Is Europeana free for commercial use?

Do you need to credit Europeana?

Credit depends on the item.

“to provide attribution to the data sources whenever possible” europeana.eu/en/rights/terms-of-use

Can you ship Europeana content inside an app or game?

Ship inside your app with conditions.

Rules to follow

• Use each object only as its displayed rights statement allows; follow the Public Domain Usage Guidelines for public-domain objects.
• Use a project API key (needs approval), not a personal key, for production apps.
• Credit the data providers and link to the original where possible.

- Europeana (Open and public-domain media). Aggregator of European cultural heritage items with a free API; metadata is CC0 and each object shows its own rights statement. Price: free; commercial use with conditions; credit depends on the item; ship inside your app with conditions.
  Connect: API docs https://europeana.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EF/pages/2385313793/Europeana+APIs+Documentation (API key needed). Limits: Europeana may limit requests; no numbers read.
  Get files: Use the Europeana API (apis.europeana.eu) with an API key.
  Not allowed: Use each object only as its rights information allows
  Not allowed: API keys are confidential and for use by the User only
  Not allowed: Europeana may limit the number of API requests
  Rule: Use each object only as its displayed rights statement allows; follow the Public Domain Usage Guidelines for public-domain objects.
  Rule: Use a project API key (needs approval), not a personal key, for production apps.
  Rule: Credit the data providers and link to the original where possible.
  License: https://www.europeana.eu/en/rights/terms-of-use (checked 2026-10-20; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/europeana/)

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