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Space Age Fashion

From futuristic designs to unisex fashion

A large pink condom with a message in white lettering against a blue background suggesting condoms are 'life-insurance for every budget'; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero
Revelations in Italy's queer archives: unveiling the veiled narratives

Yasmine Ba's 'Conversations with Grandma and the cultural significance of Italy's queer archives', created for Europeana's Digital Storytelling Festival Creative Online Residency.

Pendants in the shape of a pink triangle. The pink triangle symbolizes lesbian and gay love and is a symbolic sign of gay struggle.
S for Saskia, in Silence = Death

Read Tonya Atanakova's fictional story exploring LGBTQ+ cultures and communities, created for Europeana's Digital Storytelling Festival Creative Online Residency.

Three queer women writers

Breaking barriers within literature and the arts

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Willem Arondéus - artist and resistance fighter

Gay artist and author who fought in the Dutch Resistance during World War II

a photograph of the inside of a ceramics' centre, with several ceramic pieces on display.
The ceramists' village of La Borne

A place of history, transmission and contemporary creation

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The Rocky Horror Show

Celebrating 50 years of a cult queer classic

A mother and daughter are working together on a piece of cloth, a spinning wheel sits nearby
Women and crafts

Mother and daughter or master and apprentice? A brief history of women and crafts

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Letters to and from four great minds of the University of Wrocław

Professors and scientists at one of the oldest universities in Central Europe

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Rural crafts and tradition in Britain

Considering a post-war travelling exhibition of rural handicrafts

two men hold colourful nativity scenes on the main square of Krakow
Krakow nativity scenes

In Krakow, Poland, making nativity scenes is seen as a cultural tradition going back centuries.

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What is chintz?

Objects and craft of desire, from India to Europe

black and white photograph of Max Euwe who arranges chess pieces on a shelf
Max Euwe, Dutch chess grandmaster

The life and legacy of a Dutch chess legend

colour painting, portrait of Timotei Cipariu
Timotei Cipariu, a Transylvanian Erasmus

Renowned scholar of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church

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Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect

Visionary architect who designed many landmarks in the Netherlands

World Collage Day

World Collage Day is an annual international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. This an excellent opportunity to learn more about this technique, explore cultural heritage collections and get creative.

colour photograph of the Hagia Sophia Church
5 buildings that have been both mosques and churches

Architecture crossing cultures

black and white portrait photograph of Mela Muter
Mela Muter, a Polish artist in Paris

Painting the beauty of everyday life

colour photograph of a field of red tulips with a windmill in the background
How the tulip became a symbol of Turkey and the Netherlands

The history of a floral motif over several centuries

What is an easter palm?

Learn how to make an easter palm