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education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world - nelson mandela

learn for free

after all, they can't take education from us. learn for free, learn for fun.

PS: most of these are art/history-related because i am biased.

art history

• Learning to See: Visual Fundamentals with Jonathan Ribner from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Looking East, Looking West: Mughal Painting between Persia and Europe with Kavita Singh from the Getty Research Institute
• Jean-Michel Basquiat: Head Imagery with Fred Hoffman from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
• Henry Moore: Humanity of Urban Space in Postwar United States with Christopher Ketcham from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Tadao Ando's Sacred Architecture with Jin Baek from the Seattle Art Museum

egyptology

• Apprenticeship in Ancient Egypt with Willeke Wendrich from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
• Breaking the Noses on Egyptian Statues with Edward Bleiberg from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
• The "Mummy Portraits" of Roman Egypt: Status, Ethnicity, and Magic with Lorelei H. Corcoran from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
• W. E. B. Du Bois, Education, and Archaeology in Egypt with Vanessa Davies from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

other history/archaeology/material culture

• Great Beasts of Legend: Monsters of the Maya Cosmos with Dr. Simon Martin from the Penn Museum
• Souvenir, Art, or Anthropology? with David Odo from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
• Origins of the Silk Roads with Rowan Flad from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
• Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade with Sarah Laursen from the Harvard Art Museums

museums and other cultural institutions often upload lectures to youtube. you can also sign up for free virtual lectures. moreover, your local bookstores may host talks on a variety of books and topics. you can also learn about curious social media trends amongst museums, like ASMR and meditation-related content, clickbait thumbnails, conservation videos, and more.

museums on youtube

• Frick Collection
• Frye Art Museum
• Getty Museum
• Getty Research Institute
• Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
• Harvard Museum of Natural History
• HENI Talks—(not a museum but excellent videos on art)
• The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at UChicago
• Library of Congress
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Minneapolis Institute of Art
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
• The Museum of Modern Art
• The National Gallery (UK)
• National Gallery of Art (US)—(mostly short-form content)
• National Portait Gallery (US)
• Northwest African American Museum
• Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
• Penn Museum
• Portland Art Museum
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art—(short-form content)
• Seattle Art Museum
• Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
• Tate Museum
• Victoria and Albert Museum—(short-form content)
• Walker Art Center
• Whitney Museum of American Art

other resources

• Resources List for the Personal Web