Cultural Resources
Whatever the use of the Internet, if done cautiously and sparingly, it will always be an excellent tool not to be underestimated to increase one's culture.
Several studies conducted in recent years have shown that using the Internet with caution can have a positive impact on people's lives.
In fact, there are so many online resources that help improve people's culture. All this means that on average, a person who uses the Internet sparingly and wisely in 2022 could become more cultured than a person who was studying at university in 1990.
In this section, we have collected resources that aim to stimulate the cultural aptitude of adults.
Click on your flag to discover the most important Cultural Resources in your country.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Europeana Foundation - EU Commission
Year:from 2008
Place:online
Target:All EU citizens / Everybody
Category:Web portal serving as a digital library
Language:All EU languages
"Meta-aggregator and display space for European digitised works.
Europeana empowers the cultural heritage sector in its digital transformation. The platform helps develop expertise, tools and policies to embrace digital change and encourage partnerships that foster innovation."
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Google
Year:from 2011
Place:online
Target:Everybody
Category:Online art repository
Language:English with possibility to translate in every Google Translate language
"Google Arts & Culture is a non-commercial initiative. We work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. Together, our mission is to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere".
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Promoter (Italian Information technology, research and innovation organisation)
Year:from 2011
Place:online
Target:Everybody
Category:Online magazine about digital culture
Language:English
"A very interdisciplinary free online magazine as it brings together science, cultural heritage and the arts, investigating how they are shaped by the digital age.
It showcases international projects from all corners of the world which are concerned with the digitisation, preservation, research and consumption of cultural heritage; it furthermore showcases digital art and articles on initiatives around the field of digital cultural heritage."
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Evan Williams (twitter Co-founder and former CEO)
Year:from 2012
Place:online
Target:Everybody
Category:Social journalism / blog host
Language:English (specific publications can be in Spanish, French, and other languages)
An open platform where over 100 million readers go to find insightful and dynamic thinking. Expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface. Medium is creating a new model for digital publishing: an environment that’s open to everyone but promotes substance and authenticity.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Marco Badiani, Giovanni Giusti and Leonardo Cardini
Year:2022 (new visually-driven website with improved user experience)
Place:online
Target:Everybody / "Florence lovers around the world"
Category:Online magazine and web portal
Language:English
Born as a news magazine for English speakers in Florence, The Florentine now gives the chance to people all over the world to witness the astonishing Renessaince beauties present in Florence.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Museo del Prado
Year:
Place:online
Target:All
Category:Art
Language:Spanish / English
The Prado Museum offers free access to its collection of almost 20,000 artworks, including explanatory cards and the possibility of downloading the images free of charge for academic or non-commercial use. 6,700 artworks of art include explanatory cards also in English
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Biblioteca Nacional
Year:
Place:online
Target:All
Category:Culture
Language:Spanish
In addition to a catalogue where online visitors can find all the books published in Spain or deposited in any library. The Biblioteca Nacional provides online access to an enormous archive of sound documents, publications, pieces of art, nautical charts, posters and photographs dating back to the 14th century, which can be consulted and downloaded free of charge.
http://www.bne.es/es/Catalogos/BibliotecaDigitalHispanica/Colecciones/
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:EAlejandria
Year:
Place:online
Target:All
Category:Books
Language:Spanish
Elejandria has a catalog of more than 1,500 public domain or open license books to download and read for free.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:EBiblio
Year:
Place:online
Target:All
Category:Books
Language:Spanish
Through the website or the app, the user can access a digital library that works like a traditional library; visitors can borrow books, audiobooks, travel guides, and magazines.
It has a huge catalogue where users can find all the latest publications, as in a traditional library.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Circulo de Bellas Artes
Year:
Place:online
Target:All
Category:Culture
Language:Spanish
Radio Circulo is an online radio station created by the Circulo de Bellas Artes. Its programming circles around culture; in addition to music, it offers programming dedicated to cinema, theatre and literature.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Editorial coordinator: Stefano PISANI General supervisor: Roberto Natalini, Barbara Nelli, Nicola Parolini, Giuseppe Stecca SIMAI (Italian Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics)
Year:2008
Place:ONLINE
Target:for everyone: secondary school teachers and students, just curious people, those who only know Math by hearsay.
