A Resource Guide for Staying Home and Staying Sane: Culture From the Couch

A searchable directory of New York’s 4600+ museums, libraries, historical societies, science centers, parks, zoos, university art galleries, planetariums, and more. Discover exciting educational programming and resources offered by cultural organizations across New York.

Each day, a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series is being made available for free streaming on the Met website, with each performance available for a period of 23 hours, from 7:30 p.m. EDT until 6:30 p.m. the following day. The schedule will include outstanding complete performances from the past 14 years of cinema transmissions, starring all of opera’s greatest singers.

Lincoln Center’s new portal enables families and communities to keep the performing arts front and center.

In this time of uncertainty and great concern, many people are turning to poems to seek words of wisdom, uplifting ideas, and language that prompts reflection and centers us mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. In response to this need and to help our readers stay connected in the weeks ahead, the Academy of American Poets invites the public to join in a new initiative called Shelter in Poems.

Online performances from Canadian artists and published authors

Thursday, June 11 at 7pm
Celebrate the Broadway season that was (and will be).

Join the stage’s biggest stars as they virtually gather to perform the songs, scenes and showstoppers that helped define a year like no other.

Welcome spring with a virtual walk to view the rhododendrons, daffodils, magnolias, and more!

Visit 2,500 museums and galleries around the world without leaving the house.

The Frick is known for its distinguished Old Master paintings and outstanding examples of European sculpture and decorative arts. Explore the galleries online.

Choose from a selection of more than 240 talks on everything from Antico to Zurbarán.

Watch art and history come alive every day at New-York Historical! Learn about the past through the Historical Society's digital audio and video resources.

Pace’s online viewing rooms offer rich contextual lenses through which to engage with artists' work and exhibitions. Explore open and upcoming online viewing rooms.

For a limited time, Ailey is sharing full length videos of the Company performing on stage.

Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage Anywhere. Each weekend this summer, SummerStage Anywhere will be presenting exclusive digital performances that you can watch from anywhere: highlighting distinctly New York genres — hip hop, salsa, jazz, global, indie, contemporary dance.

Virtually attend a production of Shakespeare with free YouTube Premieres of six different plays.

A collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed. From Internet Archive.

Louis Armstrong House Museum Virtual Exhibit