Topic: europeana-space news

E-Space network enlarges: welcome to Rokiškis regional museum

Rokiškis regional museum is an institutional member of the Lithuanian Museums Association. The beginnings of Rokiškis Regional Museum date back to 1933, when enthusiasts assembled in the Society for Regional Studies and established the Museum of Regional Studies. The first … Continue reading


The Future Museum Challenge / E-Space hackathon in Venice

Another inspiring hackathon for Europeana Space took place in Venice, at the Ca’ Foscari University Campus (Mestre), dedicated to Museums. The call itself was exciting: We’re looking for innovative and advantageous designers, coders, museum experts and lovers, cultural managers,  artists, … Continue reading


Europeana Sounds & Europeana Space

A cooperation agreement was recently signed between E-Space and Europeana Sounds. The two BPN are joining forces under the common umbrella of Europeana to develop synergies and enhance the access, dissemination and reuse of digital cultural heritage. The scope of Europeana Sounds, that is … Continue reading


E-Space Photography Hackathon in Leuven, a great success!

by Fred Truyen, KU Leuven. The Photography hackathon “Hack your Photo Heritage” took place on 25-27 February 2016, hosted at the FabLab of KU Leuven in Heverlee (Belgium). People attending were students, developers, cultural heritage professionals, photography people. Some teams … Continue reading


New case study by OpenGLAM: Think big, start small, move fast

by Lieke Ploeger, Open Knowledge Foundation. OpenGLAM has just released a case study on the open data release last year of the York Museums Trust. The study was written as part of the Open Knowledge Foundation involvement in Europeana Space … Continue reading


Young Art Detectives – students engagement with the Rode Altarpiece Demonstrator

Similarly to the various humanitarian and science fields involved in conducting scientific research, the developed study activities fo the educational programme integrate different subjects: history, arts, religious studies, Social Studies, native language, mathematics, and chemistry. As an exciting and playful aspect, the children will operate as art detectives while solving the assignments. Continue reading


Europeana Food and Drink & Europeana Space

A new member of E-Space BPN is another Europeana BPN: it is Europeana Food and Drink with which a cooperation agreement was just signed! Europeana Food and Drink focuses on the subject of Europe’s food and drink’s culture, with a … Continue reading


Hack your Photo Heritage!

Europeana Space Photography Pilot and the Pilot coordinator KU Leuven invite you to a 3-day event targeting developers, cultural heritage professionals, designers, creative entrepreneurs, photographers and photo-amateurs: hack the massive photographic heritage content on Europeana, E-Space and other public repositories … Continue reading


Hack The Book Festival: Celebrating the future of the book and cultural heritage

by Thodoris Chiotis, OCC. The Hack The Book Festival was held on January 22-24 2016 at the Onassis Culture Centre in Athens and it was a roaring success.  The Festival was twofold: it comprised of an educational workshop held under … Continue reading


E-Space for Education: stories from the Athens workshop

by Barbara Dierickx (PACKED) On January 22nd 2016, the EuropeanaSpace Education team gathered in Athens. The day leading up to the Hack the Book event our partner Onassis Cultural Centre (OCC) co-hosted a public workshop, focussing on educators. Within E-Space, … Continue reading