Category:DISSEMINATION: MATHEMATICS
Language:ITA
Maddmaths! aims to act as a showcase for mathematics and also as a meeting and discussion place for everyone, from students to secondary school teachers, to the just curious, up to those who only know mathematics by hearsay. It intends to be a site to intrigue and tell some stories: the in-depth study may occur later through other channels. On the one hand, readers can find interesting and original content, first-hand news, a neat and simple language that indulges as little as possible in logical and conceptual shortcuts. On the other hand, the contributions are almost always written by active mathematicians, people who do research themselves and are able to speak with competence and complete mastery even of very advanced topics. All topics are treated lightly, trying to have fun and entertain, in short, trying to make it clear that mathematicians are not crazy, or maybe yes, a little bit, but only just enough to deal with problems that sometimes turn out to be really crazy.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Researchers of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN)
Year:2017
Place:ONLINE
Target:high school students, the curious and enthusiasts of science
Category:DISSEMINATION: SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
Language:ITA
The research community of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) collaborates in this communication project to make all topics of science and technology accessible. All the contents of the site are specially created by experts in the sector and enriched by hypertextual insights. We intend to address an audience of high school students, enthusiasts and curious about science. In addition to presenting the most current research and discoveries from the past, we will be happy to answer any questions of our visitors by always involving specialists on the subject.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:authors of different backgrounds united by the common passion for the promotion and dissemination of the cultural and artistic heritage.
Year:
Place:ONLINE
Target:Readers between 18 and 25: students and enthusiasts
Category:DISSEMINATION: ART
Language:ITA
Analysis of the artwork starting from a technical perspective. Each sheet is accompanied by historical insights involving multiple fields that help to interpret the content from different viewpoints. Tools are provided to discriminate between historical data and critical interpretation, which is a practice linked to the individual who performs it.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Authors , journalists and teachers of all disciplines (humanities and scientific) united by the desire to explain events in the light of the philosophical complexity that underlies them
Year:2017
Place:ONLINE (INTERNET AND ALL THE SOCIAL PLATFORMS)
Target:For everyone: from 15 to 99 years old, for those who want to read the news going beyond the fact itself, for those who want explanations, sometimes simple other more complex, about the events of everyday life and, of course, the ideas, thoughts of yesterday and today
Category:DISSEMINATION AND STUDY OF SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES
Language:ITA
project that wants to be inclusive, it proposes the deepening of cultural, social and political issues, addressed in a perspective that tries to overcome the sectorialism and the fragmentation of knowledge, it does not mean to be "philosophical" because it "deals with philosophy" but because it intends to focus on the vision of the world, the complexity - the philosophy, in fact - that lies behind - or inside - the facts, events, languages, opinions of our daily lives.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:by the FONDAZIONE GIANGIACOMO FELTRINELLI, scholars, researchers, journalists, chosen for the dissemination of knowledge of yesterday, today and tomorrow
Year:Since 1949 as a publishing house, then Library and finally Institute and Foundation in 1961
Place:ONLINE (INTERNET AND ALL THE SOCIAL PLATFORMS)
Target:For ALL who may concern society and its development in time and the paths planned in the future
Category:DISSEMINATION AND STUDY OF SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES
Language:ITA
Being one of the major European centres of documentation and research in the field of historical, political, economic and social sciences, the Foundation promotes an interdisciplinary approach to research with the aim of investigating the processes of transformation that affect the contemporary world in terms of work, sustainability, quality of life and the new dynamics of representation and citizenship. in this it involves the academic world, but also stakeholders, institutions, policy makers and all citizens. An attitude to research that rewards the talent of young researchers, supports their aspirations and encourages their merit, as animators of a scientific community oriented to exchange and sharing
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Minister of Culture
Year:2021
Place:ONLINE
Target:for all
Category:Art / theatre / Music / Cinema / Museum
Language:ITA,EN
ITsART is a virtual stage for digital distribution of artistic and cultural content about Italy, an innovative opportunity for establishing contact between producers and the public, between artists and spectators, between artworks and visitors, amplified on a global scale.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Institutului Național al Patrimoniului (INP) - Direcția Patrimoniu Digital din cadrul Ministerului Culturii / National Heritage Institute - Digital Heritage Department within the Ministry of Culture
Year:1978
Place:Romania
Target:all
Category:Culture, Museums
Language:Romanian, English
A data base of all the museums and collections from Romania, that can be searched using different types of filters (place, field of interest etc.)
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:The Romanian National Radio Broadcasting Company
Year:1952
Place:Romania
Target:all
Category:Culture, Museums, Theatre, Music, Literature, …
Language:Romanian
The Cultural Station of the Romanian National Radio Broadcasting Company is the only radio station in the country dedicated to cultural news and music. Its program includes: cultural news, theater masterpieces, radio news, major cultural events, children's shows, shows in support of the school. Its programs are broadcast exclusively 24 hours a day. On its website there can be found cultural news, articles, and recordings of some radio shows.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:The UNITER Association - the Romanian Theater Union is a professional, apolitical, non-governmental and non-profit organization, established by the free association of creators in the field of theater.
Year:1990
Place:Romania
Target:all
Category:Theatre, Culture
Language:Romanian
UNITER is committed to supporting and developing the Romanian theater, to capitalizing on the national and universal cultural heritage, through the programs and projects of national and international interest that it carries out annually.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:The Ministry of Culture
Year:1948
Place:Romania - Bucharest
Target:all
Category:Museums - Arts
Language:Romanian, English
The National Art Museum of Romania is the most important art museum in the country. It operates under the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. The museum was established in 1948 and is housed in the Royal Palace in the Capital.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:The Ministry of Culture
Year:1970
Place:Romania - Bucharest
Target:all
Category:Museums - History
Language:Romanian
The National Museum of History of Romania is the most important museum of the Romanian state. It has objects with historical value discovered on the current territory of Romania from prehistoric times to the contemporary period.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Primăria Municipiului Bucureşti / Bucharest City Hall
Year:1957
Place:Romania - Bucharest
Target:all
Category:Museums - Literary
Language:Romanian
The National Museum of Romanian Literature has an authentic literary treasure consisting of manuscripts, old and rare books, historical-literary documents, personal items and pieces of furniture that belonged to Romanian writers, fine art objects (painting, graphics, sculpture), periodicals, photos, audio-video recordings.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:The Ministry of Culture
Year:1936
Place:Romania - Bucharest
Target:all
Category:Museums - Ethnography
Language:Romanian, English
The Village Museum is an open-air ethnographic museum, which houses monuments of traditional architecture: households, churches, peasant installations, craft workshops (290 constructions). The museum also has ethnographic and folk art pieces gathered in collections by creative genres: dress, ceramics, barks, wood, icons on wood and glass, customs; museum archive documents.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:The Ministry of Culture
Year:1955
Place:Romania - Iasi
Target:all
Category:Museums - Arts, History, Ethnography, Science and Technology
Language:Romanian, English
"The museum complex is based in the Palace of Culture, an architectural monument built in neo-Gothic style, between 1907 - 1925, is a true emblem of Iasi city. Since 1955, the building has been transformed into a museum. The museum complex includes four major museums: the Museum of History of Moldova, the Museum of Science and Technology Stefan Procopiu, the Ethnographic Museum of Moldova and the Museum of Art."
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Brasov County Council
Year:1951
Place:Romania - Brasov
Target:all
Category:Museums - History, Archaeology
Language:Romanian
Founded in the old Council building of the city, dating from the 15th century, historical monument, the museum preserves and capitalizes rich collections of archeology and history: Middle Paleolithic pieces, pottery and tools from the Iron Age, discoveries from the Roman camps in Râşnov and the Olt Valley, tools, weapons, furniture, products of handicraft guilds, on the history of pharmacy, documents, coins, decorative art and much more.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Neamţ County Council
Year:1934
Place:Romania - Neamt county
Target:all
Category:Museums - Arts, History, Archaeology, Ethnography, Natural Sciences, Memorialism
Language:Romanian
Neamţ National Museum Complex has different sections / 16 museums: This institution has in its composition 16 distinct museums, with a patrimony of over 300,000 pieces (archeology, history, art, memorialism, ethnography, natural sciences).
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:independent initiative
Year:
Place:Romania
Target:all
Category:Tourism
Language:English
Romania Tourism is an independent initiative aiming to satisfy the growing demand for trusted information and knowledge about tourism and travel to Romania. Its main goals are to increase awareness of Romania's many tourist attractions and to encourage travel to Romania.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Neamţ County Council
Year:
Place:Romania - Neamt county
Target:all
Category:Tourism
Language:Romanian
It is a webpage that promotes local tourism and travel. The webpage is administred by the Tourism Service within the Neamț County Council.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Students and volunteers from Iasi
Year:
Place:Romania, Iasi
Target:all
Category:Tourism, Culture
Language:Romanian, English, French, Italian
Iasi.Travel, initiated by a group of enthusiastic volunteers, wants to bring together all the tourist attractions of the city to offer unique experiences to its visitors. It presents thematic tours around Iasi city.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:partnership witrh Cluj-Napoca City Hall
Year:2010
Place:Romania, Cluj
Target:all
Category:Tourism, Culture
Language:Romanian, English, Magyar
The website offers you periodical articles with authentic and verified information, made by a team from Cluj Napoca, which wants to promote the values of the city and the best places worth visiting in Cluj Napoca and surroundings.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:website
Year:
Place:Romania
Target:all
Category:Tourism, Culture
Language:Romanian
The website presents a calendar of events concerts, theater, shows, festivals from 8 largest cities in Romania.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:website
Year:
Place:Romania
Target:all
Category:Travel, Tourism, Culture
Language:Romanian
InfoTravelRomania.ro is a travel portal and a tourist guide about Romania with destinations, holiday offers and images from Romania. It presents destinations, tourist objectives, up-to-date information about the Romanian tourist market. The website has a section about the Romanian tourism information centers, with contact detalis and links (https://www.infotravelromania.ro/centre-informare-turism.html)
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Museokortti
Year:x
Place:Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Museums
Language:Finnish, Swedish, English
The website of the Museum Card (which grants you access to a large number of museums all across Finland) that gives information about different museums and exhibitions
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Finnish Science Centre Foundation
Year:1989
Place:Vantaa, Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Science museum
Language:Finnish, Swedish, English
Science center Heureka in Vantaa's Tikkurila is a versatile experience complex that offers interactive exhibitions, planetarium films and science programs and events throughout the year.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Elävän kuvan keskus ELKE ry
Year:2016
Place:Helsinki, Finland
Target:Film and visual enthusiasts
Category:Cinema
Language:Finnish, English
The oldest cinema in Finland that shows new art-house films , older classics and cult films.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:City of Helsinki
Year:2018
Place:Helsinki, Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Library
Language:Finnish, Swedish, English
"Helsinki Central Library Oodi is a living meeting place . It is one of 37 branches of Helsinki City Library and part of the Helmet library network. It has a cinema, work spaces, and equipment for crafts and hobbies"
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:The National Audiovisual Institute KAVI
Year:2019
Place:Helsinki, Finland
Target:Film and visual enthusiasts
Category:Cinema
Language:Finnish, English
The theater's offerings cover the early stages of film history to contemporary cinema. Classics, art films and newer films are shown in Regina. The program also includes, for example, seminars and sing-along shows.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:City of Helsinki, City of Vantaa, City of Espoo
Year:1976
Place:Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Library
Language:Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian
Library network that offers a wide variety of reading material, games, films, audio books, and equipment. It also has information about events at the libraries
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Helsinki Partners
Year:x
Place:Helsinki
Target:Adults , children, both tourists and locals
Category:Culture & Travel
Language:Finnish, Swedish, English., Russian, German, Chinese
A web resource with information about events, sites, and restaurants in the country's capital
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:DanceInfo Finland Association
Year:x
Place:Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Dance
Language:Finnish, English
It promotes the development of Finnish dance art and improves its status and operating conditions in the society. Its activities include both domestic and internationally oriented work.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Music Finland Association
Year:x
Place:Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Music
Language:Finnish, English
News and events about the Finnish music scene
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Theater Info Finland Association
Year:x
Place:Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Theater
Language:Finnish, Swedish, English
This resource offers a wide variety of information about the Finnish theater scene, including events, new plays, and general news about theater
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Mikko Salo, Finnish Innovation Fund, Sitra
Year:2014
Place:Finland
Target:Adults
Category:"Fact bar or digital information literacy service"
Language:Finnish, Swedish, English
"Fact bar or digital information literacy service. Since 2014 it has regularly contributed to fact-based information circulation with fact-checks."
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Heikki Vasamies, Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto
Year:Since 1941
Place:Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Environmental
Language:Finnish
Finland's largest nature magazine
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Minna Tawast, Kustannusosakeyhtiö Teatteri.
Year:Since 2012
Place:Finland
Target:Adults
Category:Culture
Language:Finnish
Theater and performance art news
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Johanna Lahti, Sanoma Magazines
Year:Since 1898
Place:Finland
Target:Adults
Category:Sports
Language:Finnish
"A popular sports magazine. It is the second oldest sports journal in the World"
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Tuukka Grönholm, Fokus Media
Year:Since 1992
Place:Finland
Target:Adults and young people
Category:Video games
Language:Finnish
A computer and console games magazine
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Marko Pekkola, Tähtitieteellinen yhdistys Ursa ry
Year:Since 1971
Place:Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Science
Language:Finnish
Publishes recent developments, news and interviews in astronomy, space technology, cosmology and amateur astronomy
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Reijo Ruokanen, Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet Oy
Year:Since 1953
Place:Finland
Target:Adults
Category:Cars
Language:Finnish
One of the leading automobile magazines in published in Helsinki, Finland, and the biggest all around technology magazine in Scandinavia.
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:Mikko Meriläinen, Pop Media
Year:Since 1975
Place:Finland
Target:Adults and young people
Category:Music
Language:Finnish
Finnish rock music magazine
Type:Online Cultural Sources
Author:CircusInfo Finland Association
Year:
Place:Finland
Target:Adults and children of all ages
Category:Circus
Language:Finnish, Swedish, English, French
The physical and online contact point for any information on Finnish circus.