Collections

Explore our collection by theme, topic, century, and institution.

Themes

Humans have always moved from one place to another. Discover the stories of famous migrants and the journeys and lives of ordinary people to, from and within Europe.

Music

Explore recordings, sheet music, instruments and musical styles, as well as composers and performers.

Natural History

Explore the study of animals and plants through drawings, photographs and texts of specimens and the biologists and botanists who studied them.

Newspapers

Explore printed publications from 1618 to the 1980s. Discover headlines, full-text articles, advertisements, and the writers behind them.

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Topics

Black-and-white negatives

Features

Women's history

Discover notable women and their work throughout history

Disability heritage

Explore disability stories, narratives and heritage from Europe and beyond

Making Culture

Heritage showing how artisans and crafters have shaped and remade culture through the ages

Colouring books

Find your crayons! Sharpen your coloured pencils! And enjoy adding colours in one of the books we have prepared for you.

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Centuries

Latest galleries

It's all about 3D - Ursus spelaeus

This gallery was built around one of the first 3D objects provided by Genoa University through the natural history aggregator OpenUp!. The 3D fossil of the prehistoric "cave bear" seen here originates from Italy and was annotated to illustrate w…

It's all about 3D - Mandrillus sphinx

This gallery is part of the OpenUp! 3D series that builds galleries around certain 3D objects. This time we chose a 3D digitized skull of a Mandrill (Mandrillus Squinx) of the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona. Mandrills are omnivores and live in Centra…

Mansplaining in art

Added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2018, the word mansplaining refers to condescending and chauvinistic behaviour, often directed by men towards women, but the idea has been around for ages. We take a light-hearted look through the archives.