How to Take a Free Historical Tour of Europe

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By David Sarokin
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Europeana.eu

Europe has an incredibly rich history of art, architecture, sculpture, music, literature, films and all other aspects of culture, extending back more than 2,000 years. A new online resource, europeana.eu, puts it all at your fingertips.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

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Head to europeana.eu.
Step 2

Mona Lisa at Europeana

Europeana.eu is fantastic new digital collection of European history. It is a collaborative effort of some of the world's great museums and libraries, along with other European institutions and governments. More than two million items -- including films, photos, paintings, sound recordings, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers and archival papers -- have been digitized and are freely available.
Step 3

Choose a language to conduct a search or browse europeana.com (language choice is in the upper right corner).
Step 4

Hitler's Mein Kampf at Europeana

Explore the site, as if you were a tourist travelling through Europe's history. Tours can be arranged along a timeline, in a particular country or region of Europe, or along a chosen theme, such as art or architecture. Tour ancient Anglo-Saxon ruins, cathedrals and churches in Germany, the great museums of France, or the dramatic newspaper accounts and propaganda posters of World Wars I and II.
Step 5

Book mark europeana.eu and add it to your Favorites. Millions more items will be added to the collection in the months and years ahead. This is a site to visit, and revisit, time and again.