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Explore the latest news from the common European data space for cultural heritage, Europeana Initiative and cultural heritage sector as we work towards digital transformation.

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Julia standing beside a WW1 marker honouring African American soldiers in Eastern France
Creator:
Joanna Burke
News Created: 17 December 2024 Beth Daley
Walking the Spirit celebrates 30 years of sharing Black history in Paris
Tourism Black-history
We talk to Julia Browne about how her love of Francophone culture led to a 30-year career exploring, celebrating and sharing Black history and heritage with both residents and tourists in Paris.
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La Corniche near Monaco
Date:
1844
Institution:
Rijksmuseum
Country:
The Netherlands
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 16 December 2024
On the road to specialised translation: my internship at the Europeana Foundation
Multilinguality New-professionals Internships
Nolwenn Gouault, an MA student in Translation and New Technologies, shares her experience of an internship at the Europeana Foundation and reflects on translating stories told with digital cultural heritage.
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Title:
Am Tanzboden
Creator:
Carl Schindler
Date:
1840
Institution:
Albertina
Country:
Austria
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 13 December 2024 Leander Nielbock
How to get involved in Public Domain Day 2025
Legal standards Copyright Public-domain
Each year, heritage works enter the public domain, opening up new possibilities for their creative reuse by educators, researchers and culture lovers. We are excited to mark Public Domain Day 2025 with an event at the Belgian National Library - find out how you can get involved!
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The digitisation process at Bibracte
Date:
2024
Institution:
Bibracte
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 12 December 2024
How EUreka3D enabled the creation and reuse of 3D heritage
Projects 3d Data-space
The Eureka3D project developed innovative technology and practices to push forward the boundaries of, and capacity for, 3D cultural heritage in the common European data space for cultural heritage. Discover its achievements, and how the project will continue its work through Eureka3D-XR.
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Title:
AI4Culture
Creator:
AI4Culture
Copyright:
CC BY-NC
News Created: 11 December 2024 Eirini Kaldeli
Cooking up solutions: discover the AI4Culture Recipes for cultural heritage
Projects Artificial-intelligence
New step-by-step Recipes available on the AI4Culture platform empower cultural heritage professionals to solve challenges with AI. Find out more about the Recipes and how you can use them.
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Title:
Wolkenstudie
Institution:
Albertina
Country:
Austria
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 10 December 2024 Lorena Aldana
Europeana contributes to shaping the Cloud for Cultural Heritage
Data-space Collaborative-cloud
Cooperation between the common European data space for cultural heritage and the Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage will unlock new opportunities for research, advocacy and enjoyment of cultural heritage. Discover the possibilities, what they could mean for you, and how to learn more on 12 - 13 December!
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Institution:
KADOC, Visual archives Franciscans - Flemish province: 2062
Country:
Belgium
Copyright:
CC BY-NC-SA
News Created: 9 December 2024 Jonas Van Mulder
FACE/SURFACE: Co-curating descriptions of colonial photography with the DE-BIAS project
Projects Diversity-and-inclusion
In the spring of 2024, the inhabitants of five towns in Katanga, in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo, were invited to share their knowledge on a collection of historical photographs taken in the area up to 100 years ago. Learn how this work helped to reframe contentious cultural heritage, as part of the DE-BIAS project.
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News Created: 6 December 2024 Lorena Aldana
Heritage Dialogues event explores digital transition in EU neighbouring countries
Projects Heritage-hub
The European Heritage Hub hosted the ‘Heritage Dialogues: Cultural heritage for a regenerative digital Transition in EU neighbouring countries’ webinar in November. It sparked rich conversations about how our colleagues in the EU neighbouring region are approaching Europe’s digital, green and social transformations.
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Title:
Girl Looking through a Telescope
Creator:
Pietro Rotari
Institution:
Nationalmuseum Sweden
Country:
Sweden
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 5 December 2024
The Nebra Sky Disk and the liberation of cultural goods in Europe
Legal standards Copyright Public-domain
The Nebra Sky Disk is a work in the public domain that represents the oldest representation of the night sky. Nevertheless, its image cannot be used freely because the state of Saxony-Anhalt holds the rights to the photograph of the sky disk. Is this justifiable? Dr Saskia Ostendorff considers the question.
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News Created: 4 December 2024 Katja Holtz Zoe Williams
How renaming museum galleries can uncover hidden stories
Diversity-and-inclusion Black-history
In October 2024, to coincide with Black History Month, the Vagina Museum renamed their galleries after Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy, three enslaved women experimented on by the so-called 'Father of Modern Gynaecology'. The Museum shares more about the process of renaming the galleries, and how it contributes to a wider call for justice and historical reckoning.
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Project banner
Institution:
QIRI'M Young
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 3 December 2024 Sofie Taes
Crimean Tatar Language Project wins Europeana Digital Heritage Nomination at Hatathon 2024
Digital-cultural-heritage Ukraine
Hatathon is an annual online ideathon and educational programme digitising Ukraine's cultural heritage. In the fifth edition, the Europeana Initiative awarded a Europeana Digital Heritage Nomination to the Online Service of the Crimean Tatar Language project. Sofie Taes speaks to the winners about their work.
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Title:
Six ballet dancers of the Finnish Opera in their role costumes
Creator:
Pietinen, Viljo
Date:
1941
Institution:
Finnish Heritage Agency
Country:
Finland
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 27 November 2024 Juha Henriksson
Meet your newly elected Members Councillors!
Network Elections
We are happy to announce the results of the 2024 Europeana Network Association (ENA) Members Council elections - read on to meet the Councillors!
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