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2 minutes to read Posted on Wednesday August 27, 2014

Updated on Monday November 6, 2023

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Joris Pekel

Former Community Coordinator Cultural Heritage , Europeana Foundation

Democratising the Rijksmuseum

’There is not a single physical space where all our heritage can be shown, but on the internet you can.’ Lizzy Jongma

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In 2011, the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands started releasing images of public domain works online. In 2013, these were all made available in the highest resolution possible, without any copyright restrictions. In this paper, the different steps taken during this process are described, along with the consequent results.

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