ARCHiVe – Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Venice – is a leading centre dedicated to the research for technology in the digital preservation of cultural heritage and archives. Our mission is to develop and use digital technologies for education and preservation, and to produce a new, interdisciplinary culture, enhanced by digital tools and freely accessible. We transfer the acquired technological skills through projects, publications, online and onsite courses, and scholarships.
ARCHiVe has an extensive network of collaborations with cultural and academic institutions worldwide. The annual educational programme, which is open to all, offers courses on the use of state-of-the-art hardware and software, the techniques for digitising cultural heritage, current research on cultural archiving methods, and new contemporary forms of creativity.
In 2018, Fondazione Giorgio Cini ONLUS, Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Conservation, and the Digital Humanities Laboratory of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL-DHLAB) launched ARCHiVe, based on the Venetian Island of San Giorgio Maggiore. The Helen Hamlyn Trust is the supporting founder.