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Illustration of a ruined castle on a hillside
LGBTQ+ history in Belarus and Eastern Europe

Discover the history of being LGBTQ+ in Belarus and Eastern Europe through Volha Kavalchuk's contribution to the Europeana Digital Storytelling Festival's Creative Online Residency.

Jane Avril by Toulouse Lautrec - an alarmed figure in a black dress and red feathered headpiece is arching her back away from a snake, whose head is by her chest
Animating Toulouse Lautrec

Find out how Aida Naasan Agha Spyridopoulou turned Toulouse Lautrec designs into animations for Europeana's Digital Storytelling Festival Creative Online Residency.

Ink and paper graphic of two figures with long flowing hair, kissing
Animating 'The Kiss' with pride

Discover how Marina Schilke animated Peter Behrens 'The Kiss' using the pride flag for Europeana's Digital Storytelling Festival Creative Online Residency.

postage stamp with colour illustration of people playing oina
Oina - Romania’s national sport

The history of a sport that has survived centuries

a sepia photograph of a pottery craftsman turning a clay bowl on a turntable. He is surrounded by towering stacks of pottery.
Pottery of Sifnos

Ceramic craft in the Greek Cyclades island archipelago

colour photograph of a silver dress on a mannequin
Space Age Fashion

From futuristic designs to unisex fashion

A large pink condom with a message in white lettering against a blue background suggesting condoms are 'life-insurance for every budget'; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero
Revelations in Italy's queer archives: unveiling the veiled narratives

Yasmine Ba's 'Conversations with Grandma and the cultural significance of Italy's queer archives', created for Europeana's Digital Storytelling Festival Creative Online Residency.

Pendants in the shape of a pink triangle. The pink triangle symbolizes lesbian and gay love and is a symbolic sign of gay struggle.
S for Saskia, in Silence = Death

Read Tonya Atanakova's fictional story exploring LGBTQ+ cultures and communities, created for Europeana's Digital Storytelling Festival Creative Online Residency.

Three queer women writers

Breaking barriers within literature and the arts

cropped black and white photograph portrait of a young man
Willem Arondéus - artist and resistance fighter

Gay artist and author who fought in the Dutch Resistance during World War II

a photograph of the inside of a ceramics' centre, with several ceramic pieces on display.
The ceramists' village of La Borne

A place of history, transmission and contemporary creation

colour photograph of an actor performing on stage wearing a corset and suspenders.
The Rocky Horror Show

Celebrating 50 years of a cult queer classic

A mother and daughter are working together on a piece of cloth, a spinning wheel sits nearby
Women and crafts

Mother and daughter or master and apprentice? A brief history of women and crafts

back of colour postcard with handwritten text and two stamps
Letters to and from four great minds of the University of Wrocław

Professors and scientists at one of the oldest universities in Central Europe

black and white photograph of a man weaving a basket
Rural crafts and tradition in Britain

Considering a post-war travelling exhibition of rural handicrafts

colour photograph of a brown / beige textile, with mostly red pattern of flower vines
What is chintz?

Objects and craft of desire, from India to Europe

black and white photograph of Max Euwe who arranges chess pieces on a shelf.
Max Euwe, Dutch chess grandmaster

The life and legacy of the Dutch world chess champion

colour painting, portrait of Timotei Cipariu
Timotei Cipariu, a Transylvanian Erasmus

Renowned scholar of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church

black and white illustration, portrait of Pierre Cuypers.
Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect

Visionary architect who designed many landmarks in the Netherlands

World Collage Day

World Collage Day is an annual international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. This an excellent opportunity to learn more about this technique, explore cultural heritage collections and get creative.