Welcome to the Greek National Aggregator of Digital Cultural Content

SearchCulture.gr is the public portal that offers access to  112 digital collections of cultural heritage provided by  86 institutions  from all over Greece - museums, galleries, libraries, archives, cultural and research centers

Explore  815,340 items  - photographs, artworks, monuments, maps, folklore artifacts and intangible cultural heritage in image, text, video, audio and 3D

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New functionality: the figures of SearchCulture.gr on the map

Search the 10,000 persons of SearchCulture.gr's digital cultural items based on the place and date of birth or death, property/profession and gender and discover them on an interactive map based on place of birth or death.

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Advanced search and navigation

Thanks to state-of-the-art semantic web and knowledge representation technologies combined with extensive scientific digital curation, SearchCulture.gr expands the ways of discovering Greek culture with the most advanced combined search and navigation functionalities

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New user guide for SearchCulture.gr | 2023

The guide provides users with detailed instructions for using browsing and searching features of the portal

Guides with good practices and specifications

A practical guide with minimum specifications and a detailed guide with good practices and specifications that can help providers to ensure the interoperability, quality and reuse of their digital cultural collections that are published online and their compatibility with the National Aggregator of Cultural Content.

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More than 570,000  items of SearchCulture.gr
are provided to Europeana

SearchCulture.gr, as the Greek National Aggregator, contributes to the European Digital Library Europeana. Until now EKT has contributed to Europeana with more than 570,000   items from 59   institutions.

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Navigate the content through the persons page.

Navigate the content through the places page or using an interactive  map.

Navigate the content through the item types page.

Navigate the content through the subjects page.

Explore by  dates  |  navigate the content through all historical periods.

thematic exhibitions  |  explore the stories that emerge through SearchCulture.gr collections

The Coffee Shop
The Coffee Shop

Brewing Connections: The Social Evolution of Coffee Shops

Weaponry in the Greek War of Independence
Weaponry in the Greek War of Independence

An introduction in Greek Revolution Era weaponry

Playing in ancient Greece
Playing in ancient Greece

Toys in the ancient world

Mount Athos
Mount Athos

Exploring the "avaton"

Stereoscopic photographs
Stereoscopic photographs

The first 3D images

Greek Industrial Heritage
Greek Industrial Heritage

Τransitioning from an agrarian society to a modern industrialized nation

3D representations of cultural heritage
3D representations of cultural heritage

3D models from SearchCulture digital collections

Rebetiko
Rebetiko

The story of the Greek urban working class music

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