Aggregators work with cultural heritage institutions to gather authentic, trustworthy and robust data and make it accessible through Europeana. All Europeana aggregators are members of the Europeana Aggregators' Forum (EAF), a network of national, regional, domain and thematic aggregators who - among others - work to exchange the knowledge and best practice that supports aggregation and data sharing with Europeana.
Domain and thematic aggregators define their scope by cultural sector (such as museum, archive or library) or by topic and theme (such as fashion). They work with contributors based in different European countries.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, GB
Audio Heritage
Learn more about Europeana Sounds
Europe, EU
Fashion Heritage
Learn more about European Fashion Heritage Association
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, GB
Musical Heritage
Learn more about MIMO - Musical Instrument Museums Online
Germany, DE
Scientific videos
Learn more about Leibniz Information Centre for Science and TechnologyNational and regional aggregators define their scope by specific country or region. They work with contributors situated within that country or region.
Bulgaria, BG
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Public Library Pencho Slaveykov, Varna
Croatia, HR
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, eKultura.hr
Cyprus, CY
Learn more about Deputy Ministry of Culture, Republic of Cyprus
Estonia, EE
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Estonian e-Repository and Conservation of Collections
Finland, FI
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about National Library of Finland
Greece, GR
Various periods, subjectsCultural Heritage and types, ie archeology, art, ethnology, history, literature, etc
Learn more about Greek Aggregator SearchCulture.gr
Hungary, HU
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Forum Hungaricum Non-profit Ltd.
Ireland, IE
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Digital Repository of Ireland
Latvia, LV
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Latvian National E-content Aggregator
Lithuania, LT
Literature
Learn more about LT-Aggregator Service National Library of Lithuania
Netherlands, NL
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Dutch Collections for Europe
Poland, PL
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Digital Libraries Federation
Portugal, PT
Bibliography
Learn more about National Register for Digital Objects
Romania, RO
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about National Heritage Institute, Bucharest
Slovenia, SI
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Slovenian National E-content Aggregator
Sweden, SE
Cultural Heritage
Learn more about Swedish Open Cultural HeritageThe Steering Group of the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum is made up of elected representatives from accredited aggregators and one representative of the Europeana Foundation.
APEF Manager
Archives Portal Europe
Europeana Aggregators' Forum Chair
Metadata Coordinator
The British Library
Europeana Aggregators' Forum Steering Group
Partner & Operations Manager
Europeana Foundation
Data Publishing Services
Coordinator
Michael Culture Association
Europeana Aggregators' Forum Steering Group
Technical guidance and resources for institutions who share data with Europeana.
The Europeana Aggregators’ Forum organises regular events to show cultural heritage institutions how they can engage with and share their data with Europeana. Explore past and upcoming events.
This event from the Europeana Aggregators' Forum explored aggregation and the data sharing process.
This event from the Europeana Aggregators' Forum showcased the role of aggregators and cultural heritage institutions in collecting, maintaining, and increasing discoverability of content.
This event - organised by the Europeana Aggregators' Forum - explored the role which aggregators and cultural heritage institutions play in publishing and processing data on Europeana’s infrastructure and in the common European data space for cultural heritage.
This event, organised by the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum and the Europeana Foundation, focused on the steps involved in publishing data on Europeana’s infrastructure.
This event, organised by the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum, explored what happens once data has been published on Europeana.eu and how institutions can support its reuse.
Through Task Forces and Working Groups, the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum collaborates with other pillars of the Europeana Initiative to address key issues in the digital cultural heritage sector. Explore some below.
This Task Force aimed to build capacity for digital transformation across Europeana. It was a joint Task Force from the Europeana Foundation, Europeana Network Association and Europeana Aggregators’ Forum.
This Task Force will develop and manage a consultation on behalf of the Europeana Initiative to address Diversity and Inclusion across its operation.
This Working Group aims to support existing initiatives and develop new, concerted actions that respond to the current needs of the Ukrainian digital heritage sector. It is a joint Working Group from the Europeana Initiative.
This Working Group helps to steer the ongoing collaboration between the Europeana Initiative and International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF).
Quality is a key priority for our whole community! The Data Quality Committee is a EuropeanaTech Working Group which aims to address key data quality issues.
This Task Force (run by the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum) aimed to study the feasibility of moving forward to decentralised (e.g. SOLID-based) aggregation.
The Country Groups pilot project aims at improving national cooperation throughout the common European data space for cultural heritage in three EU member states: Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovenia.
Discover highlights from the activities of the Europeana Aggregators' Forum in 2023.
Explore highlights from the Europeana Aggregators' Forum's activities in 2022.
Explore highlights from the Europeana Aggregators' Forum's activities in 2021.
There are tens of millions of items on Europeana Collections but we know that not all of them are easy to find or easy to use and that can be frustrating. So we’re working hard to improve that.
How easy an item is to find or to use depends in part on the types and quality of the information we have about it. This post looks at how Europeana is supporting cultural heritage institutions to improve the digital files (content) and the accompanying information (metadata) that they provide for both new and existing collections.
Since January 2015, Europeana has been one of the European Union’s Digital Service Infrastructures (DSI). In this series, we will look at some of the Europeana DSI activities, giving you a greater understanding of the endeavours and challenges we’re working on right now. We start with the cultural heritage itself. It’s what Europeana is all about.
