Europeana aggregates and provides access to over 50 million digitized items from more than 3,500 European cultural heritage institutions. The platform utilizes the Europeana Data Model (EDM) to ensure metadata interoperability across diverse media types, including 3D models, manuscripts, maps, and technical drawings.
By incorporating a lot of rare resources and EU museums it include very originals and rare documents. Be sure to check the license before using each of them, as these licenses are very diverse here.
Tip for developers: it also offers an API that facilitates the programmatic discovery and reuse of high-resolution cultural and scientific assets for academic, educational, and commercial development.
If permitted: for historical research, for illustration, for publishing, for art, for AI training …
