Resources for sharing data

Do you work for an institution that shares its digitised cultural heritage collections with Europeana? Explore the resources below for technical guidance about metadata, copyright, media and enrichment when sharing data with Europeana, and to find out more about how the Europeana Aggregators' Forum supports you. You can also register to receive tailored information about your data in Europeana.eu on Europeana.eu.

Do you work for an institution that has digitised cultural heritage collections which are not yet shared with Europeana? Visit the share your collections page on Europeana.eu to find out how and why to do so.

Title:: Zeepfabriek Dobbelman: Snijmachine voor toiletzeep
Creator:: Foto Grijpink Nijmegen
Institution:: Regionaal Archief Nijmegen
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

Aggregators' Forum

The network of national, domain and thematic aggregators who support cultural institutions providing data and content to Europeana.

Title:: The Bull
Creator:: Paulus Potter
Date:: 1647
Institution:: Mauritshuis
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: Public Domain

Enrichment

Information on how Europeana performs semantic enrichment and resources to support our work on data quality and multilingual access.

Title:: Ships in the Roads
Creator:: Willem van de Velde
Date:: 1658
Institution:: Mauritshuis
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: Public Domain

Media

The Europeana Media Policy, case studies, further guidance, and news related to media.

Title:: Tennis på Lidingö omkring 1898
Institution:: Sörmlands museum
Country:: Sweden

Metadata

The Europeana Data Model is an interoperable framework that allows us to collect, connect and enrich cultural heritage metadata.

Title:: printing house from "La Veille de la Révolution"
Date:: 1886
Institution:: British Library
Country:: United Kingdom

Europeana Publishing Guide

This Guide outlines the criteria to ensure metadata aligns with the Europeana Publishing and Licensing Frameworks.

Title:: Stilleven met kazen, amandelen en krakelingen
Creator:: Clara Peeters
Date:: 1615
Institution:: Mauritshuis
Country:: Netherlands

Copyright when sharing data with Europeana

Guidance on rights statements and information on copyright for data partners and aggregators who share data with Europeana.

Resources for sharing 3D data

Do you work for an institution that shares 3D data with Europeana and the common European data space for cultural heritage? Explore and use resources below which support the increase of high-quality, usable and accessible 3D data in Europeana.eu and the data space.

Are you interested in sharing 3D data with Europeana and the data space? Visit the share your collections page on Europeana.eu to find out how and why to do so.

Title:: 5DCulture community of practice screenshot
Creator:: 5Dculture
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

5Dculture Community of Practice

A dedicated platform showcasing tools, resources and best practices to facilitate the sharing and reuse of 3D content.

Title:: Homepage of 3DWeaver
Institution:: Arctur
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

3D Weaver

A tool that allows people to host, view, share and measure complex 3D models of cultural heritage.

Title:: Screenshot of the Dashboard on the Share3D website
Date:: July 2020
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

Share 3D Dashboard

An online tool allowing users to share 3D models and metadata for review and publication on Europeana.

Title:: Six ballet dancers of the Finnish Opera in their role costumes
Creator:: Pietinen, Viljo
Date:: 1941
Institution:: Finnish Heritage Agency
Country:: Finland

Service desk

Submit questions about how to prepare 3D data for submission to the Europeana Foundation team.

Title:: Girl Looking through a Telescope
Creator:: Pietro Rotari
Institution:: Nationalmuseum Sweden
Country:: Sweden

Publishing Guide for 3D content

A dedicated guide to sharing 3D data with Europeana, with links to further resources.