This page is a collection of links to museums with artifacts from ancient cultures regularly encountered in Biblical and Theological studies (Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant, Asia Minor, Greece, Rome, and so forth).
Most of the links are part of the Google Arts & Culture project of the Google Cultural Institute. Partner museums allow online access to high-quality images of their artworks at https://artsandculture.google.com. Once there, you could take a virtual tour of the museums. Or, you can search for a specific topic such as “Corinth” or “Babylon,” and the curated results will provide images from across the partner museums.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Digital Dead Sea Scrolls, The Israel Museum + Google
British Museum, London
Louvre, Paris
Vatican Museum, Vatican City
Paris Musées, Paris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid
Wien MUseum, Vienna
Numismatic Museum, Athens
Acropolis Museum, Athens
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
Benaki Museum of Greek Civilization, Athens
Musei Capitolini, Rome
Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
Ephesus Archaeological Museum, Turkey
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna: the Ephesus Museum, Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna: Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, Vienna
Virtual Egyptian Museum, Cyberspace
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California
The Iraq Museum, Baghdad
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston
DAllas Museum of Art (DMA), Dallas
Google Arts & Culture, “Corinth“
Google Arts & Culture, “Pergamon“
Google Arts & Culture, “Books: From Scrolls to Screens“
Google Arts & Culture, “Museum of Greek History”
This page was inspired by Andrea Romano’s article for Travel + Leisure, “Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch (Video)” (March 12, 2020).