Preserving, Protecting and Reusing Cultural Heritage at Europeana 2025

2025-06-12

Preserving, Protecting and Reusing Cultural Heritage at Europeana 2025

On 11 and 12 June 2025, the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is hosting the annual EUROPEANA conference, dedicated to European cultural heritage. The event is organized by the Europeana Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the National Institute of Cultural Heritage, and the conference host – the POLIN Museum. This year’s edition is a part of Poland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. PCSS is represented at this event by Aleksandra Nowak (Head of the Digital Libraries and Knowledge Platforms Department) and Paweł Marciniak (Digital Libraries and Knowledge Platforms Department).

Preserve, Protect, Reuse is the motto of this edition of Europeana – which in the context of cultural heritage seems to be pretty self-explanatory. The hot topic this spring is Data Space for Cultural Heritage – something PCSS co-creates, providing over 6.3 million records through FBC (Digital Libraries Federation), and supports at the same time technologically.

Europeana is also an excellent opportunity to learn more about European projects with PCSS’s involvement:

  • ECHOES
    The development of the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) and the data space.
  • 3D-BIG Data Space
    Developing a 3D data space for cultural heritage and creative industries.
  • 3D-4CH
    Building a European competence center for 3D technologies in cultural heritage, with an emphasis on supporting Ukraine.

For those unable to attend the conference in person, a live online broadcast of the event is available.

The detailed conference program is available here: https://europeana.zohobackstage.eu/Europeana2025#/agenda?day=2&lang=en

This photo features two men standing next to promotional banners, likely at a conference or event. The left banner displays "3D Big Data for the Data Space for Cultural Heritage" and the website address "3dbigdataspace.eu", indicating a theme of 3D data and cultural heritage. The right banner shows the "3D 4CH Competence Centre" logo and "ONLINE COMPETENCE CENTRE FOR 3D CULTURAL HERITAGE," pointing to a competence center for 3D cultural heritage. Both men are wearing identification badges, and a glimpse of the event space with a table and electronic equipment is visible in the background.
This image depicts a stage in a large conference hall or auditorium, likely during a presentation. A wide screen against red curtains displays a presentation with a yellow background and text including "POLAND," "3.6+ Million cultural heritage objects," and "83 Contributing institutions." Three people are on stage: a man in a suit standing at a podium on the left, a woman holding a microphone in the center, and another woman in a light-colored shirt on the right. Rows of seated audience members fill the space in front of the stage.
This photo captures a lively scene, likely at a conference or fair, where several people are talking and browsing promotional materials at a booth. In the center of the frame, two women are engaged in an animated discussion; the woman on the left, with long dark hair and a green blouse, is gesticulating, while the woman on the right, also with long dark hair, is listening. Brochures, flyers, and glass ornaments are on the table in front of them, and other event participants are visible behind them. A fragment of a banner with the Europeana logo is visible on the right side of the background.