Since its inception in 2014, the culture hackathon Coding da Vinci has brought together the cultural sector with creative technology communities to explore the creative potential of digital cultural heritage. Over a several-week sprint phase hackathon teams, together with representatives of cultural institutions, develop working prototypes --for example apps, websites, data visualisations, games or interactive installations-- that show surprising and inspiring new ways to communicate and make use of institutions' collections and artifacts in the digital age.

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Coding da Vinci - Berlin 2017

Das Coding da Vinci-Playbook

Step by step to your own culture hackathon

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Coding da Vinci has become a movement for open cultural data: Become a part of it now!

With the Coding da Vinci Playbook, you can run your own culture hackathons. It works like a cookbook: try out the whole menu, individual courses, or just certain ingredients - according to your taste. Benefit from many years of experience from a total of 14 Coding da Vinci editions, which guides you step by step through the organization of the entire process - from the provision of data to the creative "magic moment" of the kick-off to the presentation of the results.

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The potential of open cultural data

... is shown by the creative digital projects made by, to date, over 2000 hackathon participants, on the basis of hundreds of datasets contributed by almost 200 cultural institutions.

Institutionen
362 Institutions
Datensets
488 Data sets
Projekte
217 Projects

Projects

All apps, websites, data visualizations, games, interactive installations and even hardware developed at Coding da Vinci on the basis of open cultural data are available here permanently and under open licenses.

All Projects

DeliveryDetector

Historische Posthornklänge weisen den Nutzer auf die Ankunft von DHL-Autos vor seiner Haustür hin
application
physical computing
tool
Rhein-Main 2018

RingRing

Auf spielerische Weise historische Telefonapparate audiovisuell erleben
desktop app
game
mobile app
Rhein-Main 2018

UHF-converter

VR-Game: Erstellen eines UHF-Converters zum Empfangen von Westfernsehen in der ehemaligen DDR
application
game
storytelling
VR
Ost³ 2022

DDBRest

Verbindung aller API-Schnittstellen der DDB in kleinen Paketen
tool
Berlin 2014

Klingende Mathemodelle in VR

Mathematische Modell nicht nur zum Anschauen sondern auch zum Anhören - klingende Mathemodelle in Virtual-Reality ebend.
sonification
visualization
VR
web app
Ost³ 2022

ChronoAtlas

Web-Portal, das exploratives Stöbern unterstützt und interaktiven Zugang zu historischen Landkarten vom 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert ermöglicht
maps
remix
tool
visualization
web app
website
Ost 2018

FLEXT@cdv

Datensätze unterschiedlichster Art können einfach eingelesen und angezeigt werden - so wird Kulturgütern digitales Leben eingehaucht
data enrichment
Berlin 2015

3D-Scans

Erstellung von 3D-Scans einzelner (Porzellan-)Objekte aus dem Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig und dem Museum Schloss Fürstenberg.
visualization
Niedersachsen 2020

Craftspeople

Interaktive App, um Kindern auf spielerische Weise Handwerksberufe mithilfe von Lithographien nahezubringen
Süd 2019
Best design

MIDIOLA

Smartphone-App, mit der man Notenrollen für selbstspielende Klaviere anhören und filmen kann, um so live zu musizieren
mobile app
web app
Berlin 2015
Most user-centered

Horizons

Cette application n'illustre pas seulement lòeuvre de l'artiste Jo Enzweiler, mais elle transforme les utilisateur.rice.s en artistes.
web app
game
Saar-Lor-Lux 2020

Daten

The digital treasures that more than 350 cultural institutions have made available to Coding da Vinci over the years remain open for reuse - all under free licenses, of course.

All Datasets