What’s on(line) — Culture goes digital

Culture goes digital in the midst of the corona crisis — ‘staying in’ is the new ‘going out’.

2 min readMar 30, 2020

Creative minds everywhere have risen to the challenge of overcoming the restrictions triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. German and British artists, musicians and writers as well as cultural institutions have come up with more and more inspiring ideas on how the show can go on.

We have put together a medley of hopefully uplifting, stimulating and thought-provoking online offerings.

Enjoy and #stayhome.

Museums, galleries and music in Germany

Numerous museum are offering digital tours worldwide, and museums in Germany are no exception.

Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin — the Old National Gallery in Berlin is home to one of the largest collections of 19th century painting and sculptures in Germany

Deutsches Museum online (in German only) — the world’s largest museum of science and technology based in Munich

Pergamon Museum Berlin — named after the monumental Pergamon Altar, other highlights include the Ishtar Gate of Babylon and the Market Gate of Miletus

Gemäldegalerie Berlin — the picture gallery houses an impressive collection of European paintings between 13th and 18th century

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden — the Old Masters Picture Gallery has a collection of Italian Renaissance art, as well as Dutch and Flemish masterpieces

Kunsthalle Bremen — a collection of European paintings from 14th century to today, as well as sculptures between 16th and 21st centuries

Museum Folkwang — a collection of 19th and 20th century European art in Essen

Kunstpalast Düsseldorf — objects and fine arts from the antiquity to the present day

Deutsche Oper Berlin (in German only) — an extensive video archive of the company’s performances

Renaissance und Reformation. German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach (in German only) — key works of German art from around 1500

Bilderwelten. Buchmalerei zwischen Mittelalter und Neuzeit. (in German only) — a history of book illustrations from the Middle Ages

5000 Jahre Mediengeschichte online. Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum — this exhibition explains cultural history from the perspective of script and book right up to today’s world of digital networks

Threatened Orders — Societies under Stress (scientists at the University of Tübingen investigate how people and societies cope with crises and catastrophes)