In the site’s Collections Stories area, museum staff members share objects that resonate for them historically or culturally, whether it’s Muhammad Ali’s training gear.the dress Carlotta Walls, one of the so-called Little Rock Nine, wore when she walked the gauntlet of angry mobs on her first day integrating Little Rock Central High School.or shards of stained glass from the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four little girls. While there are plenty of current and past exhibits to explore online here, the real draw is the collections. READ MORE: 7 Important Civil War Battles National Museum of African American History and CultureĪ memorial to the black power salute by American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. And when you’re done touring, be sure to explore the site’s other robust resources, from battle summaries to generals’ biographies. In the Gettysburg tour alone, there are 15 different stops-no walking required-each of which features clickable icons with granular detail about all the whos, whats and whys. ABT’s website may not offer the sunshine on your back, but it marries the setting, action and context far more seamlessly, with its 360-degree virtual tours of more than 20 American Revolution and Civil War battlefields.
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Most on-site battlefield tours require a leap of imagination: the ability to walk around a perfectly peaceful open field and overlay a mental movie of smoke and combat and fallen warriors, all the while considering the military strategy and broader political stakes. The State of Pennsylvania Monument is the largest memorial at the Gettysburg battlefield, commemorating the tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who fought there.
READ MORE: The Space Race American Battlefield Trust Virtual Battlefield Tours For astronaut wannabes, virtual tours abound of NASA’s various research and training facilities-putting users right inside a supersonic wind tunnel, a zero-gravity lab, flight simulators, a space environments complex and much more. Enjoy a motherlode of space images with the cache of ultra-high-def videos taken from various missions-like the virtual tour of the moon in 4K, enabled by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spacecraft. Check out the History hub to dive deep into photos, videos and articles about all their historic missions.
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Get the full scoop on all the key NASA programs past and present, from the Hubble Telescope to the Mars Rover to the upcoming Parker Solar Probe. It's one of the many NASA facilities available to be experienced in a virtual tour.Ĭalling all space geeks: Report to the NASA site for ultimate fun in the final frontier. Inside the Icing Research Tunnel at NASA's John Glenn Research Center. READ MORE: How FDR Became the First-and Only-President to Serve Four Terms NASA It’s easy to lose track of time clicking through all the fascinating letters, whether it’s from a constituent exhorting him to “discontinue being a smiling, wasteful and fickle prima donna politician” to one from Albert Einstein strenuously detailing his objections to the atomic bomb. Together, they illustrate everything from FDR’s little-known assassination attempt to his New Deal policies and wartime decisions to Eleanor’s significant role. This online experience walks users room by room through the exhibits in his extensive presidential library and museum in Hyde Park, New York, drawing together a wealth of original documents, artifacts, videos, 360-degree tours and more. Roosevelt liked to be seen in public sitting in his car, since it hid his polio-ravaged legs while projecting an image of power and forward motion.įDR, America’s only four-term president, presided over the nation during two of its most trying ordeals: the Great Depression and World War II.
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