The Cultural Heritage Cloud

The Cultural Heritage Cloud or European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) is a European Union initiative to create a shared digital infrastructure that connects cultural heritage institutions and professionals across the EU. It will provide specific digital collaboration tools for the sector while removing barriers for smaller and more remote institutions.

The Cultural Heritage Cloud aims to add a digital dimension to cultural heritage preservation, conservation, restoration, and enhancement by providing cutting-edge technology for artefact digitisation and artwork research. The goal is to assist cultural heritage institutions and research organisations of all sizes, and both professionals and non-professionals, in managing their digital objects more effectively. The Cultural Heritage Cloud will facilitate this through enhanced visibility, interconnectivity, and access to scientific resources, training, and advanced digital tools. These tools will help them navigate the challenges posed by the digital transition in the cultural heritage sector.

Through Horizon Europe, the Commission has allocated a significant budget (around €110 million) to fund innovative projects that contribute to enrich the Cultural Heritage Cloud by developing tools and services to digitise, preserve and valorise Europe’s cultural heritage.

Through this link you can visit the page of the EU Funding & Tenders Portal that shows which calls are currently open, with deadlines on 22 January 2025. The topics of the calls cover a wide range of issues, from innovative technologies for digitising and analysing cultural heritage, to interaction with the public and the preservation of cultural objects.

This page lists all the projects funded by the European Union that, together with ECHOES, contribute to the creation of the Cultural Heritage Cloud.