivate and ignite your creativity and encourage artistic production from the comfort of your homes through a variety of topics that are relevant to our current lifestyle. Every week Misk Art Institute will announce a new challenge on our social media platforms. You can participate by sharing your artwork, musical piece, sculpture, photo, video or drawing relevant to the subject presented.

To empower the local and global talents amid the unexpected Corona pandemic, the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology decided to launch an online hackathon to come up with innovative ideas and solutions in three different tracks: Digital Health, Home Entertainment and E-Games.

The Archaeological Site of Al-Hijr (Madâin Sâlih) is the first World Heritage property to be inscribed in Saudi Arabia. It features well-preserved monumental tombs with decorated facades dating from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. The site also features some 50 inscriptions of the pre-Nabataean period and some cave drawings.

In response to COVID-19, King Fahad National Library launched its digital library to give access to tens of thousands of publications in one click of a button. The publications' themes encompass all subjects and topics from Education and Business & Economics all the way to Health and Arts & Humanities.

The Isolation Literature platform was launched by the Ministry of Culture of Saudia Arabia to give writing enthusiasts the opportunity to participate with their own creative production of stories, novels etc.

The “Our culinary legacy” initiative comes within the efforts of the Culinary Arts Authority to document Saudi dishes and achieve multiple cultural and social goals, including documenting and preserving the recipes of the most important traditional dishes in Saudi culture, enhancing the spirit of interaction among the community interested in cooking traditional recipes, and discovering the talents of local chefs, which in turn will enrich the culinary sector in The Kingdom, in addition to motivate young generations to exchange traditional Saudi recipes with the generations that preceded them.

The virtual art exhibition supported by the Ministry of Culture of Saudia Arabia gives visitors the opportunity to visit numerous art galleries.

The Calligrapher platform is the first online platform to teach Arabic calligraphy and the ornamentation online, in cooperation with the Saudi Ministry of Culture and by a handful of professional calligraphers who have been carefully selected to share their experiences through training courses. It is one of the winning initiatives for the year of Arabic Calligraphy 2020, as the platform has become open to all with free courses and lessons.

The Ministry of Culture of Saudia Arabia launches the Reading Marathon Initiative to motivate members of society to take advantage of current times by developing the cognitive and linguistic outcome through reading. All age groups can participate in the reading marathon, and share the number of pages they have read. They can also participate in sharing the quotes they liked.

Ithra promise is to offer the Ithra experience while its doors are closed. Introducing the first ever fully 3D virtual tour of the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture!

In response to COVID-19, Ithra* provides the Community - for a limited time - free memberships to access the Ithra E-Library online. Aimed at bibliophiles and casual readers alike, users will have access to our online catalogue of digital titles. Ithra Library Membership allows you unlimited access to our much-loved Ithra Library’s collection of titles directly on your smartphone or personal computer. Browse thousands of e-books and audiobooks in both Arabic and English on-the-go or from the comfort of your home. Novels, stories, biographies across fiction, nonfiction, history, poetry, philosophy and more merely clicks away available at your fingertips, with our Ithra Library Membership. * Ithra: King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture. Twitter & Instagram: @Ithra

What is the Ithra Connect initiative? Time is everything. And we have had no time to waste in the launching of a new initiative by the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra). The new Ithra Connect initiative provides an online platform for transforming the hours of anticipation and waiting brought on by these exceptional circumstances with an outlet for productivity and self-development. The Ithra Connect initiative includes diverse interactive programs and educational media for all segments of society through Ithra’s website and social media outlets such as YouTube and Twitter via the #IthraConnect hashtag. The initiative presents knowledge and thought enrichment programs covering the five pillars on which Ithra stands – Creativity, Culture, Knowledge, Art and Community. Why did Ithra launch this initiative? Local and international health authorities agree that staying at home is the most effective approach to keeping families and society safe during our current situation. This has resulted in an abundance of free time for so many of our daily lives since schooling and work have largely ground to a halt. The Ithra Connect initiative is an extension of Ithra’s role in growing knowledge and inspiring new tracks of creativity through the latest teaching methods. The goal is to present exceptional cultural experiences through innovative approaches as part of its dedication to the community and in solidarity with the Kingdom’s efforts to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Through diversified content, Ithra Connect seeks to provide a rich experience for our community and reach new members. The initiative seeks to bridge the gap created by circumstance between Ithra’s offerings and our audience, visitors, participants and members. To achieve this, we are offering this collection of nine interactive programs to engage the interests of family members and each of their age groups.

It services history, geography, literature, and heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Arab countries and the Islamic countries, in general. Also,it preserves and collects the sources of the Kingdom history. Online Access to its OPAC, Full access to repositories, Open Access publications (Books), Open Access Journal.

Hosted under the EU-funded Cash for Work Project, ResiliArt Yemen will raise awareness about the far-reaching impact of COVID-19 across the creative value chain and on the livelihoods of young creators. It will present interventions from Yemeni artists, cultural experts, and representatives of UNESCO and the European Union on how to respond to the crisis to promote a sustainable cultural sector in Yemen.

UNESCO produced a video highlighting the youth-led efforts in Yemen to combat the spread of the virus through online and offline awareness-raising activities. The video has been produced in partnership with RNW Media and shared throughout the national youth online platform Manasti30.com. A mapping of youth and cultural associations investing in awareness-raising in Yemen has also been produced to identify future pilot projects.

In partnership with RNW Media, UNESCO produced a series of videos called “Turathna” (My heritage). The video series is disseminated by the popular youth platform manasti30.com and is being broadcasted by local TV channels such as Hadhramout governmental channel.

Based on an assessment of cultural associations in Yemen, UNESCO published a Call for Proposal which led to the selection of eight CSOs from funding through a small scale grant. This initiative directly contributes to the economic resilience of young artists and culture professionals who will be severely affected by the pandemic and its cultural iterations like elsewhere in the world: cultural productions suspended, handicrafts and small industries interrupted, artists and cultural professionals losing income, etc.

UNESCO is implementing a three-year-long project funded by the European Union to safeguard cultural heritage in four historic urban centers in Yemen through a Cash-for-Work modality. In the context of the emerging coronavirus outbreak in Yemen, this initiative extends social and economic protection for youth in the cultural heritage sector and incentivize employment opportunities. Indeed, the project aims to employ 4,000 youth in four historic cities (3 of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites). The urban rehabilitation works are relying on health-education sessions that are delivered to young beneficiaries.

Interactive virtual 3D tour of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on the website during coronavirus lockdown.

Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Virtual tour launched on 31 January 2020.

The Cultural Heritage Browser has been initiated by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia with the strategic support of Microsoft Office in Serbia. Through a comprehensive search, visitors of the Portal can obtain essential information about the digitized cultural heritage and have access to the interactive map of the cultural institutions on the territory of the Republic of Serbia. It provides information about the cultural heritage preserved in libraries, archives, museums, galleries, institutes for the protection of monuments and other entities in the field of culture.

The Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia offers a large scale of programs of national cultural Institutions available in digital format (virtual tours, digital audio and video materials, photos, texts, 3D scanned objects, etc. in different languages).

The Facebook page contains information relevant to digitization initiatives in culture in the Republic of Serbia. Due to COVID-19 epidemic the page has become hub for information relevant to freely available digital culture programs in the Republic of Serbia. The page is regularly updated by Ministry of culture and media of the Republic of Serbia

The participatory blog is an initiative of the Institute of Slovene Ethnography ZRC SAZU and the Slovene Ethnological Society. It is conceived as an open space for reflection and discussion on the (apparent) banalities of everyday life. It publishes stories, notes and photographs sent by people thinking about social changes inpired by pandemics and reflecting on how to survive quarantine, educate children, nurture partnerships, care for elderly relatives, work from home, plan outings, rationalize food, take care of health, maintain common sense, and plan for the future. With a relaxation of measures, it is transforming into a space that documents everyday life in a "new normality" and reflect on a changed way of life and new social issues.

The Slovenian Government has recently established the first International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence under the auspices of UNESCO (IRCAI). The Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO is a strong and active partner in the work of IRCAI. IRCAI almost overnight launched the Corona Virus Media Watch that uses global and national news updates to create powerful narratives and visualizations that ultimately can take us further into future predictions of how the pandemic is evolving across the world. IRCAI will contribute with the following, but not limited ideas/solutions/technologies: • “Digital Twin” proposal for global / country level for any global crisis • Public facing portal with analytical visualizations on Coronavirus involving various data sources • Comprehensive AI software library and services to tackle other specific problems related to Coronavirus and similar potential future threats

Poet and organiser of literary events Ignor, Dejan Koban, will be reading his poetry and a selection of other poems throughout the day live on Facebook.

The project aims to ensure interactivity of the television lessons broadcast by the Ministry of Education and to increase the opportunities for distance teaching in general. The "Virtual School" project is being implemented within the framework of cooperation between the Ministry of Education and “Microsoft” corporation.

Five messages in the form of images to fight rumors regarding Covid-19 essentially 1. We should be fighting misinformation. 2. Don't spread fear in the society by sharing false information. 3. Rumors represent danger and load on our capacity in managing the pandemic. 4. Stop discrimination as the virus doesn't discriminate, it hits every one. 5. Covid-19 is not airborne.

OSIRISnet is an education tool for learning about tombs of Ancient Egypt

A special Fund supports daily-wage workers who have lost their income due to the pandemic.

The city has mobilized a group of volunteers and trained them on how to prepare sanitizing solutions and carry out sanitation operations related to the coronavirus.

Learn more about stunning sites and monuments of Ancient Egypt, built between 4.6 and 2 thousand years ago, including 3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: - Pyramid fields of Giza, Saqqara and Dahshur - Ancient Thebes (Luxor) with its necropolis - Nubian monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae.

As part of a Creatives against COVID-19 initiative, the Africa Digital Media Foundation (Kenya) has launched webinar series to explore the ways in which Kenyan artists are overcoming the current COVID-19 crisis. #CreativesAgainstCovid Photography Edition webinar aimed at initiating a vibrant discussion on how photographers are managing the crisis in Kenya, and how they can come out stronger.

The UNESCO Culture Sector has launched the UNESCO Little Artists Exhibition in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign is aimed at schoolchildren between 6 and 12 years old and encourages them to create and share drawings and artworks of a UNESCO World Heritage site that matters to them. The initiative aims to motivate children to learn more about World Heritage sites and the stories behind them.

Gabrovo is a Creative city of Crafts and folk art since 2017. This year, the Municipality of Gabrovo announced a carnival contest during the isolation period. The event will be held on 16th May 2020, event that you can watch online. You can also participate to the contest from your balconies, terraces, windows...

Take a virtual tour of Viljandi city.

Sharing one minute stories of different artists and individuals during quarantine

A platform that raises awareness for our creative community while nurturing and supporting local and emerging designers, allowing brands to engage and further develop relationships with globally influential stores and increase their visibility. JFW launched the campaign “born again”, which aims to produce conscious, impactful face masks created by local women artisans

An inquest into the moment's endurance features a series of readings and film critique discussions curated for the pandemic's moment, with themes varying between anxiety, endurance, isolation and death

Join a talk by Areej Huniti, Ahmed Isam Aldin and Tamara Nassar, who will be presenting the projects they have developed the past two months as part of the Internet of Things: Another World is Possible (IOTAWIP) online residency. IOTAWIP is an exhibition project facilitating a collective inquiry from (and through) the quarantine.

The Khalid Shoman Collection is one of the earliest collections dedicated exclusively to contemporary art of the Arab world. Access over one hundred and forty modern and contemporary artists and a wide range of media, including works on paper, oil on canvas, photography, artist books, sculpture, video, and installation, the collection reflects the shifts and transformations in the region’s artistic practices over the last four decades.

If you feel like sharing your talent, why not participate in the short film competition: “Quarantine Got Talent”. Your short film - related to art and the Coronavirus - can be either a documentary or narrative or animated or experimental or video art. Check all details on dedicated webpage.

A virtual tour of Jordan, key sites and museums.

A virtual tour in the museum of Jordanian heritage produced by Yarmouk University

Découvrez les activités hebdomadaires partagées par l'Institut Français de Jordanie chaque semaine: Lundi: un film / documentaire Mardi: un article sur la culture numérique par Micro-Folie Mercredi: Conférences sur différents sujets Vendredi : Un spectacle (danse, concerts, etc.)

A photo competition organized by the Institut Français de Jordanie for artists to reflect the reality of COVID-19.

A short film competition to express the unique period of confinement and quarantine

A youth community platform for exploring music, culture and the city. They host talk shows each Friday and Saturday with different artists from Jordan throughout the COVID-19 crisis. #micro.radio

Every week, afikra global online sessions hosts a series of events via Zoom, including interview talks with leading thinkers and experts from Academia, Media, and Arts.

The Royal Film Commission – Jordan is presenting a few online screening program every Monday and Thursday on the website and social media platforms.

A platform for contemporary Arab artists, to support artistic practices and artistic exchange, stimulate critical discourse, and to research, document and archive Arab art.

An online platform promoting Arab art on Instagram. It currently covers a cultural initiative related to COVID-19 including #ArtisticQuarntine #artmejo

The first Jordanian cultural magazine since 1966, which deals with literature, criticism and publishing creative works in poetry story, theater, multiple creative texts, thought and knowledge. For the first time, the Ministry of Culture will make available all issues of Afkar Magazines on the new website.

Organized by the Ministry of Culture, in cooperation with the Crown Prince’s Foundation, the idea of the award is to present witnesses and stories from the current pandemic, and detailing the daily life with its colors and the flow of hope biased to life.

A platform for accessing free e-books published by Arab authors.

Jordan’s Ministry of Culture art and creative industries online training platform.

