Maggi: a Swiss seasoning that found a home in various cultures
As a child growing up in Senegal, Maggi cubes and Maggi sauce were a big and important ingredient in many Senegalese dishes, if not all of them. I remember watching countless advertisements on TV promoting Maggi cubes, with a Senegalese lady in her boubou (traditional clothing) preparing a meal.
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From quills to typewriters: how the industrial revolution changed our writing culture
Documents written centuries ago are fascinating, revealing not only the thoughts of those who wrote them but a history of how they were written. This blog looks at the changes in the way we have expressed our thoughts through the written word since the industrial revolution.
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Leuven’s University Library: Risen from the ashes
For Libraries Week, we are putting the spotlight on the history of a remarkable university library. Leuven University’s library has had a past as rich as it has been turbulent, peppered with religious conflicts, political discord, and wartime catastrophe.
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Philips: illuminating the world from Eindhoven
Learn how two Dutch brothers who wanted to make a lightbulb factory started the multinational concern.
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Ironopolis: Bolckow Vaughan and the growth of Middlesbrough
Industrial heritage can be ephemeral – the buildings where we work can disappear and are not always seen as important reminders of the past. This is certainly the case with the ironworks and steelworks of Bolckow & Vaughan, which drove the growth of Middlesbrough.
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The Flying Dutchmen: 100 years of KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines celebrates its 100th anniversary on 7 October. To honour this jubilees, this blog explores the cultural heritage of KLM found on Europeana. Come fly with us to discover stories and pictures from aviation history.
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Farming landscapes in Scandinavia: how industrial agriculture transformed rural life
Agriculture lies at the heart of social developments all over the world. Farming has transformed the lives of farmers, and also people and nature worldwide.
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Centenary celebrations: eight firms that are 100 years old in 2019
1919 was an industrious year, with many organisations we know today being founded.
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GIF IT UP 2019 – your favourite GIF-making competition is back!
Join us in gif-making fun by creatively reusing digitised cultural heritage material before 31 October!
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Children in the machine: Lewis Hine’s photography and child labour reform
Pioneering photographer Lewis Hine‘s images of industry and labour led to reform and changing laws.
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‘A woman’s work is never done’: women’s working history in Europe
Long before the home office was invented, working at home was already commonplace for one group within society: women.
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Taming the rivers: log driving in Sweden and Finland
In the 19th century, the forest industry in northern Europe started to grow steadily. Log driving – a cheap and fast way to transport logs – was critical in meeting the growing demand throughout Europe for sawn wood and square-cut timber.
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Optical innovation: how the Petzval lens revolutionised portrait photography
Mathematician, engineer and inventor Joseph Maximilian Petzval is best known for his contribution to modern photography.
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Going underground: the rise of Europe’s metro railways
Underground mass transit eased the pressures of rapid population growth, urban expansion and traffic congestion in major European cities during the first half of the 19th century.
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Europe at Work: explore industrial heritage and share your story of working life
Europeana’s new season, ‘Europe at Work’, brings stories of our personal working lives together with archive material on industrial and labour-related heritage.
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‘In the Album of a Girl’: a Dutch Poet Laureate writes a poem in an album amicorum
How would you like having a poem composed especially for your friendship album? This is what happened to Elizabeth Adriana Staats (1823-1896).
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