The Europeana website

The Europeana website (Europeana.eu) is Europe’s digital library, museum, gallery and archive, providing online access to a vast store of cultural heritage material and collections from across Europe. We want this material to be viewed, shared, used and reused wherever and whenever possible. To support both audiences and data partners, we're always working to showcase the contents of Europeana through innovative editorial, engaging awareness campaigns and remix competitions. Use these pages to learn more about our activities and how you can contribute.

Title:: An extravagant peony and branch with berries. Colour woodcut by Taki Katei, 1890s.
Creator:: Katei Taki
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Europeana reuse - be inspired

Educators, researchers, culture lovers and creatives share how they enjoy and reuse Europeana’s digital cultural heritage to reach their own goals. Be inspired by their innovative approches.

Title:: Woman Writing a Letter
Creator:: Gerard ter Borch
Date:: 1655
Institution:: Mauritshuis
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: Public Domain

Editorial on the Europeana website

Our galleries, blogs and exhibitions tell the stories of the content shared by cultural heritage institutions. Find out how you can contribute.

Title:: Zeilende tjalk op de voormalige Zuiderzee
Creator:: Prooijen, Albert Jurardus van
Date:: 1849 - 1898
Institution:: Zuiderzeemuseum
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

Campaigns

Our campaigns promote the role of Europeana and the digital heritage sector and highlight the diverse content found on the Europeana website.

Title:: Insects and Fruit
Date:: c.1660 - c.1665
Institution:: Rijksmuseum
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: Public Domain

GIF IT UP

GIF IT UP is an annual competition which challenges people to reuse digitised cultural heritage material to produce unique gifs and share them online.

Quarterly updates

Explore new features released for the Europeana website

Title:: New releases Europeana website
Date:: 2021
Institution:: Europeana Foundation
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

What’s new on the Europeana website? September - December 2021

We are constantly working to improve the Europeana website and add new features which allow people to explore Europe’s cultural heritage. In the first of what will be a quarterly series, we highlight some recently released features.

Title:: What's new on Europeana? 3 themes
Creator:: Europeana Foundation
Date:: March 2022
Institution:: Europeana Foundation
Country:: The Netherlands
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

What’s new on the Europeana website? January - March 2022

We are constantly working to improve the Europeana website and add new features which allow people to explore Europe’s cultural heritage. This second post of the quarterly series highlights some recently released features.

Developing the Europeana website

Explore our news theme from 2020

Title:: Maritim radio Kystradiotelefoni
Creator:: Ukjent
Date:: 1977
Institution:: Telemuseet
Country:: Norway
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

Website development for cultural heritage content at Europeana

In this theme, we share the practices we follow when developing the Europeana website. This post looks at our development processes, best practices, and tools we use to ensure that our application is robust and resilient.

Title:: 7.0 IBM . OP Fotografier
Institution:: Telemuseet
Country:: Norway
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

Making the Europeana website accessible to all

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

Title:: 3D modelling of proteins on computer
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Exploring Europeana's approach to design

In this theme, we share the practices we follow when developing the Europeana website to ensure that people have a positive experience browsing millions of cultural heritage objects. This post looks at our approach to user experience and visual design.

Title:: 22.0 IBM Modell 360 / 370
Institution:: Telemuseet
Country:: Norway
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

Introducing strategic priorities for the Europeana website

We take a look at our strategy and plans for the Europeana website in the coming year, and how we will work to make it more engaging than ever for our visitors.

If you would like to have your content viewed through Europeana, promoted in campaigns and reuse collaborations and featured in our editorial, explore how you can share your data.