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Overview for 'Cultural Heritage Institutions'

    Keeping digitised works in the public domain: how the copyright directive makes it a reality
    Title:
    Cykelloppet Herrhagen runt 1941. Mål vid Herrhagsparken.
    Creator:
    Dan Gunner
    Institution:
    Värmlands museum
    Country:
    Sweden
    News Created: 21 January 2020 Andrea Wallace Ariadna Matas

    Keeping digitised works in the public domain: how the copyright directive makes it a reality

    The principle that works in the public domain should remain in the public domain once digitised, which Europeana has defended for almost ten years, was recently incorporated into European law. In this post, we interview Dr. Andrea Wallace, Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter, about the importance of this provision for the cultural heritage sector and her research on Article 14.

    Culture, dance, tourism and technology: exploring the CultureMoves project
    Title:
    Creator:
    Nicola Gronchi
    Date:
    11 Oct 2019
    Institution:
    Internet Festival / Fondazione Sistema Toscana
    News Created: 14 January 2020 Alexandru Stan

    Culture, dance, tourism and technology: exploring the CultureMoves project

    CultureMoves works to develop technologies that encourage the use, adaption and sharing of content from Europeana in real-life scenarios for tourism and education. In this guest post for Pro News, the team behind the project highlight the tools, activities and events they have been working on. 

    Paris Musées embraces open access
    Title:
    English language interface of the Paris Musées collections online
    Creator:
    Paris Musées
    Date:
    2020
    Institution:
    Paris Musées
    Country:
    France
    News Created: 9 January 2020

    Paris Musées embraces open access

    In a major step towards greater open access in France, Paris Musées is releasing its digital collections into the public domain with a CC0 waiver. Europeana's Douglas McCarthy spoke with Philippe Rivière, Head of Communication and Digital at Paris Musées, to find out more.

    Exploring Europeana’s most viewed public domain works
    Title:
    Liggende Venus met Amor en Anteros
    Creator:
    François Boucher
    Date:
    1732 - 1776
    Institution:
    Rijksmusem
    Country:
    Netherlands
    News Created: 8 January 2020 Georgia Evans

    Exploring Europeana’s most viewed public domain works

    This January we look at how the public domain contributes to the re-use of cultural heritage and explore different aspects of open acces. In this post, we begin by highlighting which of the more than ten million public domain works accessible through Europeana were viewed the most last year. 

    Connecting Collection Days at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, Dublin
    Title:
    Dublin 7 Educate Together National School pupils,
    Date:
    9 November 2019
    Institution:
    EPIC Irish Emigration Museum
    Country:
    Ireland
    News Created: 20 December 2019 Nathan Mannion Killian Downing

    Connecting Collection Days at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, Dublin

    As part of Europeana’s Collection Day initiative, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin, Ireland, have now hosted their fifth collection day, the last of which was part of the Europe at Work season. 

    We talk to Senior Curator, Nathan Mannion, about EPIC’s latest Europe at Work Collection Day, 9-10 November 2019, reflecting on his collection day experience and recommendations. 

    Mixing sustainability and cultural heritage with TuEuropeana
    Title:
    TuEuropeana 2019 visual, reusing Jan Brueghel the Younger, Paradise with the Fall of Man, Mauritshuis, Holandia, public domain ;Fabryka papieru w Krapkowicach, Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe; Grażyna Rutowska, Kontenery na śmieci pod blokiem przy ul. Baczyński
    Creator:
    @magdarysuje
    News Created: 19 December 2019 Małgorzata Szynkielewska Maria Drabczyk

    Mixing sustainability and cultural heritage with TuEuropeana

    The TuEuropeana project recently ran a poster competition exploring the theme of environmental sustainability to encourage the creative reuse of material accessed through Europeana and Polish digital repositories. In this post, Małgorzata Szynkielewska, Europeana's Content and Exhibitions Coordinator, interviews Maria Drabczyk - Chief International Projects Expert at FINA and Europeana Network Association Members Councillor - about the competition, which Małgorzata was a jury member.

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