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APE is the largest online portal of archival heritage related to Europe - dive deep into 10000s of archival descriptions and connect with archivists and researchers all over the world through our search engine - www.archivesportaleurope.net
The beloved Queen Marie of Romania was born 150 years ago,on the 29th October 2025 - the Arhivele Naţionale ale României remember her with this collection of photograph and documents, curated by our might country manager for Romania,Codruta Mihailovici:
www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Remembering Pier Paolo Pasolini, 50 years after his death.
Watch the conference hosted by the Milan State Archives on YouTube.
www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/pier-pa...
November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
.... and we are back up! That was luckily solved in the matter of minutes indeed, but thank you for your patience! www.archivesportaleurope.net
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The portal is down! Due to a problem with our servers that is beyond our control, Archives Portal Europe is currently offline. We apologise for any inconvenience caused, and we hope to have good news in a matter of hours, if not minutes!
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Historian and archivist Iordana Chatziisaak explores post-war Greece through the Hellenic Police Archives in Thessaloniki (1944–2007), a collection of over 22,000 documents.
👉 www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/the-arc...
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The APE Oct Newsletter is out! With our very important surveys campaign (please help us and win 50 euros while doing it!); grants & events coming up! @senatehouselib.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#ArchivalWitchcraft today: a noble couple from Bedenica (Croatia) accuses their tenant’s wife, Magdalena Vedriš, of witchcraft, poisoning, apostasy, and a pact with the devil. Full translation and transcriptions here 👉 www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
October 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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October 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We end our exhibition on #childhood in the archives with glimpses of 19th-c. education via PARES (Portal de Archivos Españoles): a priest’s 1809 request to hire a teacher for girls; a report on two girls who escaped college to trace their whereabouts! www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Episode 4 of the Michelin Guide’s 125-year journey focuses on the origins of the star system and the anonymous inspectors.
You can also find the previous episodes here: www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
@michelin-guideuk.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The National Archives,our content provider,with the Icon Book&Paper Group,present Conservation Uncovered2025, 22–24 Oct at The National Archives & online. All info: www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/conserv...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The iPRES 2025 programme is now online! Explore sessions, workshops, and keynotes for the international digital preservation conference in Wellington, New Zealand, this November. All info here www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/ipres-2... @ipres2025.bsky.social #ipres2025wellington
September 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here’s the third episode in our history of the Michelin Guide, diving into the years right after World War I and how the guide evolved. #michelinguide www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
@michelin-guideuk.bsky.social @lacontemporaine.bsky.social #archivesdépartementalesdelacotedor
September 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We are back with our #childreninarchives exhibition on Spain’s children. Our aggregator, Portal de Archivos Españoles (PARES), uncovered documents from the Spanish Civil War and drawings collected by poet Luis Rosales. Read the story here www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
September 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The ISKO UK 2025 Conference "Knowledge Organization in the Age of AI: Innovation, Integration and Impact" online on 7 October 2025.
Speakers will showcase ways to improve KOS quality and knowledge discovery with AI. All info here www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/knowled...
#iskouk
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The second episode of our history of the #michelinguide is here, with the Michelin guide going international only 4 years after the first issue www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Our friends at the Time Machine Organisation are organising the 3D-4CH Winter School in Brussels on 21-23jan to learn how 3D technologies can be used for cultural and archival heritage www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/3d-4ch-...
August 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We are back with #childreninarchives with Spain, where our mighty aggregator PARES found documents on children during the Spanish Civil War, from propaganda leaflets to "The ninos de Russia", refugees in the Soviet Union - whole story here www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
August 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The #AntonioMachadoWeek is almost coming to a close! Today we found the invitation from the Antonio Machado Foundation to the commemorative events organised for the 46th anniversary of the poet's death.

You can see it here: www.archivesportaleurope.net/explore/high...
July 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Our second entry in the #AntonioMachadoWeek takes us to Salamanca, where the Centro Documental de la Memoria Historica holds a postcard marking the poet's participation at the Congress of (Revolutionary) Writers in Valencia, 1937.

Read more: t.co/OvAEUqjTk8
July 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Antonio Machado ranks among Spain's greatest 20th-century poets and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. This week we celebrate him showcasing some documents related to him held on Archives Portal Europe.
#AntonioMachadoWeek
July 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📬 Our July & August Newsletter is out now!
This month at APE:
- We welcome two new collaborators
- A guidance for business archives
- Our new exhibition #ChildrenInTheArchives
- A recap of open grant calls
Read the full newsletter here 👉 www.archivesportaleurope.net/newsletter/
July 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
ΤΗΝ ΕΠΟΜΕΝΗ ΕΒΔΟΜΑΔΑ! Το APE και το Ιστορικό Αρχείο της Εθνικής Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος θα παρουσιάσουν την ολοκλήρωση της ψηφιοποίησης της αρχειακής ενότητας «Λευκός Άνθρακας».
June 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📬June Newsletter out now!
- We welcome new Country Managers
- ECHOES consultation open until the end of June
- "White Anthrax" event in Athens
- The discovery of a WW2 mass grave in Budapest
- A recap of the grant calls open until July.
Read it here 👉 www.archivesportaleurope.net/newsletter/
June 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's #IAW2025 & we'll post important archival news every day - starting with #ArchivesAreAccessible , an ongoing project of the #ICA to make archives accessible for all - we are on the map with digital access to 650,000+ archival collections www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/apef-on...
June 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM