News
Created: 6 December 2018
Harry Verwayen
As part of our tenth anniversary celebrations, Europeana Foundation Executive Director, Harry Verwayen, introduces 'The gates are open: 10 perspectives on the future of digital culture'.
Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, shares her perspective on the future of digital culture as part of Europeana's tenth anniversary celebrations.
George Oates, founder and CEO of Museum in a Box, shares her perspective on the future of digital culture as part of Europeana's tenth anniversary celebrations.
News
Created: 27 November 2018
Nicholas Jarrett
Emily D’Alterio
100 years have passed since the end of World War One and we are still unlocking the personal stories and experiences from this period. In the lead up to the Centenary Tour Finale event in Brussels, we offer to shed more light onto one such story and artefact; that of Kurt Geiler and his life-saving bible. We share an in-depth interview with Kurt’s grandson Markus Geiler, exploring the digital transformation of this artefact and the impact of digitising cultural heritage.
News
Created: 23 November 2018
Liam Wyatt
As Europeana celebrates its tenth anniversary, four Wikimedia editors from across the continent - from Armenia to Wales - reflect on working with some of their favourite artworks from Europeana Collections. Their experiences highlight the importance of making our cultural heritage not merely accessible but also reusable.
Publication
Created: 6 November 2018
Julia Fallon
A perspective; The renovation of the Rijksmuseum provided an inspiring example throughout the cultural heritage sector, in many areas of operation: from gallery development, visitor engagement and online access policy. Thanks to their own impact assessment looking at the economic and social impact of the renovation, we've taken a look at what we can learn from that, and how it starts to articulate the value of their digital strategy.
