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    Turning digital art into designer face masks
    Title:
    Alexander Archipenko, Two women, 1920 (paper mask)
    Creator:
    Photo by Dušan Radovanović
    Date:
    July 2020
    Institution:
    National Museum in Belgrade
    Country:
    Serbia
    News Created: 6 August 2020 Tamara Butigan

    Turning digital art into designer face masks

    As part of our Discovering Europe season, last week we explored how cultural heritage institutions across Europe are starting to open their doors. In this post, Tamara Butigan takes a look at a special reopening initiative from two Serbian museums who are using digitised art from their collections on face masks, offering people a new and timely way to engage with their content. 

    Reopening means rethinking - examples to inspire and inform
    Title:
    Wieczne Lato 2019, in copyright
    Creator:
    Bartek Syta
    Date:
    2019
    Institution:
    FINA
    Country:
    Poland
    News Created: 30 July 2020

    Reopening means rethinking - examples to inspire and inform

    Lockdown came upon us all fast. Within just a few weeks, almost all museums, libraries, archives and galleries closed. Now, things are beginning to reopen, but opening the doors is much more complicated than closing them. Here, as part of our #DiscoveringEurope series, we look at some useful, imaginative and inspiring examples from cultural institutions around Europe.

    Discovering Art Nouveau Danube heritage through a map
    Title:
    Cooperative Bank, Ljubljana, Bow windows with decorations, CC BY-NC-ND
    Creator:
    Ivan Vurnik (architect)
    Date:
    1921-1922
    Institution:
    Lunida
    Country:
    Slovenia
    News Created: 15 July 2020

    Discovering Art Nouveau Danube heritage through a map

    We explore the Art Nouveau digital repository, which functions as a common content point of Art Nouveau heritage in the Danube region and encourages people to explore beautiful architecture in cities throughout Eastern Europe.

    An interview with European Historic Houses
    Title:
    Palazzo Marigliano, Italy. Participants of the 3rd round of the European Heritage Weeks - Facebook Live Visits
    Date:
    2020-05-30
    Institution:
    Palazzo Marigliano
    News Created: 8 July 2020

    An interview with European Historic Houses

    In this post, Marion Ratier of European Historic Houses discusses the online initiatives European Historic Houses organised during closures caused by COVID-19, and the ongoing relevance of these projects even as some houses begin to reopen. 

    Introducing Europeana's ‘Discovering Europe’ season
    Title:
    Landscape from Arles
    Creator:
    Paul Gauguin
    Date:
    1888
    Institution:
    Nationalmuseum
    Country:
    Sweden
    News Created: 15 June 2020

    Introducing Europeana's ‘Discovering Europe’ season

    While cultural tourism has been badly affected by the COVID-19 crisis, cultural heritage continues to act as inspiration for individuals across Europe to explore the continent’s history, sites and art. In this post, we introduce Europeana’s ‘Discovering Europe’ season, which will highlight Europe’s rich natural beauty and cultural heritage to inspire travel to local and alternative destinations.

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