Europeana

Europeana is a digital discovery service for cultural heritage held by museums, libraries, archives and other institutions across Europe. Its website brings together records for material such as artworks, photographs, books, recordings and historical objects. Visitors can search collections, explore themed selections and follow links to the contributing institution for more information about an individual item.

The service is coordinated by the Europeana Foundation and connects collections that remain distributed across many organisations. A record may provide a digital preview, contextual information and a link to a fuller version held elsewhere. Access and reuse conditions depend on the item and the institution supplying it. Europeana is particularly useful for finding related cultural material across separate collections and understanding where the underlying objects and digital copies are held.