This platform includes data that will be the basis for a comprehensive national catalog of Jordanian cultural heritage. The “MaDiH” project is a collaborative project between King's University Digital Labs in London and the Hashemite University, the British Research Council in the Levant and the Department of Antiquities, the Jordanian Open Source Association, and the Threatened Archeology Project in the Middle East and North Africa. This project is scheduled to continue for two years From February 2019 until February 2021

Petra, inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.

Discover the site in 4K Ultra HD.

An open platform for citizens to report their status and actions considering the Covid-19 pandemic. Allows the citizen to self-report on their status and actions as well as define their recent whereabout by location or GoogleTimeline import. The Employee reporting solution let the company send out an invitation or share a link for employees to report their status to the company. The company receives an overview of the employee situation and may take action upon it.

Under the UNESCO-Citi Foundation project on Creative Youth at Indonesian Heritage Sites aiming to build the entrepreneurial capacity of 400 youths living in and around famous heritage destinations, a series of trainings on product development, business planning, brand building, storytelling, and social media marketing are to be delivered.

Koalisi Seni Indonesia (Indonesian Arts Coalition) acknowledges the significance of COVID-19's impact on Indonesia's arts sector and its workers. They launched an online survey to gather information about cancelled and postponed arts events across the nation due to the pandemic to encourage government and private policies to help artists survive.

A new series of online gatherings which aim to enhance the practical knowledge of artists and cultural practitioners who are moving from the Arab region to Germany. The first session speaks about Artists’ Livelihood in Times of Crisis, Initiative's location is Lebanon and Germany.

In light of the present unprecedented situation worldwide, and inspired by other initiatives by filmmakers and film institutions in the Arab region and beyond, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture launched “Screens and Streams”. The initiative will render a wide selection of Arab independent films- produced between 2011 and 2016- available online, for free, for a period of up to 7 days.

The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture –currently runs nine open call grants programs and one training program by nomination. The grants support individual artists and institutions through the following programs: Visual Arts (VA), Performing Arts (PA), Documentary Film (ADP), Arab Documentary Photography (ADPP), Creative and Critical writings (CCW), Research on the Arts (RAP), Music, Training and Regional Events (TR), Cinema. And Arts and Culture Entrepreneurship (ACE)

An initiative launched by a group of Arab filmmakers and film institutions, to bring some of the best, most thought-provoking and independently-minded works of contemporary Arab cinema to enjoy for free on this website for a limited time. A new issue will be released (at least) every 15 days.

An exhibition with 100 Photographs, starting from April 14 to May 23, 2020 on the site and to follow the debates to be held online through the gallery’s website and social media pages.

The Oriental Orchestra of the Higher Conservatory of Music has launched a virtual concert where they used the official hashtag #stayhome, encouraging people to stay home against the coronavirus.

Discover Tyre Al-Bass archaeological site. 

Discover the Phoenician city of Tyre.

Discover Byblos, one of the oldest Phoenician cities, where ruins of many successive civilizations are found.

Discover Baalbek, the Phoenician city with its colossal structures, one of the finest examples of Imperial Roman architecture at its apogee.

Explore the Mineral and Fossil Museum in Beirut, Lebanon.

Discover the National Virtual Museum and learn about the Lebanese Modern Art.

Application belonging to the collection of artifacts displayed at the National Museum.

A documentation project at Nahr El Kalb in Lebanon

The municipality delivers all essential items to self-isolating residents. It also distributes food rations to families in need, and facilitates access to testing. The mental health counseling has been offered free of charge.

The police has been mobilized for awareness-raising and has supported social distancing efforts.

Local textile workshops have switched to the production of masks and medical uniforms.

The Committee, comprised of NGOs, helps to identify and implement actions on the ground, including the establishment of a Hotline to communicate with all its inhabitants.

Alserkal online is a homegrown, collective response to our 'new normal'. From 360° views of contemporary art exhibitions, to curated playlists, reading recommendations, and more, explore our virtual community.

Reading has always been a way to stay educated and intellectually active for both adults and young people. Lancelot.education is an online platform created in the Arab Emirates for French-speaking countries in Africa which was created to encourage young people in their reading efforts. The principle is simple, a child reads a book and, on our platform, collects points by answering different questions about the book. By monitoring the number of points collected, parents and teachers can see if a child has understood what it has read and can adjust their teaching and supervision of their children accordingly. Lancelot.education is mainly an educational support tool for understanding books of the school curriculum in French African countries. Additionally, the platform also covers classic French literature books and books for young readers. Lancelot can also support students deprived of education during this difficult period of covid-19. Teachers can use Lancelot as a tool for better monitoring and testing the efforts of their students while at the same time, students feel encouraged in tracking their reading progress. www.lancelot.education

"Our museum galleries tell a chronological history of human creativity that explores the shared ideas and issues that have defined our common humanity from pre-history to the present. Featuring a global selection of around 600 masterpieces drawn from our growing permanent collection, our displays are also regularly updated with a rolling roster world-class loans from our international partners, which means that there is always something new for visitors to discover."

Library or Arabic Literature

The Dutch Nationale Opera & Ballet have been sharing ballet classes, behind the scenes videos, highlights from their ballets and operas, and much more.

Find videos of past concerts to watch, organized by composer, conductor, and soloist. Concertgebouw Orchestra also offers masterclasses, documentaries, and profiles on some of the orchestra members.

Elsevier gives free access to our coronavirus research, textbooks, text and data mining, clinical information and remote access. Elsevier works in partnership with the research community, librarians and funders.

Key resources for libraries in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Van Gogh Museum houses the world's largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh. The collection includes world famous paintings like Almond Blossom, Sunflowers and The Potato Eaters. Explore the Van Gogh highlights. Pictures of the paintings.

Une application gratuite qui propose 14 tours multimedia pour explorer les collections du musée. Il suffit d’installer les applications sur Google Play ou Applestore Digital family game: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/family-game An exciting group game inviting you to solve eight fascinating Rijksmuseum mysteries. It takes about 1 hour and if you succeed, there’s another surprise waiting at the end of the tour. The game is for two to four persons, each using their own device.

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra's portal for free digital content to provide content and connection to millions of classical music fans worldwide. New digital content, including performance footage both past and new.

Mayors of the U.S. Coalition of Cities against Racism and Discrimination issued a statement calling for coordinated actions to protect public health and ensure public safety.

This platform provides resources and guidelines, including practical how-tos for households, school establishments, businesses, healthcare structures, communities, and law enforcement agencies. In this online hub, good practices on city-led efforts to address the safety and protection of citizens abound.

Bang on a Can will be live streaming a virtual six-hour marathon featuring 26 live performances from musicians’ homes in New York City and around the US. On Sunday 3rd May, 9pm CET.

Read & Learn with Simon Kids: A one-stop shop for all of great resources for parents and educators as you navigate distance learning at home.

