There’s only so much TV you can watch or housework you can do to keep yourself busy during lockdown.
If you’re looking for new and interesting things to help keep you and your family entertained without having to leave the house, then you may want to check out what’s happening virtually.
So many venues and organisations have switched their physical offering to virtual in recent weeks, so much so, the list of virtual tours and experiences just keeps on growing.
Not sure where to start? Take a look at this list of 10 Midlands tours and experiences:
1. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Visit The Round Room, Industrial Gallery and Edwardian Tearooms, art galleries and the history galleries.
2. Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Take a look around the Terrace Suite, Garden Suite and Loudon Suite.
3. Virtual walking tour of Birmingham
This tour explores central squares in the city and looks at the history of Birmingham, as well as the present day city.
Explore the UK’s finest concert hall, from the main concourse and five entrances, to the view from the stage and shop and bar.
The city’s Town Hall building is a Grade I-listed 1,100 concert hall and venue that opened back in 1834. This tour shows you around the concert hall section of the building.
6. Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
Check out the award-winning science museum with views of the Science Garden, central atrium, past, present and future levels, Kids’ City and more.
Have a nose around this magnificent 17th century red-brick mansion, which is one of the last great houses built in the Jacobean style.
Check out the museum, which is built around the perfectly preserved Smith & Pepper jewellery factory.
9. Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park
The park has creatively brought the park’s animals into everybody’s homes by hosting Facebook Live feeding sessions.
10. Virtual wellbeing activities
It may not necessarily be a tour, but our virtual activities finder enables you stay active and try something new in the comfort of your home. Choose between live stream and on-demand video sessions.
And if that’s not enough virtual touring to keep you occupied, here’s a link to even more virtual tours, live webcams, online learning and entertainment and more.
The virtual wellbeing activities aren’t the only thing we’re doing to help Birmingham residents. We’re working with more than 60 partners as part of our #BrumTogether campaign to provide befriending and food donations. For more details, visit https://theaws.co.uk/coronavirus/
