It seems like we're right back at mid-March 2020, searching for ways to keep our kids occupied while we're all stuck at home. Play centres, libraries, swimming pools, recreation centres - all the places we use to keep our kids entertained and exhausted during the winter months are closed. Again.
I shared this list last year, and I've now updated it to include virtual escape rooms, online tours, online digital puzzles and more.
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Free Digital Escape Rooms- Ancient Egypt Tomb Room Escape Room
- Minecraft Escape Room
- MyLearning Crack the Code Digital Game - Ages 7+, focus on history and science
- Avengers Escape from Hydra Base Escape Room
- Butterfly Challenge - Turn the egg into a butterfly by solving codes
- Cinderella's Virtual Escape Room - appropriate for tweens and up, or early elementary students if done with an adult
- Dog Man Escape Room
- Mother Goose Mystery - Recommended for elementary age and younger.
- Escape From the Star Killer Base Room
- Hogwarts Harry Potter Escape Room
- Trapped in the Toy Room - Recommended for kindergarten - grade 2 ages
- Pete the Cat and the Birthday Mystery Escape Room
- Spy Apprentice Digital Escape Room - 8+, may require adult help. Has a variety of different challenges.
- Mr. Awesome Breakout - Math-based escape room, ages 9+
- The Mandalorian Escape Room
- Magic Kingdom Escape Room - Solve clues and complete tasks to find the key and get out.
- Minotaur's Labyrinth Escape Room - recommended for tweens and teens, it can be family fun for all age groups.
- Toy Story Challenge - Help Woody get Forky back
- Pikachu’s Rescue Escape Room
- Crack the Code - Ages 8+, suitable for those with varied coding ability, beginners and advanced.
- Escape from Wonderland Escape Room
- Space Explorer Training Digital Escape Room
- Ronald Dahl Digital Escape
- Stranger Things Digital Escape Room - Recommended for ages 11+
- Escape the Fairy Tale, Part 1 - Ages 6+, may require adult help. Great for beginners.
- Escape the Fairy Tale, Part 2 - Ages 6+, may require adult help. Great for beginners.
- Select a Quest - Ages 6+, great for the whole family
- Escape the Sphinx - Riddle-solving and logic questions, geared to tweens, teens and families.
- Sherlock Holmes Digital Escape
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Museums- Heritage Park - Take a virtual tour and learn more about the early days of Western Canadian settlement and special rail cars known as colonist cars
- Anne Frank House - discover the Secret Annex where Anne Frank hid for more than 2 years during WWII and where she wrote her diary.
- Canadian Museum of History - Learn more about events, experiences, people and objects that reflect and have shaped Canada’s history and identity
- Boston Children's Museum - Explore three floors of fun.
- British Museum - Tour the Great Court, the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, and more.
- California Academy of Sciences: Watch stingrays, penguins, and more.
- Exploratorium: Virtually explore this renowned museum of art, science, and human perception located in San Francisco, California.
- Lovure in Paris - Enjoy a cultural tour of Ancient Egyptian artifacts, nineteenth-century Romanticism paintings, and other exhibits.
- Guggenhiem Museum in New York - Discover works of art from the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Modern, and Contemporary eras.
- Musée d’Orsay in Paris - Discover famous works from French artists.
- Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam with Google Streetview - Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to the present day.
- The Getty in Los Angeles - Works of art dating from the eighth through the twenty-first century, showcased against a backdrop of dramatic architecture, tranquil gardens, and breathtaking views of Los Angeles
- Uffizi Gallery in Florence - Explore the art collection of the de'Medicis family.
- MASP, São Paulo - Brazil’s first modern museum
- The J. Paul Getty Museum - Explore paintings, drawings, sculptures, and more.
- National Gallery of Art: Two online exhibits at this famous American art museum.
- National Museum of Anthropology: Explore ancient Mayan artifacts and more.
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art: Explore six floors of Contemporary Art from Korea and more.
- Pergamon Museum: Explore ancient artifacts at one of Germany's largest museums.
- Rijksmuseum: Explore masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age.
- Royal Tyrrell Museum - Dinosaurs!!
- The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Explore every exhibit on all three floors.
- Van Gogh Museum: Explore Van Gogh's art up close.
- The Museu de Arte de São Paulo: Explore Brazil's first modern museum.
- Museo Galileo - Discover Galileo's amazing inventions
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Zoos, Wildlife & Nature
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Science
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National Parks, Landmarks, Historic Sites
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