{"id":27534,"date":"2020-09-01T16:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27534"},"modified":"2020-09-01T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:30:30","slug":"ihbcs-virtual-cpd-boost-looking-at-virtual-heritage-experiences-check-out-the-virtual-tour-of-frida-kahlos-blue-house-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27534","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s Virtual CPD Boost: Looking at virtual heritage experiences?\u00a0 Check out the virtual tour of Frida Kahlo\u2019s Blue House, free"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If you are looking at online experiences of heritage resources, why not \u2018Take a Virtual Tour of Frida Kahlo\u2019s Blue House Free Online<\/a>\u2019.<\/h3>\n
image:.museofridakahlo.org<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Openculture<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

No first trip to Mexico City is complete without a visit to the\u00a0Frida Kahlo Museum<\/a>. Located in the village-turned-borough of Coyoac\u00e1n south of the city’s center, it requires a short trip-within-a-trip to get there. But even for travelers who know nothing of Kahlo’s art, it’s worth the effort \u2014 especially since they’ll come away knowing quite a bit about not just Kahlo’s art and life but the culturally rich place and time she inhabited. For the building occupied by the Frida Kahlo Museum was, in fact, the home in which the artist was born and spent most of her life, making her one of Coyoac\u00e1n’s many notable residents. (Others include writer Octavio Paz, iconic comic actor Mario “Cantinflas” Moreno, and actress-singer Dolores del R\u00edo.)<\/p>\n

Though I’ve long wanted to return to the Blue House, as the Frida Kahlo Museum is colloquially known, I somehow haven’t made it back again on any of my subsequent trips to Mexico City. And given the state of world travel at the moment, I doubt I’ll get the chance to make another visit any time soon.<\/p>\n

Fortunately,\u00a0the Museum has become virtually explorable online<\/a>, with 360-degree views of all its rooms as well as its grounds.\u00a0Even virtually,\u00a0writes\u00a0Vogue<\/em>‘s Manon Garrigues<\/a>, “Frida\u2019s spirit can be felt everywhere. In her atelier are carefully arranged pigments facing her easel, while in the kitchen, which once welcomed the couple\u2019s friends to the house, including their renowned neighbor,\u00a0Trotsky<\/a>, who lived next door with his wife, are playful ceramics.”<\/p>\n

For those with compatible headsets, all of this is also viewable in WebVR mode \u2014\u00a0 even Kahlo’s bedroom, where “an urn in the form of her face lies on her bed, holding her ashes. Beside is the mirror in which Frida, bedridden, observed herself to paint her famous self-portraits, such as\u00a0The Two Fridas<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Frida y la cesarea,<\/em>\u00a0now on display in the villa.”<\/p>\n

The home-turned museum’s ten rooms display a great deal of Kahlo’s art, of course, but also works by her husband, the painter Diego Rivera, as well as the couple’s clothing and personal effects. You’ll find paintings by other artists of Kahlo’s day like Paul Klee and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Velasco, and also handcrafted items from other regions of Mexico. The only thing missing in the virtual Frida Kahlo Museum experience<\/a>\u00a0is the requisite\u00a0cafe de olla<\/em><\/a>\u00a0enjoyed afterward, back out on the streets of Coyoac\u00e1n. Enter\u00a0the virtual tour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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