prometheus is a distributed digital image archive that currently makes more than 3,496,000 images of over 120 databases from institutes, research facilities and museums researchable on a common user interface.

Situated at the Institute of Art History of the University of Cologne, prometheus is supported by the non-profit association prometheus e.V. which promotes the ongoing developments of the digital media for science and research.

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Redesign: penultimate step

13 June 2025 | By: Corinna

We have already announced it. The updated version of the image archive will soon be online. On our test server „next“ we have gradually implemented all functionalities with a new design over the last few weeks. The next image archive is optimized and modernized, at the same time recognizable, familiar, clear and understandable.

In the penultimate step, we are currently testing extensively on our development server. If you would like to have a look and try out how it feels, whether everything works as usual and what is new, and if you would like to give us feedback on your sessions, then you are welcome to send us an e-mail to newsletter[at]prometheus-bildarchiv.de and we will give you an account there.

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