As we confront social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve dedicated our resource section at this time to content available for older adults to stay engaged and connected. By design most of the resources here are free. Please reach out to us if you have any questions, comments, or other resources you would like to share. And feel free to share with others.
Some of Our Favorites:
Old Time Radio
https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
Radiooooo: Choose your country, your decade and genre.
Classic TV
http://www.classic-tv.com/watch
Classic Cartoons
http://www.classic-tv.com/cartoons
Memory Well: Interactive timelines to help families stay in touch. Upload memories, photos, videos, music, and movies.
https://app.memorywell.com/ecommerce/timelineintro
Spiro100: Full-featured, on-demand wellness program
https://spiro100.spirofit.com/free-trial
San Diego Zoo: The world of the animals and what they’re up to while the visitors are away. www.zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams/
Aeronaurtics and Space
Boeing: Explore the latest engineering, technology, and manufacturing at Boeing.
www.boeingfutureu.com/virtual-field-trips
NASA Glenn Research Center: Explore missions and ultra-high-def videos of space missions.
www.nasa.gov/content/ultra-high-definition-video-gallery
NASA's 4K virtual tour of Earth's moon: Detailed sites on the moon and lunar terrains.
https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/168/tour-of-the-moon-4k/
Solar System Scope: Tour the solar system, the night sky, and view outer space in real time.
Atlanta Zoo Panda Cam: Pandas at the Atlanta Zoo !
Aquariums and Zoos
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden: Home Safari Facebook Live each weekday at 12 noon PST.
www.cincinattizoo.org/home-safari-resources &
Georgia Aquarium: Live webcams of African Penguins, Beluga Whales, Seaotters, Piranhas, and more.
www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam
Monterey Bay Aquarium: A variety of webcams: aviary, coral reef, sharks, and jellyfish!
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/
San Diego Zoo: The world of the animals and what they’re up to while the visitors are away.
Art and Culture
Archdaily: Modern architecture
Artsy: Current events and works of up and coming and renowned artists alike.
Dezeen: Modern art world.
Google Arts & Culture: Tour renowned museums across the globe.
https://artsandculture.google.com
The Kennedy Center: Performances from the Kennedy Center’s stages.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/digital-stage
Live Streamed Classical Music: Classic Concerts
https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/live-streamed-classical-music-concerts-coronavirus/
Audiobooks and e-books
DigitalBook: Download free ebooks and audiobooks
Hoopla: Borrow digital movies, music, ebooks, and more.
Libby: Login with your county library for ebooks and audiobooks for free (iTunes / Google Play)
https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/
Project Gutenberg: Over 60,000 eBooks, available for tablet download.
Entertainment TV, Movies and Radio
The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital: Environmentally themed films
iMDB: TV and movies here for absolutely free.
PBS: Your favorite PBS shows for free.
www.pbs.org/show/free-exchange
Old Time Radio
https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
Radiooooo: Choose your country, your decade and genre.
Classic TV
http://www.classic-tv.com/watch
Classic Cartoons
http://www.classic-tv.com/cartoons
YouTube
Cats: Broadway Production Full
Dancing Chair Yoga with Sherry Zak Morris
Full episodes of Rick Steves Travel Show
Full episodes of Huell Howser: California Gold
Minute Earth
Games
General Game Directories
www.arkadium.com/free-online-games
Brain Games
Casino Style/Gambling
Classic Games
www.freeonlinemahjonggames.net
Puzzles
The Jigsaw Puzzle (www.thejigsawpuzzles.com)
Sudoku (www.websudoku.com)
Social Word and Drawing Games
East of the Web:
Scrabble:
https://www.scrabblegames.info/
Skribbl: A simple “Pictionary” type of drawing game with friends
Gardens
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden: Home Safari Facebook Live each weekday at 12 noon PST.
www.cincinattizoo.org/home-safari-resources &
Georgia Aquarium: Live webcams of African Penguins, Beluga Whales, Seaotters, Piranhas, and more.
www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam
Monterey Bay Aquarium: A variety of webcams: aviary, coral reef, sharks, and jellyfish!
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/
San Diego Zoo: The world of the animals and what they’re up to while the visitors are away.
Lifestyle
Next Avenue: Aging from leading experts in the field
Positive Aging: Understand “Positive Aging” and proven benefits of the practice.
https://positivepsychology.com/positive- aging/
AARP Online Learning: A variety of topics.
https://learn.aarp.org/online-events
Lifelong Learning
American Society on Aging: A leading source on advocating, knowledge, and skills on behalf of older adults.
