Europeana, Europe’s digital library, museum and archive, has
launched its first free iPad app. Europeana Open Culture
introduces the public to hand-picked and beautiful collections
from some of Europe’s top institutions, and allows people to
explore, share and comment on them. The app provides an easy
introduction to Europe’s glorious art treasury through five
specially curated themes: Maps and Plans, Treasures of Art,
Treasures of the Past, Treasures of Nature and Images of the
Past. Europeana Open Culture presents stunning visual
collections with large images - great for those smaller details
- and a comment option that opens up the possibility for
dialogue between many people exploring the same images. The
350,000 images available through the app come from collections
as diverse as: - Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, UK -
Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands - National Library of Poland - The
Archaeological Museum, Portugal - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Digital Library of the Spanish Ministry of Defence All i