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    51+ Things To Do While You're at Home

    With countless families cooped up together amid stay-at-home orders for the corona virus pandemic some law enforcement officials said they fear an unintended consequence of long-term, close-quarters living: a potential rise in domestic violence incidents.

    So, as a public service to help keeping peace at home, whether you're working from home or have turned your living room into a virtual home-school, here's a list of resources for keeping your cool by staying busy with entertainment and education, while social distancing…

    Virtual Museum Tours

    Many museums have closed their doors but they are open for business online. Here's a list of museums that have put their collections online for you to enjoy.


    1. British Museum in London

    2. Guggenheim Museum, New York

    3. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

    4. Musée d'Orsay, Paris

    5. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

    6. Pergamon Museum, Berlin

    7. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

    8. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

    9. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

    10. Uffizi Gallery, Italy

    11. Museu de Arte, São Paulo

    12. The Louvre, Paris

    13. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


    Online Concerts and Shows

    The music and cultural scenes are doing their best to keep going. You can stream nightly concerts and Broadway shows from the comfort of your living room... or perhaps you'd prefer to relax in a bubble bath with an iPad.


    14. 15 Broadway Plays and Musicals You Can Watch On Stage From Home

    15. Stream the Met Opera nightly for free

    16. Check out STAGEIT for access to "Shut in and Sing" events and online concerts

    17. NPR is keeping a live list of Virtual Concerts which is updated daily.


    Learn Something New

    Learning something new doesn't need to cost money. You can keep your brain active and learn a new language in just five minutes a day. Perhaps you would prefer to learn how to draw or code?


    18. Learn a new language in as little as five minutes every day. DuoLingo will even let you set up a "classroom" so you can have accounts for kids to study. Drops is another app that makes learning a new language fun.

    19. Yale University is offering a free course online - The Science of Well-Being - that teaches you how to be happier.

    20. Take a University Art Class - Artsy.net has a list of 10 classes you can take for free online.

    21. Coursera offers free online courses from many of the world's top universities in a wide variety of subjects

    22. Become an Artist with Art ala Carte on YouTube.

    23. Code Academy offers a free online coding course.


    Take a Virtual Field Trip

    Field trips might be cancelled but just like the virtual museum tours we suggested, here are some ideas for creating an at-home field trip. If you've ever wanted to visit a national park or explore the surface of mars from the comfort of your home, there's never been a better time.


    24. San Diego Zoo

    25. Yellowstone National Park

    26. Explore the Surface of Mars

    27. Live Animal Cams at the San Diego Zoo, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Zoo Atlanta, Houston Zoo, Georgia Aquarium, Smithsonian National Zoo, Reid Park Zoo, Ouwehand Zoo

    28. Live farm cams from Farm Food 360

    29. The Great Wall of China

    30. Boston Children's Museum

    31. Pompei

    32. Colonial Williamsburg

    33. Ellis Island


    Additional Programs


    34. Disney Imagineering In A Box

    35. LEGO Engineering Workshop

    36. Skype A Scientist

    37. LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems

    38. #GADBookClub : Actor Josh Gad (Olaf from Frozen) is reading bedtime stories live on his Twitter every night.

    39. National Geographic Kids

    40. PBS Kids: Design Squad Global

    41. Scholastic Learn At Home : Day by day projects to keep kids thinking, learning, and growing.


    Binge Watch Something New


    If you have the feeling that you've watched everything there is to see on Netflix, here are some other platforms you can download to your phone, tablet, or smart TV for a variety of shows and movies.


    42. PlutoTV is always free and has 250+ of free channels to choose from. This has an App for Android or Apple devices, as well as working on your smart TV.

    43. XUMO is a free (ad-supported) service with 200 channels of movies, TV shows and kids' entertainment.

    44. Sundance Now has a 30-day free trial with the code SUNDANCENOW30. This service offers thrillers, True Crime, and Dramas.

    45. Shudder has a 30-day free trial with the code SHUTIN. Shudder specializes in horror movies and thrillers.

    46. UMC has a 30-day free trial with the code UMCFREE30. UMC has the best in Black film and TV.

    47. Acorn TV has a a 30-day free trial with the code FREE30 and is full of British and Australian TV shows

    48. Crunchyroll has a 14-day free trial and access to Anime

    49. Philo is a cable alternative that has a 7-day free trial then it's $20/month for 59+ channels.

    50. Sling TV is another Cable alternative and has two packages available

    51. IMDb TV is an ad-supported movie streaming services



    stay well all,
    dub
 
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