Google's Art Project Brings You, Virtually, Inside Museums Around the Globe

If you are wondering whether that museum is really worth the admission price, get a sneak peek of the place through Google's Art Project. The new site lets you check out museums from all over the world using Google Earth-like street-view technology and see their works of art in high resolution.

There are just under 20 museums that have partnered with Google to let you see its art-filled halls, including New York City's Museum of Modern Art, Berlin's Alte Nationalgalerie, Madrid's Museo Reina Sofia, London's Tate Britain, France's Palace of Versailles and Italy's Uffizi Gallery.

You can peruse the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and zoom in on the artist's famous sunny "Sunflowers" so closely that you can see the brushstrokes in each lovely yellow petal. Click on the "i" icon in the upper-right hand corner, and you can learn about the museum's history, see its floor plan and get directed to its YouTube channel.

Some museums let you listen to audio tours and watch YouTube videos about their art offerings as you explore paintings. Art Project also allows you to create own artwork collection, saving paintings and sharing them across social networks.

While looking through the museums, you may notice some works are blurry. That's because there's a copyright issue with the work. But for the most part, you can see all of the paintings and other works adorning the halls.

There's no replacement for seeing amazing art in person, but Art Project lets you decide whether a museum is worth the trip. It's also good in case you just can't make it out to a museum and want to learn more about it in a much more fun way than cracking open a book.

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