We are pleased to announce the winner of the Art Nouveau category in the Wiki Loves Monuments photography competition! This picture of the interior of the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest by Csaba Attila Kontar is the winning photo, receiving the most votes on Flickr. The photo beat off competition from 343 finalists, all entries were impressive examples […]
Read MoreThe virtual exhibition Weddings in Eastern Europe is now live on Europeana. You can listen to the Zanta Polka, watch a ‘bottle dance‘ and learn about local customs and ceremonies from Eastern Europe. So please, take a look and let us know what you think! View the exhibition.
Read MoreNext week we’re launching our latest virtual exhibition; Weddings in Eastern Europe. This exhibition has a wonderful selection of images, audio and video. Want a sneak preview? Here’s what you can expect from the exhibition…. In traditional cultures, the wedding was one of the most important and complex of all social ceremonies, with its own […]
Read MoreThe exhibition Explore the World of Musical Instruments launched in partnership with the Musical Instruments Museums Online (MIMO)project is now live! Discover instruments owned by famous celebrities and monarchs, instruments made by world renowned instrument makers, instruments with peculiar designs and features and more… “The museums involved in this project are all contributors to MIMO and […]
Read MoreThe exhibition From Dada to Surrealism from the Jewish Historical Museum is now live on Europeana! The virtual exhibition is available in Dutch and English, and will soon be available in French and German also. The virtual exhibition is a selection of items from the exhibition that opens tomorrow at the JHM in Amsterdam. For […]
Read MoreNext week will see the launch of a new virtual exhibition on Europeana. We are pleased to make available an exhibition provided by the Jewish Historical Museum (JHM). What makes this virtual exhibition so exciting is that it unveils some of the works in the unique exhibition From Dada to Surrealism: Jewish Avant-Garde Artists from […]
Read MoreIn the coming months, Europeana will launch a few new virtual exhibitions. Among the first to be released are the exhibitions produced in partnership with Judaica Europeana, a project that highlights content documenting the Jewish presence and heritage in the cities of Europe. Already there are over 6,000 texts and audio files on Europeana coming […]
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