Museum Digitization Center
We help museums digitize collections and automate processes according to international standards to make Ukrainian heritage accessible to Ukrainians and the world through digitization
Photo: Zoriana Pohranychna
Developed within projects:
- “Crisis Inventorisation and Leap to the Museum Inventory Digitisation” supported by the European Union;
- "Center for Digital Excellence" supported by JM Kaplan Fund;
- "Ukraine, Kyiv Digitisation Centre" supported by Cultural Emergency Responce;
- "Ukraine, Lviv Digitisation Centre" supported by Cultural Emergency Response та Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative.
ABOUT US
НеМо: Ukrainian Heritage Monitoring Lab is a professional initiative that aims to provide data on Ukrainian heritage so that it can be included in the lives of Ukrainians and play a role in regaining our identity.
DIGITIZATION ≠ PHOTOGRAPHY
Digitization is always about ‘image’ + metadata
Incense altar - Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium - CC BY-NC-SA.
We know how to do this in the Ukrainian reality according to international standards:
and will help you at all stages of the digitization process
DIGITIZATION PROCESS
Planning for digitization
What purpose?
For whom?
How?
Quality management at all stages
Works before digitization
Setting priorities
Preparing metadata and collections
Planning the "production line"
Creating an "image"
2D: taking photos, scanning,…
3D: photogrammetry, 3D scanning,…..
Works after digitization
Linking a digital copy to the metadata
Information storage and management
Access to the data
OUR WORK
Digitization
of museum objects
a museum has a digitized collection(‘image’ + metadata)
Digitalization of processes, implementation of the museum records-keeping program
providing tools and teaching you how to use them for data storage and management
Consulting
providing you with technical support during the entire digitization process
we offer comprehensive solutions for every stage of digitization, data interoperability, and expertise.
OUR
RESULTS
01
Digitized
over 12 000
museum objects
museum objects
02
Created
over 100 000 images
03
Mobile digitization centers
To ensure effective digitization of museum collections, we have created mobile centers capable of working with different museums at every stage of the digitization process. As of 2025, permanent digitization centers operate in Lviv and Kyiv. A separate mobile center can work with museum collections in any region of Ukraine that is accessible under wartime conditions.
04
Curator’s workspace
To digitize a collection is not enough—it is essential to safely store and effectively manage the data. For this purpose, we have created a special instrument that allows museum staff to work with digitized objects.
05
Centre of competence
Our experts are gaining unique experience in the process of digitization and are ready to share it with the professional community. We not only instruct partner museums, but also provide national-level trainings, including in collaboration with the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and UNESCO.
06
The Artifact platform
We are creating a platform that allows for presenting 3D models of museum objects and attaching information about them.While Ukrainian museum collections—holding artifacts of global significance—are stored in underground shelters, their 3D models will remain accessible to all who are interested in Ukrainian cultural heritage.
WHY DO PEOPLE TRUST US?
we are experienced in working with various collections (archaeology, ethnography, painting, sculpture, graphic records, natural specimens, films...) and objects of various sizes, both volumetric and flat.
TEAM
Vasyl Rozhko
PhD in Architecture, Master of Business Administration, manager of the project, founder of НеМо, museum worker, head of the Tustan NGO
Vladyslav Pioro
specialist in the development and implementation of digital solutions in the field of cultural heritage, chairman of the board of the Ukrainian Center for Museum Development NGO
Nataliia Dziubenko
PhD. in Biology, museum worker, digitization coordinator, cooperation with museums, head of the Department of Applied Museology at the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Nataliia Rak
PhD. in Economics, coordinator of the professional knowledge base
Valentyna Yefimova
museum worker, analyst, the Ukrainian Center for Museum Development NGO
Andrii Yamelynets
digitization coordinator (software, 3D, scanning), director of the Institute of Geoinformation Systems LLC
Yurii Honek
software engineer, Institute of Geoinformation Systems LLC
Vitalii Hrabar
photography coordinator
Matvii Pohranychnyi
photographer
Zoriana Pohranychna
photographer, Drohobychchyna Museum
Andrii Zatushevskyi
photographer
Владислав Піоро
фахівець з питань розробки та впровадження цифрових рішень у галузі культурної спадщини, голова правління ГО «Український центр розвитку музейної справи»
Владислав Піоро
фахівець з питань розробки та впровадження цифрових рішень у галузі культурної спадщини, голова правління ГО «Український центр розвитку музейної справи»
Владислав Піоро
фахівець з питань розробки та впровадження цифрових рішень у галузі культурної спадщини, голова правління ГО «Український центр розвитку музейної справи»
Владислав Піоро
фахівець з питань розробки та впровадження цифрових рішень у галузі культурної спадщини, голова правління ГО «Український центр розвитку музейної справи»
Владислав Піоро
фахівець з питань розробки та впровадження цифрових рішень у галузі культурної спадщини, голова правління ГО «Український центр розвитку музейної справи»
Владислав Піоро
фахівець з питань розробки та впровадження цифрових рішень у галузі культурної спадщини, голова правління ГО «Український центр розвитку музейної справи»
Владислав Піоро
фахівець з питань розробки та впровадження цифрових рішень у галузі культурної спадщини, голова правління ГО «Український центр розвитку музейної справи»
Владислав Піоро
фахівець з питань розробки та впровадження цифрових рішень у галузі культурної спадщини, голова правління ГО «Український центр розвитку музейної справи»
Владислав Піоро
фахівець з питань розробки та впровадження цифрових рішень у галузі культурної спадщини, голова правління ГО «Український центр розвитку музейної справи»
OUR PARTNERS
museums where we are digitizing selected collections and implementing and testing the museum records-keeping program as part of the pilot project.
National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Historical collection of stuffed birds and old inventory books
"We had a complete understanding with the HeMo digitization team, their professional qualifications were very high."
Andrii Bokotei
Dr. Sci. Biol., curator of the vertebrates collection of the National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Tustan State
Historical and Cultural Reserve
Archaeology, Ethnography
The digitization started with the items of the main collection: 4,521 depository items, of which: 3,812 depository items of the Archaeology group, and 709 depository items of the Ethnography group.
Natalia Kerch
chief custodian of the TTustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve funds
Kharkiv Literary Museum
Books, convolutes,
Manuscripts, photos
Large format: newspapers, posters
Manuscripts, photos
Large format: newspapers, posters
While Kharkiv remains under constant shelling, access to our collection is partially restricted. It is crucial for us to continue research by ensuring access to the objects through the creation of digital copies.Digitization also contributes to the preservation of museum items—especially written artifacts—as it eliminates the need to move objects or turn pages, actions that could cause damage.
Tetiana Rud
Chief Custodian Kharkiv Literary Museum
The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts
painting, graphics, sculpture
The building of our museum was damaged during one of the attacks on Kyiv. In these conditions, our collection remains hidden and closed due to its need for special preservation. However, thanks to our partnership with the Digitization Center, we are able to continue working with the collection and carrying out research.I am also grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with other museums, as our remarkable collections are often interconnected.
Kateryna Baranovska
Senior Research FellowThe Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts
Odesa National Fine Arts Museum
painting, graphics
Інститут літератури ім. Т. Г. Шевченка НАН України
Open Opera Ukraine
Інститут археології Національної академії наук України
National Military-Historical Museum of Ukraine
Національний музей Тараса Шевченка