Workman Publishing Co., Inc., is an independently owned family of publishers, including Workman Publishing, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Algonquin Young Readers, Artisan, Storey Publishing, and Timber Press. We are also partners with The Experiment, duopress, Erewhon Books, and Familius. We are publishers of award-winning cookbooks, parenting/pregnancy guides, books on gardening, country living, and humor, as well as children’s books, gift books, fiction, and the bestselling calendar line in the business.

Workman Publishing Co. is providing free remote learning resources for grades K-12.

Epic!, the Leading Digital Library for Kids 12 & Under is providing free access to the best books, learning videos, quizzes & more.

Welcome to YALLSTAYHOME, a virtual festival for our community to stay connected & inspired despite our social distance. YALLSTAYHOME is organizing giveaways, contests, signed book deliveries, and special events.

Coronavirus: A Book for Children is an informative and accessible guide for young readers which defines the coronavirus, explains why everyday routines have been disrupted, and lays out how everyone can do their part to help. With child-appropriate answers and explanations, the book addresses several key questions.

For as long as schools are closed,  Audible is open. Right now, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across eight different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.

In response to the challenges created by the global public health crisis of COVID-19, Project MUSE is pleased to support its participating publishers in making scholarly content temporarily available for free on our platform. With many higher education institutions moving into an exclusively online learning environment for the foreseeable future, we hope that easy access to vetted research in the humanities and social sciences, from a variety of distinguished university presses, societies, and related not-for-profit publishers, will help to support teaching, learning, and knowledge discovery for users worldwide.

Poet's House - the U.S.'s premier independent poetry library and national literary centre - is streaming online programs to keep their community thriving. The programs are composed of poetry readings, documentary showings, free workshops and writers talks.

This initiative asks the public to donate materials related to the global health crisis in an effort to preserve history as it happens

Cultural institutions around the world are sharing free coloring sheets and books based on materials in their collections. Download, print, and share your favorites!

If theater is your jam, Playbill, which many theatergoers will know as those printed programs handed out before shows but is also a monthly magazine, has a treat for you.

 

Discover the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum by theme, techniques, or author. The pictures of the artworks are accompanied by written explanations.

Discover the collection s of the museum through: Heilbrunn Timeline of art history: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/chronology/#!?time=04. Made for, with and by kids: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/ Map, time machine, Time period, geography and big ideas allow kids to discover the collections of the museum.

The Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device.

Découvrir les œuvres par artiste, technique, acquisition. Les photographies des œuvres sont commentées.

Découvrir des collections des Musées Guggenheim de New York, Venise, Bilbao, Abu Dhabi, par artiste, période, mouvement artistique, technique, et lieu de conservation. Les reproductions sont accompagnées de commentaires.

The Detroit Symphony has made its replay archive free to all visitors for a month

Metropolitan Opera on Demand

The Smithsonian is hosting virtual "office hours" with curators

12 famous museums offer virtual tours you can take on your couch (video).

Virtual visit of Frank Lloyd Wright's Norman Lykes Home

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art. Over the next five weeks, you will look at art through a variety of themes: Places & Spaces, Art & Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art & Society.

Explore the Shipwrecks Beneath the Waters of Lake Huron and take a virtual dive using our interactive 3D wreck tours. The shipwrecks of Thunder Bay constitute a microcosm of Great Lakes commercial shipping industry spanning the last two hundred years. The collection reflects transitions in ship architecture and construction, from wooden schooners to early steel-hulled steamers, and several unusual vessel types

The website includes information on the availability of free meals to students and shelter beds for the homeless. Temporary shelter beds are to be constructed in city parks.

The City offers shelters for the homeless, medical services to the uninsured, and delivers food to queer and transgender individuals, regardless of immigration status.

The platform provides updates on the COVID-19 response in the following areas: housing, homelessness, public health, human services and public safety.

The fund provides resources and support to health care workers and essential staff, local small businesses, displaced hourly workers, including immigrant workers and families, youth, and vulnerable New Yorkers.

The website offers detailed information and guidelines on city services. Residents have free access to testing for all. Legal protection from harassment and discrimination in public places.

New York Public Library encourages patrons to download SimplyE, a free e-reader app for borrowing e-books

Explore Yellowstone UNESCO World Heritage site & other visits of multiple sites in the USA. See more

Explore this National Museum through its collections and virtual tours.

This website with 3D models of wrecks from the Gulf of Gdańsk, accompanied with their descriptions, constitutes one of the achievements of the project, opened in 2015. The models represent careful copies of an actual appearance of the wrecks lying on the bottom of the Gulf of Gdańsk.

Virtual tour of Wieliczka

Explore the cultural relics, musical instruments and ceramics of the Hubei Provincial Museum.

Wuhan launched the global call “Fight the Pandemic, Wuhan We Can” to strengthen public knowledge of precautionary measures through graphic design works.See more

The initiative provides free access to medical staff to various cultural activities to pay respect to their valuable work in the ongoing pandemic.See more

The initiative provides free access to medical staff to various cultural activities to pay respect to their valuable work in the ongoing pandemic.

Virtual exhibitions of the National Museum of China

Forbidden City

Virtual tours of the Palace Museum of China

Crave a tour of the Palace Museum? Check out the Panoramic Palace Museum on the museum's official website.

World Heritage in Shanxi Province

Virtual and panoramic tours of World Heritage properties in China

The Great Wall, inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987.

Discover and watch films during this first ever 10-day global film festival co-curated by over 20 film festivals from across the world. All funds raised during the festival will benefit COVID-19 relief funds. Subscribe to this channel for the latest information on film, talks and schedule. The festival will feature programming curated by the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Guadalajara International Film Festival, International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM), Jerusalem Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.

The Coalition of Latin American and Caribbean Cities against Racism, Discrimination and Xenophobia released a statement on the importance of working together to elaborate plans, develop strategies and continue to defend human rights in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

The European Coalition of Cities Against Racism issued a declaration calling for an inclusive fight against COVID-19 and highlighting the importance of working together.

The European Coalition of Cities Against Racism issued a declaration calling for an inclusive fight against COVID-19 and highlighting the importance of working together.

This online interactive platform shares collective responses and provides decision-makers with access to first-hand experiences on how urban areas across the globe can deal with this type of situations.

Visual and audio tours of cultural institutions as the British Library, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Hermitage, etc... for free

One World: Together At Home is a historic, global event to unite the world and celebrate COVID-19 frontline workers. Join us for inspiring and heartwarming stories from the frontlines of the Covid-19 Response. Appearances curated by Lady Gaga and hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert. Appearances by: Alicia Keys, Amy Poehler, Andrea Bocelli, Awkwafina, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Burna Boy, Camila Cabello, Celine Dion, Chris Martin, David & Victoria Beckham, Eddie Vedder, Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John, FINNEAS, Idris and Sabrina Elba, J Balvin, Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Kerry Washington, Lady Gaga, Lang Lang, Lizzo,  LL COOL J, Lupita Nyong’o, Maluma, Matthew McConaughey, Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Pharrell Williams, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Smith, Shah Rukh Khan, Shawn Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, and Usher.

