virtual backgrounds
A selection of amazing interiors, beautiful buildings and stunning landscapes to make your background the envy of the video call.

Over the last year, video calls have become a staple of our everyday lives. To help keep us connected with arts and heritage, this stunning curation of video backgrounds features many of the country's iconic cultural venues.
Provided by National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic England, British Film Institute and Arts Council England, these backgrounds will transport you into amazing cultural locations so that you can brainstorm at Bodmin Jail, crunch numbers in Durham Cathedral, or just chat to friends and family in the virtual confines of the Old Royal Naval College.
Bored of that bookshelf background?
Is your wallpaper letting you down?
Too cold to sit in the garden?
Here's a look at just some of the many backgrounds available to download and show that you're #HereForCulture.















© Chelsea Physic Garden
© Chelsea Physic Garden

© St George's Hall, Liverpool
© St George's Hall, Liverpool

© Chapter of Durham Cathedral
© Chapter of Durham Cathedral

Savoy, Heaton
Savoy, Heaton

© Windmill Hill, Windmill
© Windmill Hill, Windmill

Forum, Hexham
Forum, Hexham

© Paul Cliff
© Paul Cliff

© Pamela Raith
© Pamela Raith

© Mayflower Theatre
© Mayflower Theatre

Merlin Cinema, Cromer
Merlin Cinema, Cromer

Rio, Dalston
Rio, Dalston

© Bodmin Jail Attraction
© Bodmin Jail Attraction

© elizabethgaskellshouse.co.uk
© elizabethgaskellshouse.co.uk

© Eastnor Castle
© Eastnor Castle