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.

In close collaboration with the Digital Public Library of America, Trove and DigitalNZ, since 2013 Europeana has organised GIF IT UP, an annual competition which challenges people to reuse digitised cultural heritage material to produce unique gifs and share them online.

Participants use the openly licensed paintings, photography and texts digitised in Europeana and the digital libraries of our collaborators to create, submit, and share striking new GIFs. The competition encourages people to explore and remix cultural heritage material while also helping audiences to learn about image licensing in an interactive and fun way.

GIF IT UP is supported by GIPHY, the world's largest library of animated GIFs. GIFs created through the competition are featured on the site, helping bring the collections they are based on to even wider audiences.

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Title:: Vill Vallareman (a Fairy Shepherd)
Creator:: John Bauer
Date:: 1910
Institution:: Nationalmuseum
Country:: Sweden
Copyright:: Public Domain

Get involved in GIF IT UP and promote your collections in new ways

Created: 13 September 2022

GIF IT UP is Europeana’s annual GIF making competition which challenges people throughout Europe to get creative with cultural heritage. It’s a great opportunity for institutions to share and promote their collections - read on to find out how!

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Title:: Evolution of household articles, animals etc
Creator:: Fr. Schmidt
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Exploring the highlights of GIF IT UP 2021

Created: 6 December 2021

Every autumn, GIF IT UP brings together creatives, culture lovers and GIF enthusiasts to explore and remix openly licensed cultural heritage collections and create brand new animated artworks. With the winners recently announced, we take a look at the highlights of this year’s edition of GIF IT UP.

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