Presentation to Coding Dürer, a five-day international and interdisciplinary hackathon for Art History and Information Science, held in Munich, Germany, 13-17 March 2017.

1. Introducing
Europeana Art
Douglas McCarthy, Collections Manager
@CultureDoug
En barnedåb (A Christening), 1883-88
Michael Ancher
Ribe Kunstmuseum
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2. What and who is Europeana?
• We’re a non-profit foundation – idealists and true believers
• A network of like-minded heritage and technology
professionals
• An open data platform with many services and drawing on
the collections of nearly 4000 European GLAMs
• Europeana Collections, Europeana APIs
Europeana Art
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3. Europeana Art
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To do this, we
● Inspire discovery through stimulating content & design
● Meet user expectations around search
● Promote open content to stimulate use & re-use
● Encourage engagement on our platform and elsewhere
Our mission is to build on Europe’s rich
heritage and make it easier for people
to use, whether for work, for learning
or just for fun.

4. Title here
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Europeana Collections
Europeana Essentials
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Europeana Essentials
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Europeana Collections homepage
Europeana| CC BY-SA
Access to the memory of Europe
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5. Thematic collections:
a diverse & growing family
• Europeana 1914-1918
• Europeana Art
• Europeana Fashion
• Europeana Music
• Europeana Newspapers
• Europeana Photography
Europeana Collections Team
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6. Europeana Art
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Europeana Art
A platform for Europe’s art collections that enables
discovery, enjoyment, education and research

7. Art Nouveau season
●3 months
●50 artworks from 20
museums in 1 exhibition w/
Net Promoter Score >50
●10 guest blogs by
partners
●21 Pinterest boards
Sunflower, 1896. Eugene Grasset and C.A. Bourgeot
Schola Graphidis Art Collection. Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest. CC BY-SA
Europeana Collections Team
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8. Europeana Art
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A dynamic exhibition platform

9. Collaborative art history...
Europeana Art
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10. … with an international outlook
Europeana Art
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11. A broad scope
Europeana Art
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12. Wikipedia/Wikidata
Art History Challenge (2016)
Europeana Art
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13. Summary
• As an art historian, data scientist or GLAM , Europeana is a
natural resource, platform and partner for you
• Working together, we can fulfil your mission of sharing
knowledge better
http://codingdurer.de/europeana/
http://art.europeana.eu
http://labs.europeana.eu
http://pro.europeana.eu
Europeana Art
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14. Join us!
Douglas McCarthy
Collections Manager,
Europeana Art & Europeana Photography
E: douglas.mccarthy@europeana.eu
T: +31 (0)70 314 0679
@CultureDoug
douglaskmccarthy
linkedin.com/in/douglaskmccarthy
Cy + Relics, Rome, 1952
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Public Domain
Europeana Art History Collections
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Europeana Art
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