The document describes Europeana, a platform providing access to over 53 million digital records from Europe's cultural heritage, aimed at inspiring creativity and education. It emphasizes the reuse, remaking, and reimagining of cultural artifacts, encouraging users to engage with content through various APIs and funding opportunities for educational use. The initiative invites individuals to explore and utilize Europe's rich heritage for innovative projects in various fields.

1. #MakeWithEuropeana
Nicole McNeilly| 27 August 2017
Makers Faire Hannover
Study for the Francesco Sforza
equestrian monument | Leonardo da
Vinci. 1488/1489. Royal Library,
Windsor, UK. Public Domain

2. f. 283v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 282| Leonardo da Vinci.
1478 - 1518. British Library, UK. Public Domain marked.
Who has heard of Europeana?

3. f. 269, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 264v| Leonardo da Vinci.
1478 - 1518. British Library, UK. Public Domain marked.
Who has used cultural
heritage while making?

4. “We transform the world with culture!
We want to build on Europe’s rich
heritage and make it easier for people to
use, whether for work, for learning or
just for fun.”
Europeana’s mission
France, Public Domain
1932, National Library of France
Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse.
Tournoi royal de motos à Londres :
changement d'une roue de side-car en marche

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CC BY-SA
Europeana Essentials
CC BY-SA
Europeana Thematic Collections
CC BY-SA
● Europeana.eu - provide a platform to search and be
inspired by 53 million+ digital records
● Labs.europeana.eu - access content and services to
encourage the re-use of our content in new creative
businesses and education
Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine
CC BY-SA
Why am I here today?
France, Public Domain
1897, Bibliothëque national de France
Louis Rhead
Swans
Content
Services for creatives
#MakewithEuropeana
How can you use Europeana?

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CC BY-SA
How do we do that?
What does Europe’s heritage look like?

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CC BY-SA
Europeana’s offer for makers
Europeana Essentials
CC BY-SA
Europeana Thematic Collections
CC BY-SA
Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine
CC BY-SA
Cake from "The Bab Ballads, with which are included Songs of a
Savoyard ... With 350 illustrations by the author".
1898. The British Library, UK. Public Domain marked.
Europe’s heritage on Europeana
➔ 53m+ items
➔ 40% free to reuse (20m+)
➔ Drawn from 3.500 European institutions
➔ Text, audio, video, images and 3D
➔ Accessible by manual search or APIs

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CC BY-SA
Europeana.eu
#MakeWithEuropeana | MFT, 20 May 2017
CC BY-SA

9. CC BY-SA
Helping you
#MakeWithEuropeanaNetherlands, Public Domain
1910-1925, Rijksmuseum
Anonymous
Tak met vier mangolia’s

10. Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine – 21 November 2016
CC BY-SA
Europeana Labs
labs.europeana.eu
#MakeWithEuropeana | MFT, 20 May 2017
CC BY-SA

11. Free to use content
#MakeWithEuropeana | MFT, 20 May 2017
CC BY-SA

12. APIs
➔ REST API - filter records by a variety of data fields.
➔ Europeana Linked Open Data service - explore, access, and download
metadata through our SPARQL endpoint.
➔ Europeana OAI-PMH service - harvest the entirety, or a selection of, all
Europeana metadata.
➔ Europeana Annotations API - generate, update, and retrieve annotations.
➔ Free!
➔ Get an API key after a simple registration process
Documentation can be found at
http://labs.europeana.eu/api
#MakeWithEuropeana | MFT, 20 May 2017
CC BY-SA

13. Funding
• Europeana Challenges
• Matchfunding for educational reuse
• Links to investors
#MakeWithEuropeana | MFT, 20 May 2017
CC BY-SA

14. We want you to
#MakeWithEuropeana

15. Funding
Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine
CC BY-SA
• Europeana Challenges
• Matchfunding for educational reuse
• Links to investors

16. Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine
CC BY-SA
• Inspiration
• Content to use
commercially
• Finance opportunities
• Promotion
Our offer to makers
Leonardo da Vinci|Severin Worm-Petersen|Leonardo da Vinci.
1478 - 1518. The Norwegian Museum. CC BY.
Foto van model van een fiets uit 1493, ontworpen door Leonardo da Vinc
and Voorwerp in bruikleen van de...
1981. Historisch Museum Ede, the Netherlands. CC BY.
inspiration // commercially reusable content
finance // promotion

17. Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine
CC BY-SA
Have you been inspired to
#MakeWithEuropeana?
Zagende en een staande jongen and Studie-prentwerk / Etudes gravées |
Jacob Ernst Marcus. 1812. Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands. Public Domain
marked.

18. Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine
CC BY-SA
f. 197, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 198v: diagrams from BL
Arundel 263 | Leonardo da Vinci.
1478 - 1518. British Library, UK. Public Domain marked.
What could you make using
Europe’s heritage?

19. Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine
CC BY-SA
Villach, Sewing Room 3 | K.u.k. Kriegspressequartier, Lichtbildstelle - Wien.
1917. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library. Public
Domain.
What do you need from us to start making with
Europeana’s content?
Content: topics, types
Where do you want to find it
Anything else?

20. Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine
CC BY-SA
D 96 Dancers| Kusakabe Kimbei.
1880-1890. Museum Für Kunst Und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany. CC0.
Any questions?

21. Image credits
Picture slide 1
Rush. Eugene Grasset, C.A. Bourgeot. 1896. Schola Graphidis Art
Collection, Hungarian University of Fine Arts - High School of Visual
Arts, Budapest. CC BY-SA.
Magnolias and Irises. Louis Comfort Tiffany. C. 1908. The Met,
New York, USA. CC0.
Pewter table set. 1900. Creator Unknown. Museum of
Decorative Arts, Prague. CC0.
Music Room fireplace decoration. 1901. Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Culture Grid, UK. CC BY.
Advertisment for Job cigarettes. 1896. Alphonse Mucha.
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Public Domain.
Poster for Exposition Universelle de 1900. Creator unknown.
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Public Domain.
Toaleta večerní. 1913. Uměleckoprůmyslové Museum V Praze.
Public Domain.
Kabelka. 1912. Uměleckoprůmyslové Museum V Praze. Public
Domain.
Podstavec. Jan Kotěra. 1900. Uměleckoprůmyslové Museum V
Praze. CC BY.
Tile Art Nouveau by Sacavém Factory. 1900/1920. Aveiro City
Museum, Portugal. CC BY.
Picture slide 2 - all images CC0 and from Museum Für Kunst Und
Gewerbe Hamburg.
Drei tanzende Frauen. 1880-1890. Creator unknown.
238. Bamboo Grove. 1893. Creator unknown.
Ringkämpfer mit Preisrichter. 1880-1890. Kihei Tamamura.
D100. Japanese Lantern Makers. 1880-1890. Creator unknown.
Schauspieler Bandō Shūka I als Chōbeis Ehefrau Ofusa und Bandō
Takesaburō I als Shirai Gonpachi. Utagawa Kunisada. 1855.
23. Playing Samisen Tsudzumi & Taiko. Kusakabe Kimbei.
1860-1900.
Porträt einer Geisha. Tamamura Kōzaburō. 1880-1890
C91. Sedan Chair. Kusakabe Kimbei. 1880-1890.
#MakeWithEuropeana | MFT, 20 May 2017
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22. Thank you - stay in touch!
Nicole.mcneilly@europeana.eu
@EuropeanaLabs @NicoleMcNeilly
Labs.europeana.eu