Photo: Mauro Bottaro, "Launch of European Year of Cultural Heritage in Belgium"

The year was launched at the European Culture Forum in Milan on 7 December 2017.  Watch the video.

Since then, a number of interesting events have taken place across Europe to kick off the year. These included launch events in Dublin and Brussels, the Torch Initiative 2018 in the Netherlands, and the openings of Valetta and Leeuwarden-Friesland as joint European Capitals of Culture 2018.

More events are taking place across Europe over the coming months:

• Thematic industrial heritage months – March, across Europe
• Historic Days 2018 – 10^th March, Copenhagen, Denmark
• A place at the royal table – 15^th March, Warsaw, Poland
• ArtLab Territories, Culture, Innovation – 23^rd May, Milan, Italy
• Interpret Europe conference: Heritage and identity – 23^rd March, Kőszeg, Hungary

Check out other upcoming events on the European Year of Cultural Heritage website.

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