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Europeana Education Community

Who we are

The Europeana Education community brings together professionals dealing with digital culture and learning in cultural heritage institutions, educational organisations, schools, NGOs, ministries, local government, and the private sector.

What we do

We work to embed digital cultural heritage in both formal and informal education and foster innovation.

Why join?

  • Meet your peers and network at the Europeana annual conference and other relevant events
  • Stay informed and get the latest news about education and the cultural heritage sector through our dedicated communication channels
  • Grow your network and participate in European projects
  • Contribute to digital transformation in education with culture
Join our Community through the Europeana Network Association

Activities and resources

Historiana Teacher Training Guide
Title:
A classroom with children sitting at long tables and a teacher standing with a book in her hand
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom

Historiana Teacher Training Guide

EUROCLIO and Europeana have worked together to produce an updated training guide on how to use online tools promoting historical thinking.

Education
Title:
Esbjörn at the study corner
Creator:
Carl Larsson
Institution:
Nationalmuseum Sweden
Country:
Sweden

Education

Resources and information to help educators reuse cultural heritage data and collections in their classrooms and institutions. 

Education Community Work Plan
Title:
Tytöt tietotekniikan tunnilla
Creator:
Kiuru, Sakari
Date:
1999-11-22
Institution:
Helsingin kaupunginmuseo
Country:
Finland

Education Community Work Plan

The Europeana Education Community is one of the Europeana Network Association's specialist communities. Explore their work plan for 2024.

Meet the steering group

Altheo Valentini

Altheo Valentini

EU projects manager

EGInA Srl

Members Council Member

Loa Steinunn Kristjansdottir

Loa Steinunn Kristjansdottir

History teacher

EUROCLIO - European Association of History Educators

Members Council Member

Margherita Sani

Margherita Sani

Project Manager

NEMO - Network of European Museum Organisations

Isabel Crespo

Isabel Crespo

Former Business Development Coordinator, Education

Europeana Foundation

Audience Engagement

Ping Kong

Ping Kong

Founder

Heritage & Education gGmbH

Members Council Member

Marco Streefkerk

Marco Streefkerk

Information manager | Cultural Entrepreneur

Anne Frank Museum

Tatyana Oleinik

Tatyana Oleinik

OpenEduHub

H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University

Raul Gomez Hernandez

Raul Gomez Hernandez

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Complutense University of Madrid

Members Council Member

Georgia Manolopoulou

Georgia Manolopoulou

Museologist,Curator of Public Engagement

Ministry of Culture/Archaeological Museum Of Patras

Members Council Member

Latest news

The EU Copyright Reform’s great disservice to free use for educational purposes
Title:
University Children's Hospital, Vienna: children learning geography in the hospital school. Photograph, 1921.
Date:
1921
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom

The EU Copyright Reform’s great disservice to free use for educational purposes

Created: 7 July 2021

Ana Lazarova explores why, despite its aims, elements of the 2019 Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (CDSM) pose challenges for cultural heritage institutions using digital content for education. 

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Supporting educators with the Open Content Toolkit
Title:
Panó Dívka s kopretinou
Creator:
Mucha Alfons Kocourek Ondřej, Urbánek Gabriel
Date:
1801-1-1
Institution:
Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze
Country:
Czech Republic

Supporting educators with the Open Content Toolkit

Created: 13 April 2021

The Open Content Toolkit highlights openly licensed digital resources and content from around the world and encourages educators to use them in the classroom. We interview its creator, Europeana Education community member Theo Kuechel, about how the Toolkit can be used by teachers and the inspiration that he draws from Europeana. 

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Upcoming events

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Our mission

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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