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Europeana

Digital collection of European cultural heritage operated by the Europeana Foundation.

  • Completely free
  • the web

Overview

Europeana is an open-access art and heritage collection, available on the web. Other documented uses: digitised documents and e-books.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Digital collection of European cultural heritage operated by the Europeana Foundation” — Wikidata, 10 November 2026
  • “Digital collection of European cultural heritage operated by the Europeana Foundation” — Wikidata, 10 November 2026
  • “Search, save and share art, books, films and music from thousands of cultural institutions” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Europeana is completely free: no known feature is locked behind a paid plan.

Its licence could not be established at the source: check the terms on the official website.

Licences vary from one work to another: check each file’s licence.

13,841,364 works indexed by Openverse.

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Wikidata (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Openverse (credit card, limits, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Wikidata — Wikidata (CC0)

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