Virtual Museums - An Overview
Virtual tour of an online museum
Some museums exist only on the internet, e.g. for the purpose of exploring the web as a medium for presenting art, or because of lack of funding for building and running a museum in real life.
Example: MUVA, virtual museum of arts, Uruguay
The virtual museum of arts, MUVA, which exhibits works of contemporary Uruguayan art, is a museum that can only be found on the internet. Nevertheless, it presents itself on its web page as if it was located in a remarkable building at a square in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.
The experience of moving around in an existing, physical building is facilitated when entering the building on the web page. Wandering through the rooms of the building, the visitor may look at the exhibited pieces of art from different angles, zoom in for a closer look, or get further info of the pieces of art.