Aggregators work with cultural heritage institutions to gather authentic, trustworthy and robust data and make it accessible through Europeana. All Europeana aggregators are members of the Europeana Aggregators' Forum (EAF), a network of national, regional, domain and thematic aggregators who - among others - work to exchange the knowledge and best practice that supports aggregation and data sharing with Europeana.
Domain and thematic aggregators define their scope by cultural sector (such as museum, archive or library) or by topic and theme (such as fashion). They work with contributors based in different European countries.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, GB
Musical Heritage
Learn moreNational and regional aggregators define their scope by specific country or region. They work with contributors situated within that country or region.
Croatia, HR
Cultural Heritage
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Greece, GR
Various periods, subjectsCultural Heritage and types, ie archeology, art, ethnology, history, literature, etc
Learn moreThe Steering Group of the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum is made up of elected representatives from accredited aggregators and one representative of the Europeana Foundation.
APEF Manager
Archives Portal Europe
Europeana Aggregators' Forum Steering Group
Metadata Coordinator
The British Library
Project Manager
Ministry of Culture
Europeana Aggregators' Forum Chair
Partner & Operations Manager
Europeana Foundation
Data Publishing Services
The Europeana Aggregators’ Forum organises regular events to show cultural heritage institutions how they can engage with and share their data with Europeana. Explore past and upcoming events.
This event, organised by the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum and the Europeana Foundation, focused on the steps involved in publishing data on Europeana’s infrastructure.
This event - organised by the Europeana Aggregators' Forum - explored the role which aggregators and cultural heritage institutions play in publishing and processing data on Europeana’s infrastructure and in the common European data space for cultural heritage.
This event from the Europeana Aggregators' Forum showcased the role of aggregators and cultural heritage institutions in collecting, maintaining, and increasing discoverability of content.
This event from the Europeana Aggregators' Forum explored aggregation and the data sharing process.
Through Task Forces and Working Groups, the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum collaborates with other pillars of the Europeana Initiative to address key issues in the digital cultural heritage sector. Explore some below.
This Task Force aimed to build capacity for digital transformation across Europeana. It was a joint Task Force from the Europeana Foundation, Europeana Network Association and Europeana Aggregators’ Forum.
This Task Force will develop and manage a consultation on behalf of the Europeana Initiative to address Diversity and Inclusion across its operation.
This Working Group aims to support existing initiatives and develop new, concerted actions that respond to the current needs of the Ukrainian digital heritage sector. It is a joint Working Group from the Europeana Initiative.
This Working Group helps to steer the ongoing collaboration between the Europeana Initiative and International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF).
Quality is a key priority for our whole community! The Data Quality Committee is a EuropeanaTech Working Group which aims to address key data quality issues.
This Task Force (run by the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum) aimed to study the feasibility of moving forward to decentralised (e.g. SOLID-based) aggregation.
The Country Groups pilot project aims at improving national cooperation throughout the common European data space for cultural heritage in three EU member states: Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovenia.
Explore highlights from the Europeana Aggregators' Forum's activities in 2021.
Explore what the Europeana Aggregators' Forum has planned for 2022.
Explore highlights from the Europeana Aggregators' Forum's activities in 2022.
Discover highlights from the activities of the Europeana Aggregators' Forum in 2023.
Increasing the amount of high-quality data available through the Europeana website is a continuing priority as the Europeana Initiative starts to deploy the common European data space for cultural heritage. Learn how the Metis Sandbox is being prepared to take on a more prominent role in setting the standards for data quality in the data space.
Increasing the amount of high-quality data available through the Europeana website is a continuing priority as the Europeana Initiative starts to deploy the common European data space for cultural heritage. Explore how cultural heritage institutions are using the Metis Sandbox to deliver high-quality data.
