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.

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Talhoffer Quiz

Quiz zu den Abbildungen im “Fechtbuch” des Hans Talhoffers aus dem 15. Jahrhundert
web app
game
Ost 2018

archiv criminalis

Gelangweilt von den heutigen Verbrechen? Dann schau doch lieber mal, was es im 19. Jahrhundert für spannende Verbrechen zu entdecken gibt.
application
maps
storytelling
visualization
web app
website
Schleswig-Holstein 2021

History Map

Eine verschiedenen Datensätzen basierende Map welche geografisch geordnete Informationen zu Datensätzen liefert
application
data enrichment
maps
tool
visualization
web app
website
Baden-Württemberg 2022
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
Best design

FabSeal

In einer Online-Ausstellung kann man sich durch die automatisch erzeugten 3D-Objekte von historischen Siegeln klicken und erneut physisch herstellen.
tool
visualization
web app
Niedersachsen 2020

Schreib doch mal wieder!

Herstellung individuellen Briefpapiers - Motiv oder Design erscheinen per Zufall oder anhand eines Namensgenerators
web app
Ost 2018

DDBRest

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

HAMMERLORD

Rette die magische Welt der Zwerge! Mithilfe von Logik, Cleverness und HÄMMER!
application
game
script
storytelling
visualization
Baden-Württemberg 2022

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