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Maribor Museum of National Liberation
09.01.2019
Odprtje razstave Iskrene podobe
Fotografski muzej Maribor in Fotografska zveza Slovenije vabita k ogledu fotografske razstave mladih ustvarjalcev z naslovom ISKRENE PODOBE. Otvoritev bo v četrtek, 10. 1. 2019 ob 17. uri v prostorih...
BY EUROPEANA
11.12.2018
Ivan Cankar – The Writer, The Migrant
Zala Mojca Jerman Kuželički of National and University Library in Slovenia introduces us to Ivan Cankar, who died 100 years ago today and is regarded as the greatest writer in the Slovene language....
BY EUROPEANA
06.12.2018
Iberian iconography and rituals
Last week we focused on a high-level view of the of the Iberian peoples in our blog History of the Iberians . Here we focus on the iconography shown in art and objects from archaeological research,...
BY EUROPEANA
04.12.2018
Pizza: a slice of migration history
Pizza – possibly one of the most popular, tasty and simple things you can have for dinner tonight. But behind its simplicity lies a much more complex history – this is the tale of the...
BY EUROPEANA
30.11.2018
Europeana EYCH 2018 Advent Calendar
December is here so it’s time for a countdown! We know you (secretly) love a chocolate advent calendar, but due to the digital character of our activity, we can’t provide one here. But...
BY EUROPEANA
30.11.2018
The history of the Iberians
Iberian aristocrats and warriors. Left: Rider dismounting from the horse to spear the enemy, ( Cerrillo Blanco , Porcuna, Spain); centre: Warrior with double armour (Cerrillo Blanco, Porcuna,...
BY EUROPEANA
29.11.2018
The Sinking of the Titanic – a Historic Press Panorama
Clipping from Revista Mundo Gráfico of 24 April 1912 (via Biblioteca Digital Memoria de Madrid, CC-BY-NC) In the early morning of 15 April 1912, one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters...
BY EUROPEANA
27.11.2018
Discovering Europeana’s first world war objects in a game: 11-11 Memories retold
Still from the 11-11: Memories Retold launch trailer. Source. When thinking of a first world war game, some images immediately come to mind: huge battlefields where players shoot each other over...
BY EUROPEANA
20.11.2018
10 things to love about Europeana
This week Europeana celebrates its tenth birthday. Since 2008, we’ve been publishing, sharing and celebrating amazing cultural heritage online. To mark the occasion, we’re highlighting ten things we...
BY EUROPEANA
13.11.2018
The Place of Literature in the World of Newspapers
In France, the important development of including literature in the press began with the launch of ‘ La Presse ‘ in 1836 by Emile de Girardin . He cut the subscription rate to his daily...
Maribor Museum of National Liberation
12.11.2018
Maister v muzeju
Za vas smo ob 100-letnici bojev za Maribor in slovensko severno mejo 1918–1919 pripravili poseben program. Petek, 23. 11. 2018 17.00 - Javno vodstvo po novi občasni razstavi »Na desni ga, na levi ni...
National Science and Media Museum
09.11.2018
The history of photography in pictures
Explore the development of western photography through special selections from our collection. From 1835 to the early 21st century, our curators have picked some of the most important and...
BY EUROPEANA
08.11.2018
Emile Zola: Novelist and Journalist
A true writer-journalist, Emile Zola successfully managed both activities for about 20 years, at first out of financial necessity before he became a successful author, but also by conviction. ...
BY EUROPEANA
07.11.2018
Hotel New York and Lloyd Hotel: migration stopovers between Europe and the Americas
If you ever visit the Netherlands, perhaps you’ll stay at the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam or Hotel New York in Rotterdam. These two hotels – still operational – played witness to...
Center for Contemporary Arts Celje
05.11.2018
Pokaži mi nebesa, performans
Vabljeni na performans v torek, 13. novembra, ob 18. uri v Galerijo sodobne umetnosti! Projekt je zasnovan na raziskavi liminalnega prostora ter dinamike, ki se v njem poraja. Zanima nas, kako...
BY EUROPEANA
02.11.2018
The beauty of birdsong: listen, remember, enjoy
Living in bustling cities we often tend to forget about nature, yet it is all around us and in many ways. Some of us might wake up in the morning to the sounds of a couple of birds singing while...
BY EUROPEANA
30.10.2018
Europe’s First Printed Book
How do we know what Europe’s first printed book was? Until the 18th century this question was open to speculation.15th-century printed books usually have no title page and do not always give the...
BY EUROPEANA
25.10.2018
Three Saints and the Art of Anamorphosis
Ross MacFarlane is a Research Development Specialist at London’s Wellcome Collection , a free museum and library exploring health, life and our place in the world. In this guest post, Ross explores...
BY EUROPEANA
24.10.2018
A Place to Call Home: Migration and Housing
Home is where we are safe. Home is where our loved ones are. When that home becomes unsafe, is it still home? If we move away from our loved ones, where is home then? How long does it take create a...
BY EUROPEANA
19.10.2018
