From coffee, tea and tobacco to UNESCO: Rotterdam's Van Nelle Factory
The Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam grew from a small firm selling coffee, tea and tobacco, to a large factory of steel and glass, the first daylight factory in Europe.
Europeana's 2019 Advent Calendar
Who's up for a December countdown?
How the Nordics connected the world
The story of telecommunication industries in Finland and Sweden
Vespa and Piaggio
Icons of Italian industrial design
Pine Top Smith
Welcome to the Europeana Demo site.
An international news medium - the European dissemination of 17th century Dutch Newspapers
The Dutch Republic was not the first country where newspapers were published. But in Amsterdam the conditions for the gathering and publishing of news appeared to be much better than in other places. Why?
Un-hidden: child labour in early photography
Children have been a much-loved subject of pictures from the very early days of photography. A substantial amount of 19th and early 20th century photography featuring children has a social documentary value rather than solely an aesthetic one, portraying
Jacob's Biscuit Factory in Dublin
The historic home of the cream cracker
Archaeology behind the Iron Curtain - memories of excavations and digs in Lithuania from 1…
This blog looks at the memories of those who worked on archaeological digs and projects in Lithuania during the Cold War, with a focus from 1948 to 1968.
Paper processes: tips for achieving a paperless office
Is a paperless office possible? In this blog discover tips about workflows and processes helping to stop wasting paper while encouraging productivity and mindfulness.
Progress in war making
The industrialisation of World War I
Textile technology
Joseph-Marie Jacquard and the loom that changed the world
The Bor Mine in Serbia
Labour and landscape in the 20th century
The Chair Men
Gebrüder Thonet and the Number 14 Chair
Neon night
How advertising signs lit up the city
'Self-pride and knowing yourself'
Marking Black History Month in Britain
The fragrance factory
Roure-Bertrand Fils and the perfume industry in Grasse
Miloš Crnjanski
A literary life of migration and exile
Fàbrica Gròber
The rise and transformation of an industrial landmark in Girona
Catchpenny prints in The Netherlands
What did the people in the lower orders of society and children read in the 18th and 19th centuries? In the Netherlands, their main reading material was catchpenny prints.
