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    HERMeS

    HERitage Management e-Society

     

    documentation·digitization·preservation

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    Non-Governmental & Non-Profit Organisation for Digital Cultural Heritage

    WHO WE ARE

     

    Heritage Management e-Society (HERMeS) is a non-for-profit organization  dedicated on cultural heritage and ICT tools. HERMeS is an official Member Organization of Europa Nostra, aiming to document, rescue, manage, and disseminate all tangible and intangible aspects of Cultural Heritage, inside historical settlements around the world. Using all innovative digital tools available, HERMeS aims to offer accessibility of heritage to all social groups and ages, using innovative information technology and digital applications.

    WHAT WE DO 

     

    The two main pillars of HERMeS focus on:

     

    The documentation of both Tangible and Intangible aspects of Heritage sites, using & design innovative IT tools

    The design of hybrid educational courses (both digital and physical), using all open-source data

    HOW 

    HERMeS consists of a multidisciplinary group of experts that work inside collective prototypes of projects, engaging communities in participation and cultivating local awareness. The research aspect focuses on good practices regarding the preservation and rescue of Cultural Heritage through restoration, conservation, and documentation, either in its material form or its immaterial qualities. The target is the design of a specific conservation plan for each documentation project.

  • Why Digital Cultural Heritage

    Numbers speak of themselves

    Culture is Europe's strongest developing economic sector

    Architectural heritage is a key component of our culture

    300.000 jobs

    Exist in the field of Culture in Europe

    27 new jobs

    Are created for every 1 job in the Cultural Heritage sector

    Cultural Heritage

    Is the key element for the attractiveness of the regions, cities, and settlements of Europe

    The Promotion of Historic Buildings

    Is a very powerful asset of tourism and development strategy for every historic city

  • Purpose of HERMeS

    HERMeS aims to record, preserve, manage and disseminate tangible and intangible Cultural Heritage in all its forms and manifestations with the help of technology and digital applications.

    The city as a work of art

    Historic Buildings and Monuments are part of this huge art collection. Therefore, HERMeS differentiates by approaching Cultural Heritage as tangible and intangible Cultural Relations that emerge in a city.

    To whom is it addressed to?

    HERMeS addresses all institutions (Municipalities, Regions, NGOs, and Chambers) that are interested in saving their monuments, promoting the cultural value of their place, and aiming to motivate citizens to sustain participatory cultural development.

    Who are the members?

    HERMeS has been created by a team of creative people who want to help protect and promote cultural heritage, in a pan-European and global dimension. For this purpose, a Registry of Friends of HERMeS has been created, which consists of excellent professionals in the field of Culture, working in actions and projects of HERMeS.

  • 27 

    Historical Settlements Documented

    4.686

    Buildings Documented

    36

    3D Models created

     

     

     

     

    7

    Digital Educational courses designed

  • Videos

    How HER.M.eS. works

    in 60 seconds!

    What we did at Hermoupolis

    an example of the digital application involving 1200 buildings

  • Distinctions

    We developed an innovative system for recording, managing and promoting Historic Buildings & Settlements which has been recognized with the highest distinctions inside and outside Europe.

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    Europa Nostra Award 2015

    Research & Digitization

    The European Union's top award in Cultural Heritage, the EUROPA NOSTRA award, was handed to HERMeS at Oslo in 2015.

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    Council of Europe

    Strategy 2021

    The methodology of HER.M.eS. is enlisted as 'Good Practice' for Cultural Heritage, at the corresponding list of Strategy 2021 of the Council of Europe.

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    European Heritage Stories

    Pan-European distinction

    HERMeS is one of the ten (10) projects that received distinction and funding for its continuation through the proposal "100 buildings / 100 stories" by the European Heritage Days in 2018.

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    Digital Heritage 2013

    Best Paper Award

    HERMeS was presented at the International Congress for Digital Heritage at the European Capital of Culture (Marseille) receiving the "Best Paper" award, in 2013.

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    The Best in Heritage

    Dubrovnik, Croatia

    HERMeS was invited as the best practice in Digital Culture at the International Meeting on Culture in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in 2016.

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    8th Conference of European Institute of Public Administration

    Representing Greece

    HERMeS represents Greece at the pan-European conference organized by the European Institute of Public Administration.

  • Contact us

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