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Photographs by pioneering female photographers from across Europe

Women's suffrage, the right for women to vote, was a long and hard battle that began at the start of the 19th Century. This gallery highlights the feminist fight for social reform and a voice for women in politics.

These show pictures of women famous women in tech and science.

This gallery shows groups of women, highlighting the power of female solidarity.

In socialism, posters were used to activate workers who were not sufficiently committed to revolutionary principles. Posters about women for Women's Day, not just for women.

Since 1901, 60 women have been awarded a Nobel Prize. From first-ever winner Marie Curie to more recent winners, this gallery celebrates outstanding accomplishments in Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Literature and Peace. Curated by the Europeana XX project…

Swedish artist Anna Boberg regularly painted landscapes in northern Norway. She first travelled to the region in the summer of 1901 and made around three dozen trips there - often alone. She painted the countryside, the special light, the northern lights …

March is Women's History Month - we want to remember the diverse roles women played in World War I: They participated as nurses in the front lines, took over jobs at home formerly done by men and cared for their families.

János Percz (1920-2000) was one of the innovators of Hungarian metalwork and metal art. He significantly expanded the formal and dimensional boundaries of metalwork, and his art is in many ways related to sculpture. He made countless objects of various sh…

An attempt to depict something about chess and how people, through different media, think about and engage with it over the years.

Elche is a Spanish city by the Mediterranean Sea, with two UNESCO world heritages: the Palmeral (palm grove), and the Misteri d'Elx theater play (intangible heritage).

Lajos Kozma (8 June 1884 - 26 November 1948) was one of the most authentic representatives of Hungarian Art Nouveau in the early 20th century. This is a subjective selection of Lajos Kozma's furniture designs and their realized furniture versions from…

Across the world different cultures have combined handwriting and art to create aesthetic works of text. These differing traditions across communities and timespans are fascinating to compare.

Since the dawn of time, craftsmen have indulged in designing chairs for the most varied uses. If in the most ancient times chairs were a prerogative reserved for men of power and the aristocratic classes, from the 16th century onwards the chair experience…

What food do you recognise in these pictures? What do you like to eat? What don't you like to eat?

Wall protectors usually follow the same scheme: a naive idealised picture of life with a couple in love or a housewife busy in the kitchen, surrounded by floral motifs. The poem was embroidered in the centre or around the drawing. The text came from folk …

During the Europeana 280 campaign, we asked the Polish Ministry of Culture to select highlights of Polish art. Here is their selection.

See how artists from across Europe have depicted sights and scenes from London, the capital city of the United Kingdom.

In the framework of the European eTwinning A la cA(R)T we integrate in our project resources from Europeanna, so that students come in contact with elements of cultural heritage and specifically with the art of mosaics.

The English poet Geoffrey Chaucer was the first to link Valentine's Day with romantic love, in his poem The Parliament of the Birds in 1382. "...St Valentine is a great lord above, For his love many a bird sings, Now hail, summer, soft sunshine, …