Working with and for you in the time of COVID-19

Europeana is following the restrictions agreed by the Dutch government to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. Our staff members are working from home and still available to support you.

In this section you can explore innovative and inspiring examples of how the cultural heritage sector is harnessing digital cultural heritage to respond to these challenging times. You will find Europeana communications related to COVID-19, as well as resources which provide information, support and guidance in areas that reflect wider work across the sector.

It's a section we will be continuously updating to reflect how we can support you and to share the best of how our sector is responding. If you have more ideas and examples please tell us.

Inspiration, support and guidance

Title:: Advert for Hudson's Extract of Soap
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Organisational approaches

In this section you will find information and resources to help your organisation formulate its response and digital approach to the COVID-19 crisis.

Title:: "Excelsior Zeep Gebrs Dobbelmann Stoomzeepfabriek "Het Anker" Nijmegen. Savon Excelsior Excelsior Soap 1 doz. No. 764."
Date:: 1920
Institution:: Regionaal Archief Nijmegen
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: CC0

Professional development and support

In this section you can find resources, reads and webinars that help offer professional development opportunities to support you in the changing times during, and after COVID-19.

Title:: "Aromatic Transparent Soap Dobbelmann Bros. - Nimeguen. (Holland.) No. 48T"
Date:: 1919
Institution:: Regionaal Archief Nijmegen
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: CC0

Creative approaches and collaborations

In this section you can explore inspiration for how cultural heritage organisations are working to engage audiences with their collections, tools and services online as they face temporary closure due to COVID-19.

Europeana's COVID-19 Communications

Title:: The regular washing of hands. Lithograph, ca. 1960.
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Europeana Foundation - working with you in the time of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

We’re putting measures in place with immediate effect to minimise the COVID-19 risk for our staff, their families and communities while continuing our operations to the greatest extent possible. We’d like to share what that means in practice.

Title:: Rechthoekig pakje zeep waarop stel handen, met "Even Handen Wasschen! ..."
Creator:: fabrikant: V. en V.
Date:: 1930 - 1940
Institution:: Museum Rotterdam
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: CC BY

Coming together in isolation - mobilising digital transformation in the face of COVID-19

The cultural heritage sector faces an unprecedented challenge in the face of COVID-19. How can Europeana, as the initiative which supports the digital transformation of the sector, help?

Title:: Advert for 'Sunlight' laundry soap
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Ideas for digital engagement in the time of COVID-19

Explore resources, tools and ideas from Europeana and cultural heritage institutions around the world which offer creative ways to share cultural heritage online.

Title:: Promotional magazine insert for Sunlight Soap, possibly from the 1920s. The front has a colour illustration of a dutch man and woman in traditional costume walking along a red brick path carrying baskets of Sunight Soap
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Supporting cultural heritage professionals in the time of COVID-19

As an organisation which champions digital and digitised cultural heritage, we are working to help cultural heritage professionals find support and tools at a time when many of the sector’s activities are moving online. Explore some of our existing resources, picks for webinars and inspirational reads below.

Title:: Excelsior Zeep Gebrs Dobbelmann Stoomzeepfabriek "Het Anker" Nijmegen. Savon Excelsior Excelsior Soap 1 doz. No. 764.
Date:: 1920
Institution:: Regionaal Archief Nijmegen
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: CC0

Working together, from home - some tips from the Europeana Foundation

Like professionals over the world, staff at the Europeana Foundation have had to adjust and learn as we face a fixed period working from home. As part of our collaborative approach to the current circumstances, we would like to share our thinking, and the results of an internal webinar that we recently developed for our colleagues.

Title:: Borax extract of soap makes washing a pleasure.
Institution:: Wellcome Collection
Country:: United Kingdom
Copyright:: CC BY

Working from home: How OF/BY/FOR ALL is helping us adjust our working practices

We recently shared the results of an internal webinar we ran at Europeana with the aim of supporting organisation-wide remote working. In this post, we also want to share the approach that underpinned this webinar, and how the philosophy of OF/BY/FOR ALL is shaping our approach to supporting staff.