Wiki Loves Monuments: We Still Need Your Votes

As the Wiki Loves Monuments contest is drawing to a close, we are highlighting the current top 4 photos from each collection. Hungary & Russia     Spain     Estonia, Romania & Poland     Portugal      Austria     Sweden, Holland, France …

The romantic symbolist art of William Blake

“The Imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself” The British poet, painter and printmaker William Blake is considered by many as one of the greatest British artists ever. He was born on 28 November 1757 in …

Meet Europeana: Stacie Lyons

Stacie Lyons is the Sponsorship & Fundraising Coordinator at Europeana. She works for the Business Development Team and she will be responsible for finding corporate sponsors for the organisation as well as identifying funding opportunities. Stacie is originally from Los Angeles, California. She has …

Voyage to the Great Unknown Southern Continent

Today we are honouring one of the bravest explorers and sailors in history: Abel Tasman, the Dutch man who was the captain of the first reported European expedition to reach the  island of Tasmania, 40 kilometres south of the Australian continent, on …

Your votes please!

We are excited to announce that voting is open for the Art Nouveau Category in the Wiki Loves Monuments competition! Wiki Loves Monuments is a photo contest that was organised in over 15 European countries last summer. An impressive number of …

International Day for Tolerance

“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, of opinion and expression, and that education should promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups”.  Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948   16 November …