LGBTQ+ history

During Pride Month, find queer stories and cultural heritage from around Europe

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Solidarity with Ukraine

The Europeana Initiative stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine

A woman with curly hair waving the pride flag while walking down the street in a crowd of people.
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LGBTQ+ rights in Spain

Opening the future to the dreams of the past

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Early Radios

How radios went from handcrafted machines to mass-marketed products in every home

Exhibition
The Jean Monnet House

Learn about a seemingly ordinary family home where Jean Monnet’s vision of peace and European unity was established

Photograph of Magnus Hirschfeld, who is sitting on a sofa
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Magnus Hirschfeld

Pioneering German sexologist who was one of the earliest LGBTQ+ rights activists

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The Orient Express

Explore the history of 'the king of trains, and train of kings'

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Exhibition
Nature crafting fashion

Explore the relationship between fashion, nature and craft

cover of a booklet with title 'The Olympic Games and the Duke of Westminster's Appeal for £100,000'
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An Olympic appeal

When the Duke of Westminster aimed to raise £100,000 for amateur athletes in the early 20th century

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Digital Storytelling Festival

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Camille Saint-Saëns

Collections relating to the French composer, organist, conductor and pianist

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Clara Schumann

One of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era

Slovenian tourism in the 1980s

How Slovenia’s tourist gems promoted sustainable tourism and local cuisine in the 1980s

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Forum Marinum

Nikolai Bobrikov

Finnish Heritage Agency

Quadrilateral bell, HCA 622

The Hunt Museum

The Hunt Museum

Werner (von) Siemens, Studie zur Sitzfigur für die Potsdamer Brücke in Berlin

Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin