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Posted on Monday July 19, 2021
Updated on Wednesday May 28, 2025
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Explore the latest news from the common European data space for cultural heritage, Europeana Initiative and cultural heritage sector as we work towards digital transformation.
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Children experience Time Odyssey at the British Museum. In Copyright.
Learn how the ‘Time Odyssey’ initiative from Art Explora is helping children throughout the UK to access museums through immersive digital storytelling.
Extended Reality (XR) is changing how we explore heritage and transforming cultural experiences. Thanks to immersive technologies, museums and heritage sites can create more engaging, inclusive and memorable visits. Explore the different forms of XR - and what they can do for you.
Europeana Foundation was delighted to contribute to the Yearbook for Cultural Policy’s edition on Culture(s) of Digitality. Access our paper, ‘Towards a heritage-led triple transition in Europe: Europeana and the common European data space for cultural heritage.’
We were delighted to welcome 600 cultural heritage professionals from over 60 countries to Europeana 2025 - Preserve, Protect, Reuse. Discover the key takeaways from the conference and how you can access its recordings.
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Sarah Buxton and Megan Bishop outside the Charlotte Museum. In Copyright.
Museum Director Sarah Buxton tells us about the Charlotte Museum Te Whare Takatāpui-Wāhine o Aotearoa, a unique cultural heritage institution believed to be the world’s only Lesbian Sapphic museum.
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Twin it! logo. A composition of Windmolen van Elene by FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0 and Elene windmill by visualdimension, CC BY-NC-ND.
Together with the European Commission, we are delighted to announce the second phase of our 3D campaign for Europe’s culture - Twin it! Part II! Find out how it will support EU Member States in their 3D digitisation and preservation efforts - and what that means for you.
Europeana 2025 - Preserve, Protect, Reuse - takes place in Poland next week, and we could not be more excited. Discover why our conference speakers are also looking forward to the event - and how you can still register to hear them in action!
Walking tours on mobile apps can lead visitors to places of cultural interest, and digital objects integrated into the apps can help them interpret what they’re looking at. Read on to discover how to connect cultural heritage collections with real-world locations by creating your own walking tour!
Last year, the Europeana Impact Community organised an online ‘Impact Surgery’, using a digital project to showcase how to use the Europeana Impact Playbook. Tamara Štefanac from the ‘To Write Freely’ portal - the Surgery’s ‘patient’ - describes the experience and explains why you should volunteer for future surgeries’!
On behalf of the common European data space for cultural heritage, the Europeana Foundation and the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision are delighted to launch an Alignment Assembly on ‘Culture for AI’.
We are delighted that Europeana is the official culture and heritage partner of X. Design Week 2025! Find out more about our participation and how you can get involved, including through an exclusive discount for ENA Members.
The EUreka3D-XR project is empowering cultural heritage professionals through its competence centre on 3D digitisation, VR, AR and XR. Whether you're new to 3D heritage or looking to expand your expertise, 2025 brings exciting opportunities to learn, network and access valuable capacity-building resources.