Présente le contenu de plus de 1 200 grands musées et centres d'archives qui ont collaboré avec l'Institut culturel de Google. Découvrez l'art en fonction d'une couleur et d'une époque à l'aide d'outils, examinez les œuvres d'art à la loupe, visitez des sites et des lieux célèbres, etc.

Propose de découvrir les collections 14 institutions de Paris Musées en ligne, à travers différents supports : vidéos, applications, œuvres d’art numérisées, parcours à suivre.

Titanic sank in 1912, when she collided with an iceberg during her maiden voyage. Numerous expeditions tried using sonar to map the sea bed in the hope of finding it, but were unsuccessful. In 1985, the wreck was finally located by a joint French–American expedition led by Jean-Louis Michel of IFREMER and Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The wreck has been the focus of intense interest and has been visited by numerous expeditions. Controversial salvage operations have recovered thousands of items, which have been conserved and put on public display. Visit the creators at www.immersivevreducation.com

The HMD John Mitchell was an 85 foot (25 m) long steam drifter that sunk on the 14th November 1917 after colliding with SS Bjerka. Fortunately there was no loss of life when the wreck disappeared into the sea, approximately 15 miles from Swanage. The wreck of the John Mitchell was rediscovered by Dave Wendes, a local dive boat skipper and historian, after he was alerted by a local fisherman who caught his nets on the wreck. Today she lies at a depth of 40 m - inaccessible to most. With the generous funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Maritime Archaeology Trust has been able to research the wreck through our ongoing project, the Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War. Volunteer divers have collected information, video and images from the site, and artefacts recovered from the wreck have also been recorded. This information will be freely available in an online database, which will be live when the Forgotten Wrecks Project is completed in Spring 2018. For further information on the HMD John Mitchell, please visit the project website

The Thistlegorm Project aims to raise awareness of the rich underwater cultural heritage of the Red Sea. The project is a collaboration between the University of Nottingham, Ain Shams (Cairo) and Alexandria University, who are using 3D and virtual reality technologies to provide greater access to various submerged sites within the region. The SS Thistlegorm was chosen to represent the project due to its wide recognition within the diving community. By providing access to a site previously only accessible to divers; public awareness of underwater heritage in Egypt may be increased regionally and internationally; and further conservation and preservation of said heritage may be achieved.

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Conde Nast Travel article

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Huit concerts intimes pour public confiné (source : Le Monde)

The 2020 edition of Festival international de film sur l'art (FIFA), a film festival that screens documentaries and short films on arts in various forms (dance, visual arts, music, etc) will take place online

Des anecdotes gratuites à propos d'oeuvres d'art. Recevez 3 fois par semaine une anecdote décalée et mémorable à lire en une minute seulement par email.

Visitors can see Suomenlinna from a bird's view and go inside tunnels, venues and services of the fortress

ICCROM publications

Several publications related to heritage management and conservation that can be downloaded for free

American Institute of Conservation Learning Community hosts online courses

A project which digitally documents heritage sites around the world using surveys, 3D scans and photogrammetry

A media platform which hosts drone imagery films from different places around the world

A 360 experience of several sites by following the online google map

High meets low in the web portal created for the joint World Heritage Site of the Swedish High Coast and the low-lying Kvarken Archipelago in Finland. So make a virtual visit to this transboundary natural heritage site and get to know the story behind its unique geology and nature! The story is enriched with brand new videos and animations. Photo: Liselott Nyström Forsén

To help parents and their children during the quarantine, Radio Kyrgyzstan daily broadcasts fairy tales of the peoples of the world, this can also introduce children with the culture of different people.

Association of Community Media of the Kyrgyz Republic prepared radio clips against disinformation about COVID-19. Due to the fact that the Internet is full of news and information about the rapidly spreading virus, it is more difficult for users of social networks and other platforms to process information and verify their truth. To cope with disinformation, Suusamyr-fm radio talks about how to read the news, how to teach children about information literacy and media, how to beware of false experts, etc.

In some cities and regions of the Kyrgyz Republic, a state of emergency has been introduced. The government of the Kyrgyz Republic urges people not to leave their homes and observe quarantine. Meanwhile, famous musicians and performers of the Kyrgyz Republic continue to share their art through online concerts. Every evening at 6 o’clock, the live broadcasts are hosted by Assol Moldokmatova.

Aza Sydykov is a concert pianist and President of the Kyrgyz American Foundation in New York City, which sponsors the Eurasia Festival as well as various cultural exchange and educational activities. Born into a musical family in the Kyrgyz Republic, Sydykov grew up in Moscow where he was taught and mentored by Russian piano legend, Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov. He made his professional debut as a piano soloist at age of 17. He has since performed all over the world - in Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland, Ukraine and China. In the United States he has appeared as solo pianist at Carnegie Hall and in various other prestigious concert venues across the country.

Ololo Art Studio has launched a series of" Corona Lifestyle" live broadcasts. Lot of people with different professional backgrounds took part in the broadcast, among which doctors, marketers, nutritionists, bloggers, psychologists, scientists, restaurateurs, ecologists, etc.

The Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts named after Gapar Aitiev is the main artistic treasury of the Kyrgyz Republic was opened on January 1, 1935. During the quarantine, the Museum prepared an online art gallery, displaying photographs of more than four thousand paintings and about one thousand sculptures from the fund of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Despite the fact that museums and exhibition halls are closed, the Hermitage-Kazan Center stays open with its online classes.

Take a virtual tour of Museums, enjoy panoramic views of such architectural monuments as the Assumption, Archangel and Annunciation cathedrals...Take virtual tours of the Patriarch’s Palace with the Church of the Twelve Apostles, and the Church of the Deposition of the Robe. Immerse yourself in the Armoury Chamber’s masterpieces — ancient Russian State regalia, ceremonial royal dress, West European silverware, Russian jewellery pieces, arms and amour, royal carriages and horse ceremonial harness. Moreover, we invite you to discover video films made by our professionals about The Museums’ exhibits and exhibitions. Wherever you are in the world, take a tour of Moscow Kremlin Museum.

Youtube video (5h)

A poetry flash mob will take place on social media with an appeal to readers to share poems online. Videos will be posted by local, Russian and foreign poets on social networks #WPDULSK20

With the Coronavirus outbreak having an unprecedented impact on education, Springer Nature is launching a global program to support learning and teaching at higher education institutions worldwide. Remote access to educational resources has become essential. We want to support lecturers, teachers and students during this challenging period and hope that this initiative will go some way to help.

As persons living in nursing homes are especially affected by the curfew and visit bans due to the Corona pandemic, the Human Rights Office of the City of Nuremberg started the campaign #positivePost. We called for letters with season greetings adressed to the residents of nursing homes to bring some distraction to those who can´t see their family and friends. Within 10 days more than 500 letters, postcards, little paintings were sent to the office and transferred to different nursing homes. Because of the overwhelming feedbacks also in social medias the campaign will be continued as long as the curfew will last.

Free access to all its concerts and films in its Digital Concert Hall.

