Europeana Pro news archive

Title:

Interior with Figures in a Picture Gallery

Creator:

Gonzales Coques

Date:

1672 - 1667

Institution:

Mauritshuis

Country:

The Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 6 February 2026 Emilija Angelovska

Exploring immersive reuse: Europeana x Artetra

Discover how the software company Artetra has used Europeana’s APIs to offer new ways for people to explore and reuse cultural heritage data through immersive environments.

Title:

Screenshot from the online navigation tool created as an output of the 2024 Creative Project, won by Portuguese video artist and curator Lia Carreira

Creator:

Lia Carreira

Institution:

Archives Portal Europe

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 5 February 2026 Marta Musso

Archives for all: apply now for the APE Grants

Are you a researcher, artist or creative practitioner looking to use archival collections in your work? Discover how you can apply for up to €10,000 of funding through the Archives Portal Europe grants scheme!

Title:

Lago di Garda - Riva - Panorama

Date:

1939

Institution:

Digital Library Trentino

Country:

Italy

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 4 February 2026 Deborah De Angelis

Italy extends copyright protection for non-creative photographs

Copyright Community Member Deborah De Angelis explores the implications of new copyright amendments in Italy for cultural heritage institutions.

Title:

Peasants Dancing outside a Bohemian Inn

Creator:

Roelant Savery

Date:

1610

Institution:

Mauritshuis

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 23 January 2026 Ariadna Matas

Celebrating Public Domain Day 2026

On 15 January, 100 public domain advocates met in Brussels at the Royal Library for a one day conference to celebrate the public domain and to commemorate 25 years of Wikipedia. Ariadna Matas shares her main learnings and takeaways, and how you can get involved in championing the public domain in the future!

Title:

Okhtyrka City Museum of Local Lore, Sumy region

Creator:

Pixelated Realities PO, GWARA Media

Date:

2022

Institution:

Pixelated Realities PO

Country:

Ukraine

Copyright:

CC BY-NC

News Created: 22 January 2026 Georgia Evans

Ukrainian cultural heritage published in 3D on Europeana.eu for the first time

As Europeana works to support the digital cultural heritage of Ukraine and advance 3D in the common European data space for cultural heritage, we are delighted that 3D models from the Museum of Ukrainian Victory are now available on Europeana.eu.

Title:

Albertbrücke Dresden, Winter

Creator:

Gräfe, Roland

Institution:

State Association of Fine Arts Saxony eV

Country:

Germany

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 21 January 2026

The Europeana Initiative wishes you a happy new year 2026

At the start of the new year, Harry Verwayen, General Director of the Europeana Foundation, Kerstin Arnold, Chair of the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum, and Sofie Taes, Chair of the Europeana Network Association reflect on milestones achieved in 2025 and look ahead with enthusiasm to the new opportunities that 2026 will bring.

Title:

Build with Bits 5 Collaborators Banner

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 14 January 2026 Christine Hveding Ramirez-Corzo

Build with Bits 2026 - building places to share

Since 2021, Build with Bits has invited educators, students, creatives and communities across Europe and beyond to imagine and construct virtual spaces with social impact. This year, it returns for its fifth edition with a special focus on sustainable tourism, and the call for collaborators is now open!

Title:

EUreka3D-XR logo

Institution:

EUreka3D-XR project

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 13 January 2026 Georgia Evans

Develop new skills and build capacity for 3D in 2026 with EUreka3D-XR

As the EUreka3D-XR project enters its final year, there are still lots of chances to get involved and benefit from all the project has to offer! Discover the events where you can catch the project in 2026.

Title:

Manufacture of chains with various tools of the trade. Etching by A. B.

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 12 January 2026 Nuno Freire

Delivering metadata to Europeana via the IIIF Change Discovery API

The IIIF Change Discovery API, a recent IIIF standard, has been successfully piloted at Europeana and is now offered to data providers as one of the ways to deliver data to the data space. We take a closer look at what the pilot achieved.

Title:

Lugano hackathon participants

Creator:

Fiona Mowat

Date:

25/10/25

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 19 December 2025 Susanna Capannini Valentina Bachi

Beyond Borders Hackathon: showcasing cultural collections for sustainable tourism promotion

Discover how a recent hackathon encouraged students to reuse and experiment with digital cultural heritage - and how you can do the same.

Title:

Worldwild Wall

Date:

2017

Institution:

GoTellGo Cultural Association

Country:

Italy

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 18 December 2025 Marianna Marcucci

Conflict, territory and trust: rethinking the mechanics of decolonisation

Reflecting on a recent dialogue between Brazilian and European professionals, Digital Media Curator and Communicators Steering Group member Marianna Marcucci explores why decolonisation requires museums to inhabit conflict, respect the ‘Territorial Body’ and look beyond the short-term project cycle.

This post is available in English and Italian.

Title:

Stati Generali del Digitale nella Cultura, Harry Verwayen, Andrea De Pasquale, Martina Bagnoli. Copyright © Mistrulli-MiC.

Creator:

MiC

Date:

Roma 11/12/2025

News Created: 12 December 2025

A new MiC - Europeana Foundation partnership to strengthen Italy’s leadership in Europe’s digital heritage

The Directorate-General for Digitisation and Communication of the Italian Ministry of Culture (Digitisation and Communication) and the Europeana Foundation have signed a transformative Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen Italy’s commitment to shaping the future of digital cultural heritage in Europe.