Imagine a former industrial site now abandoned, that local residents want to convert into a community school! Imagine a park that is used on a daily basis by local young people, local organic farmers and by a collective of elderly people. Imagine that these residents could participate in taking decisions about the future of the area! Imagine a neighborhood once derelict and now upcoming, at risk of aggressive gentrification but with the presence of a strong grassroots... Read more

On April 20th, in the fantastic venue of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Europeana Fashion is organising a co-creation workshop in collaboration with the Europeana Foundation, Platoniq and Rijksmuseum. This will take place right before the two-day international fashion conference "Fashion in museums: past, present & future”, that will also take place in Amsterdam. We’re looking for innovative and adventurous designers, coders, cultural managers, artists, creatives, IT and marketing experts to take up the challenge of engaging with fashion institutions both GLAMs -... Read more

From Asta Nielsen to Zoroaster, there are lots of famous faces from history in Europeana. Old, young, familiar or sometimes even forgotten. But who inspires you, and why? We want you to tell us, from today, in any language you like, who your cultural hero or heroine in Europeana is and why you picked them using ‘I am @Europeanaeu’ and the hashtag #AllezCulture! We hope this initiative will enhance people’s awareness of Europeana and increase the interest of funders, thereby contributing to our sustainability. When you’ve picked your heroine or hero, you could illustrate it with... Read more

¿Alguna vez has querido recrear una versión del cuadro La lechera de Vermeer en su propia cocina, o reunirte con tus amigos un sábado por la noche y volver a escenificar la pintura La última cena de Leonardo Da Vinci? VanGoYourself, una nueva plataforma conceptualizada y desarrollada bajo la iniciativa Europeana Creative en la que participamos, acaba de lanzarse para permitir que la gente redescubra y participe en pinturas clásicas de todo el mundo de una manera nueva y emocionante. VanGoYourself anima a recrear escenas clásicas de algunos de los cuadros más famosos del mundo en un entorno... Read more