World Television Day

Today, 21 November, is United Nations World Television Day. It might seem odd to dedicate an entire day to television, but when you consider that the average European spends the equivalent of two working days a week watching it, maybe …

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All for one and one for all!

210 years ago this week (on July 24th 1802 to be exact), Alexandre Dumas, the writer of classic adventure novels The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers was born. Dumas was the grandson of a French nobleman and …

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Beatles Day: The Fab Four on Europeana

10th July is Beatles Day, a celebration of the Beatles‘ triumphant return to Liverpool from their 1964 US tour, just in time for the premiere of their film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ at the Odeon Cinema. This day is considered …

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Video: Europeana Portal Features

As you may have noticed, over the last couple of weeks we have been busy with the release of new features on the Europeana portal; Map Search and Display, Cite on Wikipedia, and Image Lightbox Display. For those of you who …

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TV heritage and more in our February newsletter

More than 12,000 video programmes, documents and photographs covering 60 years of television in Europe are now available on Europeana. Provided by 20 leading European archives and broadcasters through the EUscreen project, this material gives you a unique chance to discover European …

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Jules Verne, the master of science fiction

Today we are celebrating the 184th birthday of Jules Verne, one of the founding fathers of science fiction and the second most translated author in the world after Agatha Christie. Born in the harbour city of Nantes, France, the young …

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