Stories

Explore cultural heritage stories in online exhibitions and blogs

Painting the modern world

How artists depicted the 20th century

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Inspiring movement

Piet Mondrian, painting and migration
Exhibition
War machines

How professional and amateur artists illustrated World War One
Exhibition
Hugo Simberg in America

The experiences of a famous Finnish artist in the United States
Exhibition
Towards abstraction

Modernism's transformation of landscape painting, folk art and portraiture
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Discovering Europe

Beautiful landscapes, historic places and hidden gems across Europe

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Travelling for pleasure

People have always had a need to travel, be it to explore and discover new lands or for our own enjoyment
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Vintage Ibiza

Discover the ‘white island’ before tourism
Blog post
Small Town Europe

Learn more about seven smaller European towns that you may not already know
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The Wachau landscape in Austria

Extending 36 kilometres along the Danube, the Wachau is a landscape of stunning scenery
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European identities

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‘All of Europe is my country’

Migration and making a new life in Europe
Exhibition
Celebrations in Europe

Explore Europe's remarkable variety of customs and traditions in this special exhibition
Exhibition
It was 30 years ago

The European Parliament, the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification
Exhibition
Blue Skies, Red Panic

Take a photographic journey through 1950s Europe between east and west, and liberty and repression
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