Galleries
Curated by the project ‘The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages’.
Curated by the project ‘The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages’.
Curated by the project ‘The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages’.
Between 1900 and 1999, fashions changed along with attitudes to women, their role in society and their clothing and bodies. This gallery presents a chronological snapshot of the changing silhouettes of women's fashion in the 20th century.
Our shared industrial heritage hasn't only affected our economies and lives, but also our planet and landscapes, often negatively. This gallery explores pollution as a legacy of industrialisation across Europe.
Industrial heritage isn't just the story of firms, but the stories of workers and their experiences. This gallery shows images from across Europe of when workers have gone on strike and fought for their rights and freedoms. Curated by Europeana Comm…
Scenes, music and emotions which inspire people to search for places projected on the big screen by cinema
Explore these posters from across Europe advertising a variety of sports and sporting events. Gallery curated by Europeana Sport project partners
Passionate flute playing, guitar wizardry and trumpet serenades: these musical scenes abound in joy and dedication, with a delightful touch of quirkiness.
Ludwig van Beethoven (Bonn, 16 December 1770 - Vienna, 26 March 1827) is one of the most famous music composers. Explore this gallery and discover his life and works through literature, science, history and philosophy topics.
This gallery highlights a selection of well-known people from across Europe, who worked in the arts and sciences and were migrants or refugees
Migration occurs everywhere and at anytime, sometimes forced, sometimes by choice. This gallery shows photographs, sketches and drawing of people in transit, leaving their homes in search of new horizons.
National Parks are places where nature is preserved, where human's influence is kept in check to protect biodiversity. If you're looking for a place to escape, explore these national parks from around Europe depicted in Europeana.
Documents and designs by Yugoslavia's most coveted designer of the 1960s
Europe from above: this gallery shows photographs of European landscapes taken from above - aerial photographs from airplanes showing the diversity of landscapes across Europe.
The defining dress of the 1920s, the flapper dress and style symbolises the road towards emancipation and increasing freedom for women.
We label many activities as 'leisure' - here are some of the outfits especially designed for these kinds of activities.
These material memories of fashion, furniture and craftsmanship demonstrate how motifs and objects from China took over the West, elegantly influencing its tastes and production. Gallery curated by EFHA for the PAGODE project
The term ‘grave goods’ embraces all kinds of objects found in tombs and necropolises: weapons, jewels, tools, pottery, food. This practice dates back since prehistoric times. Funerary equipment helps in interpretting habits and traditions of ancient popul…
The etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) with motifs from ancient Rome ranging from urban layouts to decorative elements, especially monuments, buildings and urban sites that no longer exist, can serve as an excellent information for archaeo…
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was a remarkably gifted German artist of the Renaissance period. Born in Nuremberg, one of Europe's leading artistic centres, Dürer was a brilliant painter, printmaker, draughtsman and writer.
Barcelona artist Ramon Casas i Carbó sketched and painted evocative portraits of intellectual, economic and political figures in Barcelona, Paris and Madrid around the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
Explore this gallery showing how artists have been influenced by and portrayed sports and games.
The Cathedral of San Martino is in Romanesque Gothic style, with a polychrome marble facade. Founded in the 6th century by San Frediano, a bishop of Irish origin, San Martino became a bishopric from the 8th century in place of the ancient church of Santi …