Overview for Collections

Title: Moterys valtyje (kairėje sėdi Kazė Vaitkienė)

Date: 1935

Institution: Lithuanian Art Museum

Country: Lithuania

Public Domain

News Created: 18 November 2020 Douglas McCarthy Georgia Evans

Discovering Europe – looking back at our summer season

From May to October 2020, our Discovering Europe season used the rich cultural heritage in Europeana to showcase beautiful landscapes and fascinating places, in a virtual journey across the continent.

Title: 3D modelling of proteins on computer

Institution: Wellcome Collection

Country: United Kingdom

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News Created: 10 November 2020 Carlos Ricardo Marcelino

Exploring Europeana's approach to design

Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions design endusers ux

This November on Pro, we share the practices we follow when developing the Europeana collections website to ensure that people have a positive experience browsing millions of cultural heritage objects. In this post, we look at how we prioritise what to design, our approach to user experience and visual design, and the practices we put in place to ensure the best experience for our users.

Title: Papaya, Tomatoes, Cacao

Institution: Real Jardín Botánico Madrid RJB-CSIC

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News Created: 5 November 2020

Exploring biodiversity with the LinBi project

Collections Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions generic-services projects

The Europeana Generic Services project LinBi - Linking Biodiversity and culture information - came to an end in October 2020. Project coordinator Martin Gordon (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg) explores what the project achieved.

Title: 7.0 IBM . OP Fotografier

Institution: Telemuseet

Country: Norway

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News Created: 3 November 2020 Mirjam Verloop

Making the Europeana collections website accessible to all

Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions access endusers UX

This November on Pro, we will share the practices we follow when developing the Europeana collections website to ensure that people have a positive experience browsing millions of cultural heritage objects. In this first post, we look at the topic of accessibility and our work to make the website accessible to all.

Title: Jenny Lind

Creator: Louis Asher

Date: 1845

Institution: Nationalmuseum

Country: Sweden

Public Domain

News Created: 29 October 2020 Aleksandra Strzelichowska

Why should you open up your digital collections for reuse - explained in GIFs

Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions copyright gif-it-up open-access

As GIF IT UP 2020 comes to a close, we have been delighted by the creativity of the entries, which demonstrate the wonderful ways that openly licensed content can be used and shared by audiences around the world. In this post, we let the GIFs answer the question: why open up digital collections for reuse?

Title: Carnival Procession

Date: 1660/1680

Institution: Slovak National Gallery

Country: Slovakia

Public Domain

Webinar

Europeana, Minecraft and Mozilla Hubs: a gamified approach to digital archives

Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Education archives games webinar

This short webinar offers general training on integrating digital cultural items in online lessons with Minecraft and Mozilla Hubs applications.