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Europeana Research Community

Who we are

We are a community of professionals interested in cultural heritage, both as a subject and a source for research. We believe that digital collections and digital tools are a means to foster innovation and we advocate for the principles of Open Science, mostly in the Humanities sector. Our community members work at cultural or research institutions, universities and infrastructures, ministries and local governments, or the private sector.   

What we do

The Europeana Research Community supports its members to gain insights into researchers’ needs and to meet them where they concern the use of digital cultural heritage. We share knowledge and experiences, promote digital literacy and explore the potential of Citizen Science. We participate in international projects. We commit to take actions that can have an impact on policy and connect the cultural heritage and research sectors.

Why join?

  • Benefit from our community channels to keep informed, build up your professional network and promote your activities

  • Raise your international profile by connecting with peers at Europeana events or in relevant research contexts 

  • Build collaborations and partnerships in the form of projects, task forces and working groups

Activities and resources

Research
Title:
De astronoom
Creator:
Abraham Delfos, after Johannes Vermeer
Date:
1794
Institution:
Rijksmuseum
Country:
Netherlands

Research

Funding, resources and a community to bring together digital cultural heritage, academia and research.

Community video series

Research Community video series: Odeuropa
Title:
How to smell a painting
Creator:
Odeuropa
Date:
2021

Research Community video series: Odeuropa

This video - supported by the Europeana Research Community - explores Odeuropa, a European initiative which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to investigate the importance of scents and smelling in cultural heritage. 

Latest News

Looking back at the Europeana Migration campaign
Title:
Europeana migration contributors
Institution:
Europeana Foundation

Looking back at the Europeana Migration campaign

Created: 17 April 2019

As part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, Europeana in partnership with museums, galleries, libraries and archives across Europe, held 18 collection days in 12 countries on the theme of migration.  

CLARIN and Europeana make discovery and processing quick and easy for 135,000 cultural heritage objects
Title:
[Fàbrica Gròber]
Creator:
Thomas Bigas, Josep
Date:
1910/1920
Institution:
Ajuntament de Girona
Country:
Spain

CLARIN and Europeana make discovery and processing quick and easy for 135,000 cultural heritage objects

Created: 8 April 2019

In 2017, CLARIN carried out a pilot exploring the possibilities of integrating Europeana Collections’ material into its infrastructure and thus opening up new possibilities for the discovery and linguistic processing of textual cultural heritage content for a social sciences and humanities research audience. This integration is now entering a new stage, offering improved quality and increased processing potential.

Upcoming events

Experiences from the Europeana Research Community: data science and reuse of Europeana data at Leiden University
Title:
Europeana 2022 - making digital culture count
Creator:
Sebastiaan ter Burg
Date:
2022
Institution:
Europeana Foundation
Country:
Netherlands
3 December 2024
15:00 — 16:00
(CET)
Online

Experiences from the Europeana Research Community: data science and reuse of Europeana data at Leiden University

Join the third webinar in the 'Europeana data reuse in academia and research' webinar series, focusing data science and reuse of Europeana data at Leiden University. The series is organised by Europeana Research.

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