Coursera: Learn a new skill or deep-dive into a topic you’ve always been interested in!
Covia WellConnected: Staff, facilitators, presenters, and other volunteers who value being connected. All groups are accessible by phone from wherever you are at no cost to you. https://covia.org/services/well-connected/
Great Big Story: Cinematic human interest story telling at it’s best.
Khan Academy: Free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
Mather Telephone Topics: Listen to wellness, education, music reviews, and live performances.
Memrise.com: Watch real conversational language from native speakers around the world. www.memrise.com
Open Culture: 1,500 free courses from top universities and 48 different languages
Senior Planet: Lifelong learning, technology education, financial literacy, and stories for older adults www.seniorplanet.org
Project Noah: Discover, share, and identify wildlife.
Museums
Baseball Hall of Fame: Baseball Hall of Fame with 360 degree tours.
www.baseballhall.org/discover-more/education/virtual-field- trip
British Museum, London - Virtual tour of the Great Court, Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies.
https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
Smithsonian Natural History Museum: Room-by-room tour of select exhibits.
www.naturalhistory.com/visit/virtual-tour
Guggenheim Museum, New York - Tour Guggenheim’s famous art and culture.
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum-interior-streetview
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. – Featuring American fashion 1740-1895 and Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc?hl=en
Musée d’Orsay, Paris - French artists who worked between 1848 and 1914, Monet, Cézanne and more.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/musee-dorsay-paris?hl=en
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul - Korea’s popular museums.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-museum-of-modern-and-contemporary-art-korea?hl=en
Pergamon Museum, Berlin - One of Germany’s largest museums.
https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/pergamon/m05tcm?hl=en
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/rijksmuseum/iwH5aYGoPwSf7g?hl=en&sv_lng=4.885283712
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - See his works up close.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/van-gogh-museum?hl=en
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles - European artworks from as far back as the 8th Century.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-j-paul-getty-museum?hl=en
Uffizi Gallery, Florence - Art collection of one of Florence, Italy’s most famous families, the de'Medicis.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/uffizi-gallery?hl=en
MASP, São Paulo - Brazil’s first modern museum.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/masp?hl=en
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City - Archaeology and Mexico’s pre-Hispanic heritage.
The Louvre, Paris - The Louvre offers virtual tours on its website.
The Vatican, Vatican City, Rome - Vatican City State, the independent city-state enclaved within Rome, Italy.
https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/vatican-city/m07ytt?categoryid=place
Wright Patterson National Air Force Museum: The National Museum of the United States Air Force
www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/visit/museum-exhibits/online- exhibits
Mental Health and Wellness
Spiro100: Full-featured, on-demand wellness program
https://spiro100.spirofit.com/free-trial
Mind, Coronavirus and Your Wellbeing: Coping with feelings of anxiety and residual effects of social distancing. www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus-and-your- wellbeing
Headspace: Meditations, sleep, and movement exercises
Live Life to the Fullest: A variety of forms of self-care and how to support those around you.
www.llttf.com/home/living-life-to-the-full-series/
World Health Organization Mental Health Considerations: Mental health in the wake of. COVID-19
“WHO mental health Covid 19”
Travel
360 View of Stonehenge: Explore this mysterious and ancient structure
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history-and-stories/stonehenge360/
Aerial Tours Around the World: A 360° virtual tour of the most beautiful places on Earth.
The Cotswolds, England: Quintessentially English market towns and villages countryside streets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfIPGOI9dOc
Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island: At the end of eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac within Lake Huron.
www.grandhotel.com/about-grand-hotel/virtual-tours
Mount Vernon – George Washington’s home: Visit the historic home in vivid detail.
www.mountvernon.org/the-estate-gardens/the-mansion/mansion- virtual-tour
View from Empire State Building: View the most spectacular views of New York city and beyond.
www.iloveny360.com/panorama/empire-state-building-102th-floor
Yellowstone Tours: Explore the natural wonders of Yellowstone National Park.
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.html
Volunteering
Covia WellConnected: Share your knowledge by teaching a class to your peers!
www.covia.org/services/well- connected
Virtual Volunteering: Use your talents to support causes you care about.
www.livegenerously.com/inspiring-stories/virtual-volunteering.html