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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.
Explore the history of photography, discover incredible images and find out about the photographers behind them.
Explore the history of sport and sports people, with photographs, films, sound recordings and texts documenting everything from everyday experiences to the heights of Olympic glory.
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Discover notable women and their work throughout history
Explore disability stories, narratives and heritage from Europe and beyond
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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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…
Images of Manhattan, New York, the USA, across the ages.
This gallery of photographs reflects the rich heritage and traditions of Romani people living across Europe, as well as reflecting the stigma, discrimination and misrepresentation faced by these communities.
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Topf & Sons Place of Remembrance (3D reconstruction); Erfurt University of Applied Sciences (3D reconstruction); Universities of Erfurt and Jena / ThULB (3D reconstruction); Siegfried Kusnitzky (architect)
Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena
Leiden University Libraries
The Discovery Programme; Corns, A.; Shaw, R.
The Discovery programme