Europeana APIs Documentation

These pages provide you with the public documentation for the Europeana APIs. This landing page will help you navigate through the suite of APIs available so you can find the information you need and get started using Europeana’s data as quickly as possible.

The Europeana APIs allow you to build applications that use the wealth of our collections drawn from the major museums, libraries, archives and galleries from across Europe. We’ve partnered with over 4,000 cultural institutions from across Europe who have digitised millions of cultural heritage items, from books and paintings to 3D objects and audiovisual material.

If you want to see an example of our API in action, then look no further than the Europeana website.

Training and help pages

Our API suite

Get in Touch!

If you need any Support or Help with using our Europeana APIs, you can join discussions about using our APIs in our Google Group, or visit our FAQ for help. If you need more support, you can always contact us directly at api@europeana.eu

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Hugo Manguinhas
Head of Engineering

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Jolan Wuyts
Collections Editor

We are keen to hear about your project, plan or idea to develop something using digital cultural heritage. Have you created something that uses Europeana data, or are you in the process of doing so? We would love to chat with you to see how we can help support or promote your project to our network. By getting in contact with us about your project, you’ll receive important updates we make to our API suite and will get the latest offers and services from Europeana.