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Title:
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Creator:
Marcelo Hernandez
News Created: 25 September 2017
Sharing is Caring: open access insights from the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Openglam Open-access
The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg tells us how its shares its collections with the world.
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Title:
Gezin met 10 kinderen gaan emigreren
Institution:
Gooi En Vecht Historisch
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 22 September 2017 Adrian Murphy
Introducing the new Migration in the Arts and Sciences Generic Services project
Collections Data publication Cultural Heritage Institutions
Working with partners towards a new thematic collection.
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Title:
In de ruime hal van de Rijkskweekschool aan de Jonkerweg hebben de leerlingen vanmorgen tussen de lessen door als climax van een felle strijd een woelige verkiezingsmeeting gehouden
Institution:
Gooi En Vecht Historisch
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 21 September 2017 Joke van der Leeuw-Roord
Europeana Network Association invites the 2017 Members Council candidates to come forward
Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Members-council Elections
At least 8 positions are open for application: read more and get involved in the elections!
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News Created: 14 September 2017 Dasha Moskalenko
New Europeana Pro - the Beta version is out for your input
Cultural Heritage Institutions Academic Research Creative industries Education
We just launched a Beta version of the new Europeana Pro. Find out what’s in it for you and tell us what you think!
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Title:
Old Woman Reading
Creator:
Gerard Dou
Date:
1631-1632
Institution:
Rijksmuseum
Country:
Nederland
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 11 September 2017 Marjolein de Vos
Europeana Research 2016 grant winners’ final reports published
Funding Academic Research Research Grants-programme
The Europeana Research Grants Programme was launched in 2016 and proved hugely popular. With the 2017 Grants Programme just around the corner, here's a quick recap of last year's winners.
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News Created: 8 September 2017 Victor-Jan Vos
Call to support user-oriented projects for Europeana: take part in the Virtual Info Day
Funding Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Funding Europeanagenericservices
Find out more about how to take advantage of the Generic Services funding.
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Title:
Ships at Anchor on a Quiet Sea
Date:
c.1640 - c.1679
Institution:
Rijksmuseum
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 5 September 2017
Mapping a Colony
Funding Academic Research Case-studies Grants-programme Archives slavery denmark colonialism
Read about the outcomes from 2016 Europeana research grants winners Nanna Thylstrup (University of Copenhagen), Lene Asp (author), and Mace Ojala (IT University of Copenhagen).
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Title:
Butterfly from BL Royal 1 E V, f. 5
Date:
1509 - 1519
Institution:
British Library
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 31 August 2017
IIIF datasets in Europeana: A scholar’s delight
Collections Academic Research Iiif Books Manuscripts
Since its conception in 2011, the international community of the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) has taken important steps in improving the way cultural heritage institutions (CHIs) present images on their digital collections platforms.
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Title:
A girl singing
Creator:
Pieter Fransz. de Grebber
Institution:
Nationalmuseum
Country:
Sweden
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 23 August 2017 Jolan Wuyts
The Visualising Voice project
Academic Research Case-studies Grants-programme poetry audio performance france
Read about the outcomes from 2016 Europeana research grants winner Dr Caroline Ardrey, University of Birmingham, UK.
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News Created: 17 August 2017
Making audiovisual media a first-class citizen in Europeana
Advocacy Cultural Heritage Institutions Europeana sounds
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News Created: 15 August 2017
Maps for makers: Satirical, political and unusual maps
Creative industries Creative-industries Makers Maps
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News Created: 14 August 2017
Focus on Facebook #SunflowersLive: reuniting van Gogh's five Sunflowers on social media
Collections Content promotion Cultural Heritage Institutions Openglam open-culture
The Van Gogh Museum and the Neue Pinakothek tell us about #SunflowersLive, a world first virtual exhibition
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