Public Domain Day in Europe 2026
2026-01-15 09:30 - 18:00 UTC | Royal Library of Belgium
Like every year, numerous heritage works will enter the public domain on 1st January. This event aims to celebrate the public domain and focus on the hardships that still sustain with opening up these materials.
The event is co-organised by meemoo and will take place in the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) in Brussels. The program is designed for everyone working with public domain collections. Visit the event’s website for more information and registration.

3D-4CH Winter School
2026-01-21 - 2026-01-23 | Royal Museum of Art an History, Brussels, Belgium
The 3D-4Ch Winter School, organised by the 3D-4CH Competence Centre, will take place from 21st to 23rd January 2026 at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels.
This three-day events will feature keynotes, workshops and collaborative larning environments designed for cultural heritage professionals who want to deepen their 3D expertise concerning digitisation and technologies. It is organised in cooperation with the Twin it! Part II campaign by the Europeana Foundation and the European Commission. The event aims to strengthen the skills of CH professionals in emerging technologies connected to 3D. This shall support the digital shift on European level.
The Winter School is suitable for individuals and groups at the beginning of their digitisation journey as well as more advanced ones who want to explore the newest developments, tools and best practices.
In September 2025, 3D-4CH will publish the official Open Call with the programme details and information about registration and funding.

2026 IIIF Online Meeting
2026-01-27 - 2026-01-29 | Online
The IIIF Consortium is organising an Online Meeting from Janurary 27-29 2026. It is intended for a wide range of participants that are interested in IIIF, are at the beginning of their application journey or more advanced. The event is meant to provide an introduction to newcomers and to highlight new developments concerning the IIIF standard. It is also a place for discussion and dissemination for those with experience.
The event is completely free and registration will start in November 2025. The call for proposals is now open!

Demonstration event of EUreka3D-XR tools and pilots
2026-01-29 09:30 - 12:30 | Online
This hybrid capacity building and demonstration event is organised by EUreka3D-XR and aims to provide insights into new tools and pilots working with 3D and XR technologies in the cultural heritage sector. EUreka invites cultural heritage professionals, archivists, researchers, and students to attend the open showcasing of the project’s outcomes.
The hybrid part takes place in the morning, while there will be an on-site workshop for archivists focused on hands-on experimentation in Girona.
Visit the website for more information!

Preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana
2026-02-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
This training course runs as part of the Europeana Academy on November 12th 2025 and focuses on preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana.
The application of IIIF and its APIs allows viewing your image collection online in the best possible quality with user-friendly zoom function and sharing you collection widely.
If you are interested in learning how to prepare your collections correctly for IIIF, this course is perfect for you! Additional information to the course will follow soon, the application will run on the Europeana Academy portal. You can register for the Europeana Academy newsletter to get the latest news about courses and trainings.
Visit Europeana’s website to register now!

2026 IIIF Annual Conference & Showcase
2026-06-01 - 2026-06-04 | Scheltema, Marktsteeg 1, Leiden, 2312, Netherlands
This year’s IIIF Annual Conference & Showcase is, as usual, hosted by the IIIF consortium and takes place in different places around the Netherlands. The Showcase will be in Amsterdam, while the actual conference on June 2-3 will be in Leiden.
The Showcase at the beginning of the event is meant as an introduction for newcomers and those interested in current use cases in IIIF. The conference in general is therefore suitable for everyone seeking to get into IIIF for the first time as well as more advanced professionals looking for new ideas and networking possibilities.
The Call for Proposals is already open.
Visit the IIIF website for more information!
