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Posted on Monday November 14, 2022

Updated on Wednesday August 7, 2024

Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions Data-space

Common European data space for cultural heritage

The common European data space for cultural heritage accelerates the digital transformation of Europe’s cultural sector and fosters the creation and reuse of content in the cultural and creative sectors. 

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Title:
Advert for World AIDS Day
Creator:
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Date:
1992
Institution:
Welcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom

The common European data space for cultural heritage is the new flagship initiative of the European Commission to accelerate the digital transformation of Europe’s cultural sector, and foster the creation and reuse of content in the cultural and creative sectors. The deployment of the common European data space for cultural heritage is funded under Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) of the European Union. 

Find out more about the data space below.

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Data space - supporting projects
Title:
VASA (Avbildad namn)
Creator:
Okänd fotograf
Date:
1999
Institution:
Vasamuseet
Country:
Sweden

Data space - supporting projects

A number of projects facilitate digital transformation and capacity building of the cultural heritage sector within the common European data space for cultural heritage.

FAQs

Podcast

The heads of the three pillars of the Europeana Initiative discuss the data space and its opportunities on the Michael Culture EUCropolis podcast - listen below!

Latest news

Croatia and Poland share their Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture stories
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Twin it! logo. A composition of Windmolen van Elene by FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0 and Elene windmill by visualdimension, CC BY-NC-ND
Creator:
Ana Moreno
Date:
2023
Institution:
Europeana Foundation
Country:
Netherlands

Croatia and Poland share their Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture stories

Created: 4 March 2024

The Twin it! campaign invites EU Member States to submit a 3D digitised heritage asset to the common European data space for cultural heritage. With the campaign in full swing, colleagues from Poland and Croatia share how they selected their submissions.

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Address bias in your cultural heritage collections with the DE-BIAS project
Title:
Untitled [school girls in a line] from the series On a Good Day
Creator:
Al Vandenberg
Date:
1970/1979
Institution:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Country:
United Kingdom

Address bias in your cultural heritage collections with the DE-BIAS project

Created: 29 February 2024

DE-BIAS aims to detect and give context to harmful language in the cultural heritage collections aggregated in Europeana.eu, while also supporting cultural heritage professionals to address bias in their own collections. Explore plans from the project’s capacity building programme.

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Europeana empowers the cultural heritage sector in its digital transformation. We develop expertise, tools and policies to embrace digital change and encourage partnerships that foster innovation.

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