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Europeana Photography Thematic Collection – Launch event in Pisa, 20th May 2017

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Created on Thursday, 22 June 2017 11:51

During the European Night of the Museums, the new thematic collection Europeana Photography was officially presented, during a launch event organized at Palazzo Lanfranchi in Pisa on 20th May 2017.

The collection offers access to 2.3 millions top-quality images, carefully selected to celebrate early photography by showcasing some of the finest historical collections around. Virtual exhibitions, themed galleries, blogposts and readymade queries are available in a new online platform, hosted by Europeana and curated by PHOTOCONSORTIUM, the international consortium for photographic heritage of which Promoter was one of the founder members in 2014.

AGENDA:

• h18,00 Registration
• Opening: Presentation of the European Night of Museums and scope of the event / Alessandro Tosi, University of Pisa, director of the Museum of Graphics
• Presentation of Photoconsortium Association / Antonella Fresa, Promoter, vicepresident of Photoconsortium
• Engaging Collective Memories. The contribution of Europeana Photography to education / Fred Truyen, KU Leuven, president of Photoconsortium
• Introducing Europeana Collections / Douglas McCarthy, Europeana Foundation
• Live demo of the Europeana Photography Thematic Collection / Sofie Taes, curator of the channel
• Question and Answer session
• h20,00 Closing of the event and refreshments

In addition to the conference, the attendees and visitors of the Museum had the occasion to play with Man Meets World, a virtual interactive exhibition about Belle Epoque, powered with the E-Space MuPop technology, and to enjoy photographic masterpieces from PHOTOCONSORTIUM members in a physical exhibition.

http://photography.europeana.eu

http://www.photoconsortium.net/highlights-from-europeana-photography-launch-event-in-pisa-museo-della-grafica-20th-may-2017/

http://www.photoconsortium.net/man-meets-world-virtual-interactive-exhibition-where-vintage-photography-joins-digital-tecnhologies/

Antonella Fresa, vicepresident of PHOTOCONSORTIUM, presenting the Association