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The Wiki Loves Public Art (WLPA) photography contest launches today.
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched a beta of its discovery portal and open platform today.
To mark the beginning of a unique digital collaboration, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Europeana are pleased to announce the launch of Leaving Europe: A new life in America.
Belgen worden uitgenodigd om familiegetuigenissen over WO I te delen met Europeana
More than 500 WW1 images are published on the Europeana 1914-1918 project website.
A wealth of European culture and heritage to go online in December 2012: One million historical photographs digitised and available to European citizens through Europeana. Nine European News Agencies join forces to put their historical archives on line in the world's first historical photo journalism site www.europhoto.eu.com.
Welcome to Europeana Professional, where librarians, curators and archivists share digital expertise.
From the Europeana Pro Blog
RSS (Opens New Window) Who We Are
The Europeana Foundation is the operator of the Europeana service, including the search portal at Europeana.eu and related data services such as the Europeana Application Programming Interface (API) and the Linked Open Data pilot. The Foundation is governed by an Executive Committee and Board, and employs full-time and part-time staff.
The Europeana Network is an open, expert forum comprising content holders and aggregators along with providers of technical, legal and strategic knowledge.
Our services are under constant development by content and technology projects, collectively referred to as the Europeana project group.
What We Do
- Aggregate – We are building the open, trusted source for European cultural content
- Facilitate – We support the cultural heritage sector through knowledge transfer, innovation and advocacy
- Distribute – We make heritage available to people wherever they are, whenever they want it
- Engage – We cultivate new ways for people to participate in their cultural heritage
Our Websites
- Europeana Professional is the common website for Europeana projects, reaching cultural heritage professionals and technologists. It is the official source for technical information, metadata standards and case studies, and also brings together all project work.
- The Europeana portal is our search engine for the digitised collections of museums, libraries, archives and galleries across Europe.
- Our Virtual Exhibitions feature highlights from our collection.
- The Europeana 1914-1918 project brings together community-contributed content from the time of World War One.