The MAH's doors may be closed but there are a host of opportunities to get your fix of art, history, and creativity available to you online.
From free opera shows at the MET to virtual tours of the Louvre, check back as this list continues to grow with resources to keep you and your kids entertained as we all shelter in place to lower the risk of transmitting COVID-19 in Santa Cruz County.
Virtual Tours
- Browse 500 museums on Google Arts & Culture here. We recommend the Eduardo Carrillo's feature, who inspired the work of our past exhibition, Regeneración.
- Explore our past exhibition, Guided by Ghosts, in a 3-D online recreation here.
- Tour the Egyptian Antiquities and the Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre.
- Browse the enormous National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
- Explore Yellowstone National Park's main attractions.
- Go on a vlog tour of The Broad with MAH employee Jamie Keil.
- Watch the live feeds of the pandas, polar bears, tigers, giraffes, and more at the San Diego Zoo.
- Take a tour of the Martian surface thanks to NASA's Curiosity rover.
Classes, Workshops, and Resources
- Check out our top podcasts, history journals, and blog posts in our history round-up.
- Take virtual yoga classes with local studio, Luma Yoga.
- PreK through 6th Grade can enjoy free classes and projects on Scholastic.
- Enjoy a free sound healing & meditation recording thanks to Zen Soul Balance.
- Take a free HIIT Class with Raneir Pollard from PopSugar Fitness.
- Learn the basics and how to sketch on Youtube with SchaeferArt.
- Follow along with Mo Willems and his Youtube series Lunch Doodles
- Join the competition and create a tiny cabin using your preferred modeling tools and upload it to Sketchfab.
- Use this 10-week free curriculum created with Museo Carrillo and the Young Writers Program to stay connected to the arts.
- Create a tin can creature, or a hanging planter using recycled materials.
- Get kids up and moving with these musical activities from Music Together.
Videos & More
- Flashback to 2015 when we worked with The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Hawaii to bring historic surfboards to Santa Cruz.
- Or on that same day when Tyler Fox rode an enormous olo board shaped by Bob Pearson.
- Dig into the history of Evergreen Cemetery here and here.
- Get to know the Capitola Historical Museum with a host of interviews and tours.
- Watch MAH employee Jamie Keil on the tv show Wipeout!
- San Lorenzo River Through Time Activity PDF