Virtual visit of Pergamon Museum (avec Google)

Expo of Bauhaus

Every evening at 7 p.m. this German-Russian pianist offers live concerts via Twitter from his living room

Virtual tour of Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey

On 20 march A group of Heidelberg authors will do a livestreamed reading with the title "Des dunklen Lichtes voll (a Holderlin quote "ful of dark light"). the video will also be shared on Saturday 21 March.

ŻiguŻajg International Arts Festival for Children & Young People was the first festival in Malta for children & young people. You can find ŻiguŻajg’s past performances, tailor-made for kids, published online every Thursdays.

In collaboration with artistic associations and independent artists, strategies will be implemented to support local artistic and cultural sectors.

 

Virtual Arts Museum of Uruguay

MAPI provides visitors with a permanent collection of archaeological and ethnographic and musical instruments from different cultures, temporary exhibitions, courses and workshops.

Virtual tour of museums in Uruguay

This free counselling services are offered to women in situations of domestic violence, including legal and psychosocial care.

The Montevideo Covid-19 webpage provides daily updates on local ordinances pertaining to health, transport and commercial facilities.

As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread rapidly, this pandemic has caused untold human suffering around the world. Despite the fact that women comprise the majority of frontline health workers globally, meaning that female representation is vital tackling the crisis, however, there is very limited highlights regarding the critical role of women play against this pandemic, and underdeveloped system to support women in Central Asia. In the light of these, COVID-19: A gender lens initiative is going to be implemented in order to support women in Central Asia and ensure that the crisis does not burden women too much (especially mentally), it is suggested to encourage women to share their stories on their response to COVID-19, share their experience and tips on balancing work, household and family during quarantine period.

With funding from the Government of Kazakhstan, the UNESCO Almaty Office initiated a Youth for Sustainable Development Project, with training modules developed on Education for Sustainable Development, Biosphere Reserves, Project Planning, Intercultural Understanding and Cultural Heritage, and Media and Information Literacy. These modules will be transformed into online format and focused on the development of online courses to be made available for ASP schools, UNESCO Clubs and Community Media Centres in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

The UNESCO Almaty Office will support a global storytelling initiative/campaign that will engage with young people around the world, and particularly young women and young scientists, to share their stories of courage, solidarity and resilience, as well as their perspectives on how the COVID-19 crisis is and will be affecting their lives and their communities. It is planned to mobilize Central Asian young scientists for #CoronaStories campaign, in which they will translate scientific information into simple and understandable language, dispel the myths and fake information about COVID-19, and ensure science-based information on COVID-19 and precaution methods.

As a part of inter-sectorial response to COVID-19 outbreak, the UNESCO Almaty Office aims to support children and adolescents from the most vulnerable groups through the series of online art workshops that lead by youth artists and members of Kazakhstan National Federation of UNESCO Clubs. In order to improve children’s mental health and emotional state for a better well-being and successful recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, this initiative corresponds with the UNESCO’s global campaign #ResiliArt #ArtConnects dedicated to the World Arts Day.

In cooperation with the Kazakh National Olympic Committee, UNESCO Almaty has joined the global efforts to encourage everyone to be active, stay well and demonstrate solidarity during this period of physical and social distancing on the occasion of the International Day of Sports for Development and Peace. A one-month Online campaign, which emphasizes the importance of indoor physical activity and sports in conjunction with a healthy lifestyle to limit the impact of COVID-19 includes different activities, e.g. sports challenges and Instagram flashmob with the Olympic athletes, celebrities and bloggers under the slogan #BeActive #StayWell.

As an emergency response to COVID-19, UNESCO Almaty aims to support children and adolescents from the most vulnerable groups through the series of online art workshops lead by youth artists and members of Kazakhstan National Federation of UNESCO Clubs. This initiative corresponds with the UNESCO’s global campaign #ResiliArt #ArtConnects dedicated to the World Arts Day (15 April).

Des membres de collectifs d'artistes-graffeurs s'engagent dans le combat contre le Covid-19 en mettant leur art au service de la sensibilisation.

The Saloum Delta is close to the African continent’s western extremity, about 100 km south of the Senegalese capital, Dakar.  It is an extensive area of mudflats, mangrove swamp and channels, with about 200 small islands, some of which are forested.  

La plateforme artistique Archivart a lancé l'initiative "Artists Against Corona" en mars dernier afin de mettre en avant l’importance de la solidarité au sein de la société tunisienne. Soutenu par des artistes plasticiens et visuels, Archivart s’engage à verser la totalité de sa commission, qui est de 30% sur chaque vente, pour la lutte contre le Covid-19. La communauté d’artistes, solidaires avec cette action, offrent 10% de leurs gains ou plus. L’acheteur de l’œuvre peut s’engager dans le même procédé, s’il le souhaite.

Virtual visits of various tourist attractions in the country, including the Joya de Cerén archaeological World Heritage site, the Anthropology Museum, the National Palace, the Santa Ana Theater and others.

Virtual tour of San Salvador National Museum of Anthropology. Known as MUNA, the Museo Nacional de Antropología, offers a most comprehensive exhibition of Salvadoran history and serves as a pillar of El Salvador’s effort towards cultural preservation.

A virtual tour of Joya de Cerén archaeological site, that offers an interactive experience to discover this archaeological site inscribed on the World Heritage List since 1993. Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600. Because of the exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight into the daily lives of the Central American populations who worked the land at that time.

The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design of Costa Rica (MADC) has created a directory of national design stores so that people can buy their products even during the period of confinement. In addition, through its social networks, it promotes the efforts made to strengthen the country's cultural sector, seriously affected by the economic effects of the pandemic.

Audiovisual content on the history of the emblematic National Theatre of Costa Rica. The gallery includes photographs, information on artistic pieces of the property and videos on various topics related to the National Theater.

This Vimeo account of the Costa Rican Film Centre offers a variety of diverse audiovisual contents of cinematographic and historical interest, in addition to some Costa Rican films.

Virtual visit of the National Museum of Costa Rica

Virtual museum of Costa Rican Art

The dense forest of the Osun Sacred Grove, on the outskirts of the city of Osogbo, is one of the last remnants of primary high forest in southern Nigeria. Regarded as the abode of the goddess of fertility Osun, one of the pantheon of Yoruba gods, the landscape of the grove and its meandering river is dotted with sanctuaries and shrines, sculptures and art works in honour of Osun and other deities. The sacred grove, which is now seen as a symbol of identity for all Yoruba people, is probably the last in Yoruba culture. It testifies to the once widespread practice of establishing sacred groves outside all settlements. The grove covers an area of 75 hectares and it is a typical example of a true primary rainforest that is fast disappearing in the West African Sub-region and one of the few vestiges of the rainforests in Nigeria.

The Ministry of Communication and Culture distributed aid to Malagasy artists from all walks of life. 1000 pieces of supplies are being distributed to these artists. It came from organizing a conference of various actors, such as singers, filmmakers and others, as well as within the Ministry, to see who needs the most. These federations took the help and distributed it to a group of artists. Artists in the art world are also among those who are experiencing difficulties with inability to perform shows and events.

