Pinterest Collection: Escape to the Black Sea

We are very excited to share another of our Pinterest collaborations, this time with the Varna Public Library in Bulgaria. The Pencho Slaveykov Public Library in Varna was founded in 1883 by the Varna Literary Society and has been a depository of …

Portugal: Francisco José Viegas

Article by Francisco José Viegas,  Secretary of State for Culture: The Lusiads, by Luis de Camões, is the Portugal’s great epic poem and the best known Portuguese literary work of the Renaissance, first printed in 1572. Modeled after the classic Greek …

Luxembourg: Octavie Modert

Article by Octavie Modert,  Minister for Culture: The digitisation and making available online through Europeana of a maximum of documents, artworks and other cultural objects held by European cultural institutions is a wonderful vehicle for the promotion of the cultural …

The Championships: Wimbledon

The 2012 Wimbledon Championships open today at the All England Club in London. Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world started in 1877 and is considered by many as the most prestigious. It is one of the major Grand …

Queen Elizabeth II: 60 Years on the Throne

This year is the diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, marking sixty years as the Constitutional Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland,  together with 16 Commonwealth realms. Since her coronation in 1952 she has witnessed the ongoing transformation of the British Empire into the …

Hack4Europe 2012: Preview of Prototypes

During 2012, and as part of the “Connecting Society to Culture Programme”, Europeana invited developers and designers to demonstrate the possibilities of using the Europeana API to develop marketable applications. The Hack4Europe-competition was launched by EU Vice-President and Commissioner for …