Currently a lot of people are self isolating or spending large amounts of time at home due to COVID-19. I suspect we will see a lot of services offering extended free trials and other freebies and my aim is to keep this page updated with those. One resource that isn’t listed below is your local library, a lot of these give free access online to things like movies, books & magazines. Please contribute additional resources in the comments below.
Art
- A number of museums can be viewed online.
- Art Institute of Chicago has put 44,000 works of art online
- Colorourcollections. Free coloring content from participating libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions around the world using materials from their collections.
- New York Metropolitan Opera. Free shows at 7:30PM from 3/16 until 3/22. Philadelphia Orchestra might be doing something similar
- Netherlands Bach Society
- Vienna Opera
- Berlin Philharmonic
- Bluprint: Free unlimited access
Education
School age:
- ABC Mouse. Use promo code SCHOOL7771:
- Early Learning Academy (Preschool Through 2nd Grade)
- Reading IQ: (Preschool through 6th Grade)
- Academic Adventures:Â (3rd Grade through 8th Grade) Free
- Scholastic is offering ‘learn at home’, free daily courses for children.
- CommonLit. Has 2,000 high quality free reading passages for grads 3-12.
- Modern States. Offers Freshman year for free. Reader @superwendel was able to use it for some early Gen Ed requirements.
- Storyline Online.
- Huge list of other resources
- Cambridge text books free until end of May
- Audible offering free audiobooks, no account required.
- Rosetta stone: 3 months free for students
Other:
- 450 Ivy League courses
- Audiobooks from the public domain
- Khan Academy. Massive learning resource useful for all ages.
- Scribd. Free 30 day trial
Entertainment
- Amazon Music HD – 90 Days Free (Or Free Upgrade). New users only
- [YMMV] Amazon Kindle Unlimited: 2 Months For Free for New & Previous Members
- Westworld season one is free on AppleTV app
- Free iOS and Android Moog and Korg Synth Apps
- Flight Unlimited Las Vegas (flight simulator)
- Criterion Channel free 14 day trial
