National Gallery of Art: The National Gallery has 50 video tours specifically geared towards kids, focusing on a work and the people, places, and scenes surrounding its creation.National Constitution Center: Explore exhibitions about constitutional conflicts through the years, including 'Hamilton: The Constitutional Clashes That Shaped a Nation.' For a fee groups can also participate in live, virtual guided tours for up to 300 people.The museum also offers virtual programming on its YouTube page. National Baseball Hall of Fame: Browse through the collection of photographs, memorabilia and more to learn more about America's national pastime.Museum of Science: The #MOSatHome page offers virtual looks at the Boston museum's exhibits and hosts daily livestreams and webinars.Musée du Louvre: The world-famous museum offers virtual tours by subject, from the body in art to Egyptian antiquities.Metropolitan Museum of Art: The #MetKids site is geared for little ones, and lets them explore a cute, illustrated map to find treasures in the museum's collection.There are also lots of ideas for at-home historical activities, like cooking with cornmeal or ' tinsmithing' at home with aluminum foil. Historic Hudson Valley: This site offers many history-themed online experiences for kids, from ' Traders and Raiders,' which looks at the history of pirates in the greater New York Area, to ' People Not Property,' which teaches kids about slavery.Frida Kahlo Museum: You might not be able to get to Mexico City, Mexico, but you can still explore the work of artist Frida Kahlo and imagine her life in the 'Casa Azul' (Blue House).Colonial Williamsburg: Eight different webcams let viewers peek in on what's happening at places like Merchants' Square or Raleigh Tavern.British Museum: This cool, interactive site lets kids browse the museum collection by time period, not by room, so kids can focus in on the era they're most interested in.American Museum of Natural History: Brian Selznick, author of Wonderstruck, leads a virtual tour of the museum, meeting field experts along the way.

Tour collections and learn about the history of art and artifacts with these online museum experiences. If you plan on doing many of these, you can even create a binder to act as a log for your virtual explorer. Depending on their age, they could either draw what they most remember or what their favorite part of the 'trip' was, or write out a couple of facts that they've learned. If you want to make the most out of a virtual field trip, try to get your kids to continue to engage with the material even after they've turned off their devices with a fun learning activity. Of course, these are still screen experiences. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play

Virtual field trips for middle school