Let a painting take you somewhere
A beautiful place
to begin.
Some journeys start with a ticket.
Others start with a painting.
Find a scene you love. Walk into its world. Artlas connects paintings with the places they depict — and the museums that hold the originals.
Find your next place ↗A free first edition. No account needed.
Art Institute of Chicago · Artwork: public domain; image credits below
Follow your curiosity
The next place you love
might already be painted.
From a London bridge to a quiet corner of the Seine. Begin with a little inspiration, then make it your own.
London · United Kingdom
Into the atmosphere.
Claude Monet · Houses of Parliament, London
Art Institute of Chicago · Artwork: public domain; image credits below
Venice · Italy
Take the waterway.
Claude Monet · Venice, Palazzo Dario
Art Institute of Chicago · Artwork: public domain; image credits below
Étretat · France
A change of scenery.
Claude Monet · Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d’Amont
Art Institute of Chicago · Artwork: public domain; image credits below
The painting is only the beginning
Find the scene.
Meet the original.
A painting’s subject and its museum can be an ocean apart. Artlas helps you explore both, with separate map markers, clear location labels and official museum links.
Use Near me for painted places and a curated museum directory. Or choose a destination from your sofa — no location permission required.
Explore Artlas ↗A journey in three small steps
Something catches your eye.
Browse real paintings, read their stories and find the places behind them. Every artwork includes its source and image credit.
Keep the possibility.
Save a scene or museum to your wishlist. Add it to a named trip, choose your days and arrange your own stops.
See it for yourself.
Open a place in your maps app, check museum visitor information and mark a stop visited when you choose.
A little discovery, every day
Know this place?
Take a guess.
One painting. Five attempts to find its city. A new clue with every guess, and a destination worth discovering at the reveal.
Play in Artlas ↗Daily editions reset at midnight UTC. Our first curated collection rotates, so paintings repeat.
Where in the world?
Let the details
give it away.
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Follow the light. Look at the rooftops.
You might know more than you think.
A little more looking.
A lot more finding.
Begin your journey ↗Available on the web now. Android and iOS releases are in preparation.
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