The Migrants' Advisory Council of the city of Graz emphasizes the right of immigrants to information as a basic human right. The Council, in collaboration with the Graz city government, has worked to make information on COVID-19 not only available but accessible to immigrants living in Graz.

One free per day

Le Ksar de Tafilelt sis à Béni-Isguen (Ghardaïa) a obtenu fin 2016, lors de la COP22, le 1er prix de ville durable. En s'appuyant sur des techniques ancestrales, la ville algérienne est un exemple d'éco-citoyenneté.

En 2003, sur une colline rocailleuse, un projet unique en son genre a vu le jour. Ksar Tafilalt Tajdite est en vérité un nouveau ksar, surplombant Beni Izguen, qui compte plus de 800 maisons traditionnelles bâties dans le cadre d’un projet social à but non lucratif. 

Le patrimoine culturel ancestral peut, lui aussi, concourir à la résolution du problème du logement. Face à la menace de ‘’bétonisation’’ de la vallée, ce projet a été conçu pour proposer des logements à des prix modestes qui correspondent aux spécificités architecturales et culturelles de la vallée du M’zab. Il répond également à la nécessité de réagir à la disparition programmée des palmeraies. 
Les habitants de la ville entretiennent une forêt entretenue selon les règles de l'agriculture biologique, et des animaux : chèvres, moutons et singes, nourris en partie grâce aux déchets alimentaires. Chaque personne doit ainsi s'occuper d'un palmier, d'un arbre d'ornement et d'un arbre fruitier.

Face à la majestueuse baie d’Alger, sur la « Colline aux sangliers »,  surplombant le luxuriant « Jardin d’Essai » se dresse fièrement le Musée national des Beaux-arts d’Alger. Construit par l’architecte français Paul Guion, les travaux ont commencé en 1927 et sont achevés en 1930. Le Musée sera ouvert au public en avril 1931.

Son bâtiment, qui s’élève sur quatre niveaux, est une étonnante synthèse de styles divers, où se déclinent en toute harmonie les influences décoratives de l’art musulman médiéval comme celles de l’art antique ou encore les inventives géométries de l’art déco des années 1930. 
Avec ses 8 000 œuvres, sa collection est considérée comme la plus importante pour l’art en Algérie, dans le monde arabe et même sur le continent africain.
Il  renferme en plus des œuvres peintes (véritable voyage dans six siècles de l’histoire de l’art universel), des dessins, gravures et estampes anciennes,  un bel ensemble de sculptures, de mobilier ancien et d’art décoratif, céramique, verrerie, ainsi qu’une importante collection de numismatique.
La Musée national des Beaux-arts a d’autre part imaginé un parcours dédié à la sculpture, au sein de ses espaces extérieurs : la Pergola, suspendue à l’italienne, propose ainsi une superbe promenade avec la découverte des œuvres sculptées tandis qu’en contrebas, sur la terrasse panoramique, d’imposants  moulages historiques retracent l’histoire de la sculpture mondiale. 

In the spirit of the UNESCO ResiliArt Movement, two Eastern African countries held online public debates with key stakeholders in the cultural and creative industries sector to share experiences and perspectives on the effects of COVID-19 on artists, performers and other actors working in the sector.

Lancée dans le cadre de l’appel aux bonnes initiatives des villes du réseau ICCAR (SHS-UNESCO), cette veille informationnelle (COVID-19 – Paysage urbain montréalais) vise à recueillir des points de vue de fil de presse, des actions citoyennes et des mesures émises par la Ville de Montréal qui interpellent les valeurs d’inclusion sociales et culturelles dans la crise pandémique COVID-19. De plus, cette analyse média, blog, site web, etc. face à la crise du COVID-19 permettra : • de tirer des constats sur les préoccupations citoyennes, journalistiques et politiques envers les espaces publics montréalais dans les phases de confinement et de déconfinement ; • d'énoncer des perspectives quant : - à l’aménagement urbain, des espaces et des interfaces publiques et privées, et de l’habitat ; - aux enjeux urbains associés (sociaux, culturels, économique et environnementaux) et ; - aux champs de pratiques en architecture, en architecture de paysage, en design et en urbanisme.

Covid19-Response - Resources for heritage colleagues

Canada's National Arts Centre and Facebook will pay musicians for livestreams

Social Distancing Festival is a platform launched by a playwright whose production has been affected by COVID-19. The site celebrates  artists and the work that has been cancelled/delayed/disrupted.

Canada’s Unison provides  COVID-19 Resources for the Music Community

From the very beginning of the coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak in Turkey, Kadıköy Municipality has developed its local practices in line with national measures and implemented an integrated service model for the prevention of the pandemic. The services under the “Stay At Home, Save Lives” title are carried out together with an integrated communication campaign and all communication channels of Kadıköy Municipality are mobilized in order to ensure that citizens stay at home during the pandemic.

Explore the collection of the Pera Museum, Turkey

Curitiba mobilized its expertise in design and innovation to start producing 3D printed face shields to protect health professionals working in the city.

Explore the collection of the São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

Virtual tour to the Republic Museum, Brazil

Virtual tour to the Tomorrow Museum of Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Virtual tours to museums and temporary exhibitions in Brazil

Museum consecrated to the Brazilian painter Candido Portinari (Brazilian, English, French, deaf and mute version)

Virtual tour of the Museo Afro Brasil. The works presented highlight the importance of African people in the formation of Brazilian culture, heritage and identity as known nowadays. It offers also a celebration of the art and accomplishments of the Africans and Afro-Brazilians.

Virtual tour of the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1985.

Brazilian, English, French, deaf and mute version.

Pampulha Modern Ensemble, inscribed in 2016 on UNESCO World Heritage List.

Brazilian, English, French, deaf and mute version.

Virtual tour of the Historic Town of Ouro Preto, World Heritage property inscribed in 1980.

Brazilian, English, French, deaf and mute versions.

360° underwater footage, recorded by Underwater Earth, a partner of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme.

Museums and cultural institutions in Bergamo, Italy, have launched online initiatives to allow inhabitants to continue experiencing the vibrant cultural life of the city, through virtual tours, videos and podcasts.See more

Through to the initiative #Cinemadacasa, sequences and images of films are projected on urban building facades throughout the city.See more

Italy’s MEI has put together a resource on music clips and live streaming.

Visit of the Egyptian Museum of Turin

Virtual visit of the Uffizi, Florence

Virtual tour.

The Villa d'Este in Tivoli, with its palace and garden, is one of the most remarkable and comprehensive illustrations of Renaissance culture at its most refined. Its innovative design along with the architectural components in the garden (fountains, ornamental basins, etc.) make this a unique example of an Italian 16th-century garden.

The city of Slemani launched the initiative ‘Literature and Arts as Helpmate and Therapist’ to help people in confinement experiencing solitude to stay resilient and united.See more

Virtual collection of Asian Masterpieces (VCM), an innovative project of ASEMUS that presents a vast collection of Asian masterpieces through the web.

