The process of digitalization has enhanced opportunities for exchanging economical and reliable information, consequently it has become a priority in many fields. Particularly in cultural sector digitalization can considered a key challenge in the process of modernizing. The European Commission has studied the best ways to preserve, enrich and make available the cultural heritage for the benefit of present and future generations. On this basis was created an European platform for the management of cultural heritage called Europeana. This paper aims to analyse and assess the impact of this cultural platform through the study of digitalization process. The results show that Europeana is a tool able to create new knowledge and consolidate value chains. Moreover, from the economic perspective Europeana is able to generate welfare effects of digital cultural heritage, among them there are usage value on the one hand and indirect effects economic and social on the other hand.