Dead Sea Scrolls

Exactly 20 years ago, the oldest biblical manuscripts – the Dead Sea Scrolls – were made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library in the U.S. Their importance, both religious and historical, is immense. As …

Oktoberfest begins in Munich

The most famous beer festival, Oktoberfest, has kicked off last Saturday in Munich, Germany. The Munich Oktoberfest is one of the most popular events in Germany with six million people from around the world attending it every year. This year …

Sketches from the First World War

Text by Dr. Stephen Bull* This small pencil sketch on a field postcard was sent by Hans Gaigl, a soldier with the Bayrischen Landwehr Fußartillerie Batallion Nr. 2, 6. Batterie, to his wife Marie in Munich in November 1917. It …

Illustrations by Arthur Rackham

The great English book illustrator Arthur Rackham was born on 19 September 1867 in London. Rackham was a member of The Royal Watercolour Society   and the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, and Master of the Art Workers’ Guild.  His works …

Meet Europeana: Francesca Morselli

In this week’s episode of Meet Europeana we’re giving the floor to Francesca Morselli. Francesca is a member of Europeana’s Operation and Ingestion Team that helps making content contributed to us by over 1500 institutions available on Europeana. Francesca  primarily works …

Darwin’s theory of natural selection

On September 15, 1835, the ship HMS Beagle with the young naturalist Charles Darwin on board reached the Galapagos Islands. For over five weeks Darwin made observations on the geology and biology of the four islands, leading to major scientific …