Collections

Explore our collection by theme, topic, century, and organisation.

Themes

Humans have always moved from one place to another. Discover the stories of famous migrants and the journeys and lives of ordinary people to, from and within Europe.

Explore recordings, sheet music, instruments and musical styles, as well as composers and performers.

Explore the study of animals and plants through drawings, photographs and texts of specimens and the biologists and botanists who studied them.

Explore printed publications from 1618 to the 1980s. Discover headlines, full-text articles, advertisements, and the writers behind them.

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Features

Discover notable women and their work throughout history

Explore disability stories, narratives and heritage from Europe and beyond

a black and white photograph of a man sitting behind a loom-like device that has multiple threads coming down into the spine of a book. The man is in the process of threading a new page through the threads to add to the book.

Heritage showing how artisans and crafters have shaped and remade culture through the ages

Find your crayons! Sharpen your coloured pencils! And enjoy adding colours in one of the books we have prepared for you.

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Latest galleries

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…

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Recent items

Agentur Vierter Raum, Natalie Sommer, Tom Greiner (3D reconstruction)

Jüdische Gemeinde Wiesbaden

State Collections of Lower Austria

Anoniem

Centraal Museum Utrecht

Medelhavsmuseet

UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage/ Digital Heritage Research Lab, Cyprus University of Technology