To make it easy for people to navigate and use our collections, data partners assign standardised rights information to the content they supply. Explore these pages to find guidance about rights statements and information on navigating copyright in the context of digital cultural heritage and Europeana.
Title: Imaginary Landscape with St. John on Patmos
Creator: Hans Bol
Date: 1564
Institution: Mauritshuis
Country: Netherlands
Public DomainGuidance to determine if and what rights exist in your collection items.
Title: Kystboerne drager vod i landingen
Creator: N.P. Mols
Date: 1898
Institution: Statens Museum for Kunst
Country: Denmark
CC0Information on how to identify rights statement for the data you share with Europeana.
Title: Interior of the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk in Antwerp
Institution: Mauritshuis
Public DomainThe list of our available rights statements, the related URIs and supporting information.
Creator: Hägg, Jacob
Date: 1885
Institution: Sjöhistoriska museet
Country: Sweden
Public DomainInformation on how to submit rights statements to Europeana.
An introduction to the Europeana Licensing Framework and Data Exchange Agreement
Title: Europeana Licencing Framework
Institution: Europeana
Country: The Netherlands
CC BY-SA
Title: The Artist's Mother Ane Hedvig Brøndum in the Blue Room
Creator: Anna Ancher
Date: 1909
Institution: Statens Museum for Kunst
Country: Denmark
CC0The Public Domain is the material from which society derives knowledge and fashions new cultural works. Having a healthy and thriving Public Domain is essential to the social and economic well-being of society.
Title: Kat bespiedt vogels bij een slapende hond
Date: 1831 - 1909
Institution: Rijksmuseum
Country: Netherlands
Public DomainThe Rights Clearance Case Study Report outlines challenges cultural heritage organisations face when publishing out-of-commerce works online.
Title: English language interface of the Paris Musées collections online
Creator: Paris Musées
Date: 2020
Institution: Paris Musées
Country: France
CC BYIn a major step towards greater open access in France, Paris Musées is releasing its digital collections into the public domain with a CC0 waiver. Europeana's Douglas McCarthy spoke with Philippe Rivière, Head of Communication and Digital at Paris Musées, to find out more.
Title: Portrait of Dora Wheeler, 1882-1883
Creator: William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916)
Date: 1882-1883
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
Country: United States of America
CC0The Cleveland Museum of Art announced a major new Open Access initiative, releasing images of its public-domain works for use without restriction. Jane Alexander, Chief Digital Information Officer at the CMA, gave Douglas McCarthy the inside story behind the announcement.
Title: La fête des rois en Bretagne le roi couronné par sa reine, early 20th century
Creator: Unknown
Institution: Musée de Bretagne
Country: France
Public DomainFreely offering high-resolution public domain images, the Musée de Bretagne is an open access pioneer in the French museum sector. Douglas McCarthy spoke with Céline Chanas and Fabienne Martin-Adam to learn about the genesis, impact and context of the museum’s open access policy.
Title: The Travelling Companions (detail)
Creator: Augustus Leopold Egg
Date: 1862
Institution: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Country: United Kingdom
CC0Linda Spurdle, Digital Development Manager, tells Douglas McCarthy why the Trust is adopting open access policies and what it hopes to achieve.
Title: Der Geist im Hausgestühl: Stillleben mit Katze (detail), 1910
Creator: August Macke
Date: 1910
Institution: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, Dauerleihgabe Stiftung Familie Kames
Country: Germany
CC BY-SAJacqueline Falk from Munich's Lenbachhaus tells Douglas McCarthy all about its new open access policy and Collections Online, offering free high-resolution images to download
Title: Still Life with a Roemer and Watch, 1629
Creator: Willem Claesz Heda
Institution: Mauritshuis
Public DomainMauritshuis curator Lea van der Vinde tells Douglas McCarthy how open access helps the Mauritshuis fulfil its mission
Creator: Jalmari Ruokokoski
Date: 1910
Institution: Finnish National Gallery, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
Country: Finland
CC0Collections Management Director Riitta Ojanperä tells us what’s driving the Finnish National Gallery's new Open Access policy
Title: Remix of Za frajerom, 2017
Creator: Alžbeta Halušková
Date: 2017
Country: Slovakia
Public DomainMichal Čudrnák tells us how openly licensed collections and creative reuse help the Slovak National Gallery reach new audiences.
The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg tells us how its shares its collections with the world
Neal Stimler, Program Manager for Content Partnerships, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, tells us what is driving The Met's Open Access policy, introduced in February 2017
Creator: Desconegut
Date: 1890/1920
Institution: Ajuntament de Girona
Country: Spain
Public DomainEuropeana’s strategy for 2020-2025 imagines a cultural heritage sector powered by digital and a Europe powered by culture. We have identified what this means for copyright, and brought our plans together into a strategy for copyright 2020-2025.
Title: Der Gensdarmen-Markt in Berlin.
Date: 1860
Institution: Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Country: Germany
CC0Two complementary digital conferences organised by Europeana and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek are supporting cultural heritage institutions in their digital transformations, by focussing on the importance of building capacity and skills to do with copyright. The conferences are organised as part of Germany's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, putting cultural heritage in the spotlight for Europe's policymakers.