In this episode Claire Bown is joined by Dr Beth Daley, novelist, creative writing tutor and editorial advisor at Europeana, to explore how digital cultural heritage collections can become starting points for storytelling, exploration and creative engagement.

Europeana brings together millions of artworks, objects, photographs, films, texts and archival materials from museums, libraries and archives across Europe. But access alone is not enough. Beth shares how the platform invites people to move from browsing to creating through prompts, activities, and collaborative spaces.

This episode will resonate with anyone working in museums, galleries or cultural institutions who is interested in using digital collections as a starting point for storytelling, creative engagement and new ways of working with cultural heritage.

The Art Engager is written and presented by Claire Bown. Editing is by Matt Jacobs and Claire Bown. Music by Richard Bown. Support on Patreon

Episode Links:

Dr Beth Daley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-daley-a032b537/

https://www.europeana.eu/

https://pro.europeana.eu/post/join-our-events-for-writers-and-get-creative-with-cultural-heritage - this one covers all our activities including the following:

https://pro.europeana.eu/event/europeana-writers-room-monthly-creative-writing-workshops - Europeana Writers' Room registration

https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/six-ways-to-play-with-europeana-story-dice - Europeana story dice

https://pro.europeana.eu/page/seven-tips-for-digital-storytelling - in 16 languages

https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-daley-a032b537/ - my LinkedIn profile

https://bethdaley.substack.com/ - my Substack page

Europeana's social media:

https://www.facebook.com/Europeana

https://bsky.app/profile/europeana.bsky.social

https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeana

https://www.instagram.com/europeana_eu/

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