Roots.sg was conceived in 2014 to bring the contents of national collection, heritage trails, national monuments, historic sites and other multimedia assets together in a single, one-stop heritage resource portal. 

Collections of the National Gallery Singapore

Collections of the National Museum of Cambodia. (The digitization of the National Museum's Collection is the result of a ten year inventory and database project undertaken by the Center for Khmer Studies, with generous sustained funding by the Leon Levy Foundation, New York.)

Collaboration between virtual history specialists, archaeologists and historians designed to bring Angkor to life. Angkor was inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992.

Collections of the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam. 

Collections of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Korea 

Collections (Curator'sPicks, Collection, Database, Highlights, 30 Masterpieces) of the National Museum of Korea 

The first of multiple planned live-streamed concerts was recorded on 12 March and is available on the Orchestra's YouTube channel

Explorez la collection du Musée national de Sierra Leone

Virtual visit to the Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa

The Apartheid Museum, illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid.

The Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (dubbed the 'Cradle of Humankind') lies 45 km west of Johannesburg, one of Africa’s great cities.  

Explore the online collection of the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires.

Memory Sites in Argentina

Virtual visit of the National Museum of Archeology, Antropology and History of Peru

Virtual tours of Peruvian museums

3D visit to the Museum of Modern Art Carlos Merida, Guatemala

Virtual visit to the museum collections. The museum exhibits Cuban art collections from the colonial times up to contemporary generations and a collection to the Universal Arts.

Virtual visit. Founded in 1966, the museum has a permanent collection composed mainly of Colombian and Latin-Americans artists.

Visite virtuelle du musée qui expose des peintures, sculptures sur bois, meubles, bijoux, livres et documents de la période coloniale (1492-1810).

Virtual tour of the National Museum of Colombia that houses collections on the country's history, art and culture. Located in downtown Bogotá, it is the biggest and oldest museum in Colombia built in 1823.

Virtual tour of Museo de Oro Colombia

Virtual tour of Museo Botero Colombia

Video light installation created by Finnish artist Kari Kola of the Connemara landscape of mountain

Do you really need an explanation for this one ? ;)

The Vatican Museums are offering art lovers the possibility of visiting its amazing collection from the comfort and the safety of their own home.

Selection of museum collections from archaeological to fine arts objects are available virtually

The Gnalić shipwreck is a little over three nautical miles distant from Biograd na moru, Croatia, on the Dalmatian coast. Previous archaeological investigations exposed the remains of a large ship dating to the late 16th century. Artifacts excavated at the time include a rich assortment of items and materials including: glass vessels and mirrors, brass chandeliers, shaving razors, and candle snuffers. One of the most interesting and rare finds was a collection of spectacles packed in little wooden boxes. Determining the provenience and destination of all these items will shed light on the nature of commerce routes in the central Mediterranean world of the late 16th century. This audio-visual work was composed by Kotaro Yamafune, a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University, as a part of primary results of Gnalic Project 2014 field season.

Video of young professionals in Zadar, Croatia.

Horizon 2020 iMARECULTURE project - Advanced VR, iMmersive serious games and Augmented REality as tools to raise awareness and access to European underwater culutural heritage aimed at making the wealth of underwater cultural heritage accessible to the public through digital technologies. Sarajevo Graphics Group, a research laboratory at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, was responsible for interactive digital storytelling within the consortium.

The wreck at the centre of the project is a merchant ship named Melckmeyt (Milkmaid). It was discovered in 1992 by local divers Erlendur Guðmundsson and Sævar Árnason, close to a tiny isolated island called Flatey in Breiðafjörður, off the west coast of Iceland. Investigations at the site restarted in 2016, when a team of divers from the University of Iceland decided to carry out a more detailed survey. This team was led by Kevin Martin, a maritime archaeologist and PhD student in archaeology at the University of Iceland, with the assistance of maritime archaeologists from the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency who are interested in the ship as it is believed to have been built in the Netherlands and represents one of the world’s most northerly historical Dutch shipwrecks. The team was able to apply the latest technological innovations to make a high-resolution 3D survey of the shipwreck and this data has been used as the basis of the virtual reality experience. This video was made by John McCarthy

The Reykjavic City of Literature poetry collective Svikaskald will have poety reading from poets of Iceland or abroad and discuss their favorite poems. The videos will have English subtitles.

Rendering from a virtual re-creation of the Tantura B shipwreck and a photograph of the remains.The project shows the virtual shipwreck, interactive plan, and linked database information © 2003 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc.

The Pavlopetri Project started in 2009 and finalized in 2014. The project permitted the study of the history and development of the submerged ancient town of Pavlopetri in southern Laconia, Greece. The data extracted from the excavation was used in collaboration with the BBC to create reconstructions of the site for the forthcoming BBC/Discovery Channel documentary

Virtual tour of the Acropolis, inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987.

The Bermuda 100 Challenge aims to document 100 or more historic shipwrecks and distinct natural habitats in the waters surrounding Bermuda in order to enhance conservation efforts and open the sites to both real and ‘virtual’ tourism from interested students, researchers and travelers from around the world.

In 2004, the project goals were build accurate and detailed 3D computer models of the excavated artifacts, build accurate and precise 3D computer models of the surviving timbers of the ship, build an accurate and precise virtual re-creation of the ship and its cargo and test various scenarios to establish the most likely methods whereby the ancient mariners could have secured their contents from breakage under conditions of voyage.

The city has put its sport facilities to host the homeless, who are provided with food and other essentials. It has mobilized vehicles to transport patients and has established home services to the elderly.

Inhabitants have been provided with information on how to to counter the spread of the virus and access to expertise of mental health professionals through free hotlines.

Volubilis was the Roman Empire’s most remote and far-flung base, and, as such, it lasted little more than two centuries, its garrison withdrawn in 285 AD to relieve pressure elsewhere.  

Namib Sand Sea is a vast area of spectacular sand dunes.  Remarkably, the sand itself originates thousands of kilometres away in the headwaters of southern Africa’s major rivers, from where it has been transported by the forces of erosion and river flow into the ocean, then picked up and brought back onshore by strong ocean currents.  

Agadez is a small town on the fringes of the Sahara Desert in the Air region of northern Niger.  Its historic centre dates from the 15th and 16th centuries when the Sultanate of Air was established here, encouraging the consolidation of Tuareg tribes and the development of trans-Saharan economic and cultural exchanges.  

Virtual tour of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania). Besides its outstanding natural attributes, the area has made an exceptional contribution to our understanding of human evolution. 

Discover Bagan's incredible temples in 3D and VR - Embracing the Future to Preserve the Past was created with 3D scanning, photogrammetry, and 360 video

Discover a New Palate at Malaysia's UNESCO World Heritage town of Melaka

The Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park was inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993. 

360° underwater footage, recorded by Underwater Earth, a partner of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme.