🏛️ Funded by the @ec.europa.eu and @ukri.org, ECHOES empowers cultural heritage professionals through the Cultural Heritage Cloud, driving digital innovation and collaboration.https://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3myufjjpn762oFour projects, four different reasons to use XR, one session. MusicSphere, EXCALIBUR, UNICHE and MNEME take the XR for Cultural Heritage session at EuroXR 2026, Valencia, 3 to 6 November. Going together, not separately. That is the point. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud27 Oct 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myufjjpn762ohttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3myty3s2f7d2gInfrastructure is an argument about values, whether or not anyone writes them down. ECHOES wrote them down. Six founding principles for the #CulturalHeritageCloud, from open science to a clear legal framework for tools and data. Each one constrains the others. #EchoesEccch27 Oct 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myty3s2f7d2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3myrec4mb3z2mEight more Sister Projects join the #CulturalHeritageCloud. The first thirteen build components. These eight put the ECCCH into real institutions with real collections, from the British Library to nine WWII memory sites across eight countries. #EchoesEccch26 Oct 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrec4mb3z2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3myhcg56ao32xTwo new members of the ECHOES consortium. E-RIHS, the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science, joins as a beneficiary and takes on long-term sustainability. Università Telematica Pegaso joins as an affiliated entity of ENCATC. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud22 Oct 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhcg56ao32xhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3myfg3pagsq2hFriday 23 October, 16:00 to 19:00 CEST: ECHOES webinar for the Italian cultural heritage community, with ICOM Italia, Scuola nazionale del patrimonio and AVICOM. In Italian, full English interpretation. Open to everyone. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud21 Oct 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfg3pagsq2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mxy7mm5w5u2vThe most common question we get: how do I actually take part in this? ECHOES has published a booklet that answers it. How to be part of the #CulturalHeritageCloud sets out the architecture, the data model and how to integrate your resources. Free on Zenodo. #EchoesEccch16 Oct 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxy7mm5w5u2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mxe7aj445i27Joining a European infrastructure shouldn't mean ditching your current system. INFINITY offers plug-and-play connectors for platforms like dLibra and Omeka S, bridging the Provenance Gap by creating Multidimensional Knowledge Graphs. https://youtube.com/shorts/RruDaYskvdw?si=D9oLVBsBZCSMtz6l08 Oct 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe7aj445i27https://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mx4kibtbvv2mA manuscript never transcribed is, for most purposes, one nobody can read. VTL, an ECHOES application, pairs automated text recognition with expert curation. Newspapers, manuscripts, cuneiform, oral history. Output: searchable, reusable data. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud05 Oct 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4kibtbvv2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mwkx7ry6y42xTwo conservators can look at the same surface and see different things. Both may be right. OCRA, an ECHOES application, lets one area carry several conflicting interpretations without overwriting anything. Annotation in 3D and relightable 2D. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud28 Sep 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkx7ry6y42xhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mwdktqmro72aThe first ECHOES training course is live. Introduction to the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage, five units, now on DARIAH-Campus. Plus the OntoMatchGame, a card game for learning ontologies. Free and open to anyone. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud25 Sep 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdktqmro72ahttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mw6xdanxqy23An infrastructure does not succeed because it is well built. It succeeds because people use it. Today at the ENCATC Congress in Nice we presented A Community-Centred Path to a Sustainable #CulturalHeritageCloud, with ARIADNE and the University of Antwerp. #EchoesEccch23 Sep 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6xdanxqy23https://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mvrxlbpfge2zThe first ECHOES training course is live. Introduction to the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage, five units, now on DARIAH-Campus. Plus the OntoMatchGame, a card game for learning ontologies. Free and open to anyone. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud18 Sep 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrxlbpfge2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mvkct7acxl2uNineteen of twenty. Seven more Engagement and Collaboration projects have started, joining the twelve from July. Audiovisual collections, textile heritage, landscape archives, Norway, Iceland. Built for small and medium-sized institutions. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud15 Sep 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkct7acxl2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mvieupenva2hCataloguing to European standards has meant choosing between doing it properly and doing it at all. CIT, an ECHOES application, is built for smaller institutions: domain standards, AI-assisted metadata, collections searchable across Europe. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud14 Sep 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvieupenva2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mp24mebvcs2pECHOES and ICOM Portugal hosted "ECHOES for Portuguese-speaking Communities" on 16 June, bringing lusophone heritage professionals into the conversation around the #CulturalHeritageCloud. Read more: https://www.echoes-eccch.eu/echoes-for-portuguese-speaking-communities/ #EchoesEccch #DigitalHeritage24 Jun 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp24mebvcs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mov775igbg2c"Innovation is strongest when technology, research and practice evolve together." Giuseppe Zoppo (ENCATC), Ep. 4 of ECHOES Insider Talks. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud22 Jun 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov775igbg2chttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mohx6zf2b422We asked the networks that represent our sector what Europe's Cultural Heritage Cloud should be. Their answer: not another platform, but an invisible layer that makes existing work easier, safer and stronger. Full focus group findings https://www.echoes-eccch.eu/online-focus-group-for-networks-and-umbrella-organisations/17 Jun 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohx6zf2b422https://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mo3w6mlb6s2lThe cloud must not remain only a technological effort. Ep. 4 of ECHOES Insider Talks: Giuseppe Zoppo (#ENCATC) on bringing cultural managers, researchers and policymakers into the #CulturalHeritageCloud. Watch: youtu.be/2BTgcBtxr6U #EchoesEccch12 Jun 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3w6mlb6s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mmylr55f762pHow do you build a Cloud that 170+ museum networks will use? Ep. 3 of #ECHOES Insider Talks: Margherita Sani (NEMO) on bringing the voice of museums into the #CulturalHeritageCloud. Watch: youtu.be/HvGMQCXoWS4 #EchoesEccch29 May 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmylr55f762phttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mmgozojttu2vMarçal (E.C.C.O.) on the #CulturalHeritageCloud opening doors between conservators across countries and fields. Ep. 2 of ECHOES Insider Talks. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch #EchoesEccch22 May 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgozojttu2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mmbiq422uh2uA whole ECCCH delegation heading to Cyprus. Xavier Rodier speaks at the Digital Heritage Summit, Limassol 25-29 May. AUTOMATA & HERITALISE on Day 1 round table, plus ARXIVE, ECHOLOT, EXCALIBUR, INFINITY, StratiGraph, TEXTaiLES, UNICHE. #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud20 May 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbiq422uh2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mm6y2b4zaj2nDigital is not the core of conservation. Marçal & Siatou (E.C.C.O.) on the gap between institutional and private practice in the #CulturalHeritageCloud. Ep. 2 of #ECHOES Insider Talks. Watch: youtu.be/Rkpw5ozk2eU #EchoesEccch19 May 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6y2b4zaj2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mlv6ji4yis2tConservation has 6,000 voices in Europe. Ep. 2 of ECHOES Insider Talks: Marçal & Siatou (E.C.C.O.) on what the #CulturalHeritageCloud means for conservator-restorers across the continent. Watch: youtu.be/QQG2LAjFFXY #EchoesEccch15 May 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv6ji4yis2thttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mlptjhblhl2uECHOES on stage at the Digital Heritage Summit 2026. Xavier Rodier speaks at the Euromed/Digital Heritage Summit in Limassol, Cyprus, 25-29 May, alongside sister projects AUTOMATA and HERITALISE. digitalheritagesummit.eu/ #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud13 May 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlptjhblhl2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mldxunn5k22vWhat changes is the scale of knowledge we can build. Grazia Tucci (ICOMOS) on how the #CulturalHeritageCloud connects 3D, historical and scientific data. Ep. 1 of ECHOES Insider Talks. Watch: youtu.be/okLRcqJkMLM #EchoesEccch08 May 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldxunn5k22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3ml6lgbctca2a"Before data, there is heritage." Grazia Tucci (ICOMOS), Ep. 1 of ECHOES Insider Talks. Watch: bit.ly/49l6UJx #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud06 May 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6lgbctca2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3ml656bra3k2qAI, textile heritage and a hackathon. Our sister project TEXTaiLES hosts A Day with TEXTaiLES on 3 June 2026 in Oulu, part of Cultural Capital 2026. Register: bit.ly/4hQ8eGJ #EchoesEccch #CulturalHeritageCloud06 May 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml656bra3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3ml3q3ng3fh2qBefore data, there is heritage. Grazia Tucci (ICOMOS) on why heritage knowledge must come first in every #CulturalHeritageCloud conversation. Ep. 1 of ECHOES Insider Talks. Watch: youtu.be/okLRcqJkMLM #EchoesEccch05 May 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3q3ng3fh2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mkpdey4m2v2qBefore data, there is heritage. Ep. 1 of ECHOES Insider Talks is out. Grazia Tucci (ICOMOS) on why 60+ years of conservation expertise must ground the #CulturalHeritageCloud. Watch: youtu.be/okLRcqJkMLM #EchoesEccch30 Apr 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpdey4m2v2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/echoes-eu.bsky.social/post/3mknb55fzna2aTwo European infrastructures, one ecosystem for cultural heritage. ECHOES and Europeana signed a Joint Statement in Poznań on the complementarity between the #CulturalHeritageCloud and the European data space. Watch: youtu.be/BfbTltgxWlw #EchoesEccch29 Apr 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:l563bmeoxashoxbftzxvpdb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknb55fzna2a