Measuring impact for the cultural heritage sector

Impact

Working in the cultural heritage sector is all about making a difference to the people who visit and use our products and services. We believe that we are all better off if we understand how the things we do contribute to bringing about change. To support cultural heritage professionals to grow this understanding, we have developed the Europeana Impact Framework, at the core of which you can find the Europeana Impact Playbook, webinars, impact assessments and the Europeana Impact community. Explore and use them below!

The Europeana Impact Playbook is a step by step approach to help cultural heritage professionals design, measure and narrate their impact. Download the four phases of the Playbook, and explore accompanying resources from each phase to support your impact practice.

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Title:: impact exercise
Creator:: Europeana
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

Webinars

Watch our webinars to learn more about our approach to the Playbook and refine your impact practice.

Case studies

As a cultural heritage professional you know the work you and your institution delivers has impact - but how do you prove it? Explore examples of our own impact assessments on activities in the Europeana Initiative.

Title:: Star fruit, axial view, MRI
Creator:: Alexandr Khrapichev, University of Oxford
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Impact Assessment Report: 'Europeana in your classroom' MOOC

This report focuses on the impact of the ‘Europeana in your classroom' MOOC, which supports teachers to use digitised cultural heritage material by providing an introduction to Europeana and relevant resources.

Title:: Lemon, axial view, MRI
Creator:: Alexandr Khrapichev, University of Oxford
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Impact Assessment Report: Europeana 2020

This report explores Europeana’s annual conference, Europeana 2020: Crisis, Change and Culture.

Title:: Cabbage, sagittal view, MRI
Creator:: Alexandr Khrapichev, University of Oxford
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Impact Assessment Report: Europeana Network Association 2021

This report sets out the findings from the second investigation into members’ satisfaction and the outcomes of their participation in the Europeana Network Association.

Explore our Impact assessment reports

We contribute towards the ongoing development of the Impact Playbook, advocate the benefits of impact assessment and support our members to develop and refine their practice.

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Title:: TuEuropeana workshop: Myślenie Efektami - Klaudyna Schubert 2018 Poland
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

News

Title:: Number Fascination
Creator:: Domestic Data Streamers
Date:: 4 May 2022
Institution:: Estonian National Museum
Country:: Estonia
Copyright:: CC BY-NC

Learning from data collection with the Me-Mind project and Estonian National Museum

Created: 22 November 2022

The Estonian National Museum shares tips from their recent ‘Numbers Fascination’ exhibition, organised by the Me-Mind project, about how cultural heritage institutions can embed impact thinking and data collection into their exhibitions.

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Title:: Shofar blowing on New Year
Creator:: Bernard Picart
Date:: 1725
Institution:: Jewish Historical Museum
Country:: The Netherlands
Copyright:: Public Domain

16 sustainability indicators for digital heritage projects: a Jewish History Tours reflection

Created: 2 November 2022

To what extent does the Jewish History Tours project strengthen the ecosystem around digital storytelling in cultural route creation? With project partners, we mapped out 16 sustainability indicators to guide the project’s next steps. Find out more about the indicators and see how they can help you evaluate and plan for your own project’s sustainability and impact.

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Explore terms used in the Europeana Impact Framework in our glossary.

Impact

Download the four-phased impact playbook

Webinars

Watch our webinars to learn more about our approach to the Playbook and refine your impact practice.

What’s in the name - what impact means for us

Design your impact: Impact Playbook Phase 1

Get the data (right): Impact Playbook Phase 2

Narrating and sharing your impact story: Impact Playbook - Phase 3

Looking at the bigger picture: evaluation to increase your impact