Galleries
Being a parent involves many skills, talents and activities. This gallery of paintings, drawings and more show how artists have depicted parents - both mothers and fathers - throughout time.
Including well-known buildings such as the Belfry, Saint John’s Hospital and the city gates, the women at the fish market, the people posing in front of their houses, coal merchants walking along the streets and more, this gallery reminds us that Bruges w…
This gallery - curated under the Watching Videos Like a Historian project - features audiovisual heritage material around women in the media.
This gallery - curated under the Watching Videos Like a Historian project - features audiovisual heritage material related to Ancient Rome as seen in the media.
The starting point for a costume idea is an intensive study of the film script. After extensive research into the milieu and the period, the costume designer develops sketches, which later serve as visual material for the director, the set designer and m…
The influence of Dumas' The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask and The Count of Monte Cristo on film, theatre and music.
Orchestra, theatron, parodos, skene, tragedy, comedy, and more are key elements of Ancient Greek Theatre. This gallery features photographs capturing various ancient Greek theaters and highlights notable events and performances hosted within them. Gallery…
A collection of savoury sweets and processed meat that is actually bad for our health
People have been expressing themselves through dance for thousands of years. Explore this timeless art form through the selection of openly licensed photographs and artworks capturing the rich diversity of dance traditions. From the graceful elegance of b…
This is a collection of photos of dolls made of wood from around the world. It can be used by teachers of various subjects to talk with their students about cultural diversity, as different types of dolls made of wood from various countries and regions ar…
Images of Manhattan, New York, the USA, across the ages.
This gallery of photographs reflects the rich heritage and traditions of Romani people living across Europe, as well as reflecting the stigma, discrimination and misrepresentation faced by these communities.
Collection of photos selected by students and teachers participating in the European School Club "(Re)Discovering our cultural and sustainable heritage" of the 1st Experimental Junior High school of Syros, in connection with the European eTwinni…
Beloved in Japan, and found in many countries across Europe, the cherry tree welcomes spring with its bright and beautiful blossoms
For centuries, cartographers and others have defined Europe, its lands and borders through maps.
Celebrating artworks by a selection of female artists from across Europe and throughout history
Added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2018, the word mansplaining refers to condescending and chauvinistic behaviour, often directed by men towards women, but the idea has been around for ages. We take a light-hearted look through the archives.
Women's suffrage, the right for women to vote, was a long and hard battle that began at the start of the 19th Century. This gallery highlights the feminist fight for social reform and a voice for women in politics.
This gallery features the blooms and blossoms of all sorts of flowers in paintings, fashion, design, and photographs. Find your favourite depictions of tulips, roses, hydrangeas, bluebells, lavender, cherry blossoms, poppies, sunflowers, and more.
Photographs by pioneering female photographers from across Europe
These show pictures of women famous women in tech and science.
Since 1901, 60 women have been awarded a Nobel Prize. From first-ever winner Marie Curie to more recent winners, this gallery celebrates outstanding accomplishments in Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Literature and Peace. Curated by the Europeana XX project…
This gallery shows groups of women, highlighting the power of female solidarity.