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Netherlands: Halbe Zijlstra
Article by Halbe Zijlstra, State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science: “Ain’t nothing like the real thing”, is what Marvin Gaye used to sing back in the sixties. And it is this line that...
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Poland: Piotr Zuchowski
Article by Piotr Zuchowski, Secretary of State, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Poland: One of the most valuable masterpieces of the Polish culture available through Europeana is the St....
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Map of Europe in 1914
By the team from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz The memory of the First World War, its events and consequences, its victims and victors, remain very much alive today. It has...
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Map Nerds: Jodocus Hondius and Me
What is it about maps? I know I’m not the only one who can spend hours poring over them – places I’ve been, places I haven’t, places I’ve never heard of, it doesn’t matter. Give me a map and I’m as...
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From St Nicholas to Santa Claus
He’s a man of many names – Saint Nicholas, Nikolaos of Myra, Nikolaos the Wonderworker, Nikolaos of Bari, Sinterklaas and of course, Santa Claus. As well as becoming the figure we associate with...
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Freedom Express: Final Leg – Germany
The Freedom Express ended its historic journey in Germany over the weekend, concluding an intensive study trip for a group of 20 young Europeans. The participants travelled through six countries in...
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A big idea: how the European Union was set in motion in 1950
To those of us who live here, the European Union is something that we argue about – who’s in, who’s out, who’s in charge – but ultimately, I think, something we take for granted as a way of organising...
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Pictures in Focus: Migrants, then and now
Today, Manuele Buono, of AEDEKA srl in Italy, talks about a photograph taken on board a ship arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. The deck of a ship full of emigrants arriving at Ellis...
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From Georg Friedrich to George Frideric: Händel’s miraculous migration
In the early 18th century, London was the eldorado for musicians, offering fame and fortune to anyone who had something new or exclusive to boast. Foreign musicians were regarded as exotic, special and...
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‘All of Europe is my country’ and other stories from Europeana Migration
Europeana Migration brings together digital collections dedicated to the theme of migration to, from and within Europe, sourced from both cultural heritage institutions and the public. When Museum Burg...
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