Galleries

This gallery brings together 100 postcards and letters, that were send from the front during World War One. The items and the stories that come with them have been gathered from private collections all over Europe. You can help disclose these and other st…

This gallery brings together almost 100 medals and awards issued during World War One. The items and the stories that come with them have been gathered from private collections all over Europe. You can help disclose these and other stories on the European…

This gallery brings together 100 portraits and other personal memorabilia from World War One soldiers. The items and the stories that come with them have been gathered from private collections all over Europe. You can help disclose these and other stories…

This gallery brings together almost 100 objects related to prisoners of war camps during World War One. The items and the stories that come with them have been gathered from private collections all over Europe. You can help disclose these and other storie…

Paintings of the landscapes and landmarks of Europe showing the variety and beauty of this great continent

Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841-1910) was a Polish novelist and politically active throughout her lifetime. She was involved with the January Uprising of 1863 in Poland. Orzeszkowa was nominated for the Nobel Prize of Literature in 1905.

This gallery brings together almost 100 photos and documents about military hospitals during World War One. The items and the stories that come with them have been gathered from private collections all over Europe. You can help disclose these and other s…

Material memories of global connections

Of the plants and animals we know about, there are more than 16,000 endangered species. 99% of these are at risk due to human activities. This gallery highlights a selection of endangered and threatened plants and animals from across the world.

Photographs and paintings of Liverpool, reflecting the city's maritime and industrial heritage

This gallery includes photo, video and texts about the successes achieved by gymnast Nadia Comăneci at the World Championships and the Olympic Games

Explore this gallery of paintings and photographs of sunshine and sunny days. Curated by Europeana Common Culture partners (https://pro.europeana.eu/project/europeana-common-culture)

Since 1985, more than 60 cities across Europe have held the European Capital of Culture title.

Explore this gallery of beautiful views, vistas and landscapes in artworks from across Europe

News reports documenting how science has fought pandemics with vaccination. From polio in the 1950s to swine flu in the 21st century, public awareness through research, trustworthy information and governmental campaigns has been crucial.

Traditions associated with Easter: sending postcards, holiday preparations and celebrations.

This gallery of old postcards and pictures is selected from newly aggregated documents that came from the Croatian national aggregator eKultura. The postcards and pictures are a part of the Enrich Europeana + project. Stroll through the streets of Zagreb,…

This gallery is part of the Gender Heritage Connection. Objects and texts used during nonviolent protests to create social change are inclusively highlighted in this collection on the cultural heritage of a nonviolent revolution.

Female literacy during the Middle Ages was surprisingly high. Nuns were authors and scribes. Many other women encouraged reading and learning, especially noble woman. One example was Christine de Pizan, a poet at the court of King Charles VI of France. G…

Whether in the home or in a workplace, women's work has long been overlooked. This gallery of photographs and paintings presents women at work, raising questions of equality, rights and work-life balance.

Portraits of poets, authors, journalists and writers from across Europe.

Dictatorships and communist countries used sport as part of state propaganda systems, where women taking part in sport confronted idealised stereotypes of women and their bodies. Gallery curated by CRDI, Ajuntament de Girona for Europeana Sport project

Bringing history to life

This gallery is composed of several portraits of famous archaeologists and personalities which contributed with their work and their skills to achieve and consolidate new knowledge about the history of the past.