Who We Are

The Europeana Foundation is the operator of the Europeana service, including the search portal at Europeana.eu and related data services such as the Europeana Application Programming Interface (API) and the Linked Open Data pilot. The Foundation is governed by an Executive Committee and Board, and employs full-time and part-time staff.

The Europeana Network is an open, expert forum comprising content holders and aggregators along with providers of technical, legal and strategic knowledge.

Our services are under constant development by content and technology projects, collectively referred to as the Europeana project group.

What We Do

• Aggregate – We are building the open, trusted source for European cultural content
• Facilitate – We support the cultural heritage sector through knowledge transfer, innovation and advocacy
• Distribute – We make heritage available to people wherever they are, whenever they want it
• Engage – We cultivate new ways for people to participate in their cultural heritage

Our Websites

• Europeana Professional is the common website for Europeana projects, reaching cultural heritage professionals and technologists. It is the official source for technical information, metadata standards and case studies, and also brings together all project work.
• The Europeana portal is our search engine for the digitised collections of museums, libraries, archives and galleries across Europe.
• Our Virtual Exhibitions feature highlights from our collection.
• The Europeana 1914-1918 project brings together community-contributed content from the time of World War One.