What Art Graphique & Patrimoine does

Art Graphique & Patrimoine (AGP) is a French heritage digitisation and visual-computing firm founded in 1994 by Gaël Hamon, a stone cutter by trade, and headquartered in Saint-Denis. The company operates across two poles — measurement/BIM and valorisation/R&D — with approximately 30 employees, and delivers roughly 100 projects per year. Over three decades AGP has built a reference base of more than 3,000 assets across 22 countries, serving marquee French cultural institutions (Louvre, Palace of Versailles, Opéra de Paris, Notre-Dame, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, DRAC), international bodies (UNESCO) and luxury houses (Dior, Chanel). The company has been a subsidiary of the MEMORIST - Heritage & Beyond alliance since 2021 and holds the EPV (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) certification since 2018.

AGP's offering centres on 3D digitisation (terrestrial laser scanning, photogrammetry), Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM), Digital Twins and immersive VR/AR experiences for cultural valorisation. Its proprietary software assets include ARIANE, a building-management platform featuring AI-assisted routing for visitor and maintenance flows, and HVS (Virtual Sets for Heritage), which extends the 3D capture pipeline into film and audiovisual virtual production. The business model is project-based professional services: fixed-price digitisation and modelling contracts with public cultural institutions and luxury/fashion clients, layered with longer-term platform and valorisation engagements. Customer mix combines recurring French public-sector cultural work, international UNESCO projects, and commercial luxury flagship engagements.

Name

Art Graphique & Patrimoine

Legal name

Art Graphique & Patrimoine

Website

https://artgp.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Art Graphique & Patrimoine is a French heritage digitisation firm founded in 1994 that delivers 3D scanning, HBIM modelling, Digital Twins, and immersive VR/AR experiences to cultural institutions, public agencies, luxury brands, and film/audiovisual clients across 22 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heritage Digitization Services

NAICS

Photographic Services (54192), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Archiving & Asset Management (MAM/DAM, Cataloging, QC) (MPADAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Archive Restoration & Digitization (Film/Video/Audio Scanning, Remastering) (MPAHAGAI), Content Retrieval, Distribution & Reuse Workflows (Interoperability/APIs) (MPAHAGAK)

Keywords

• 3D heritage digitization
• Digital twin services
• Heritage BIM modeling
• Immersive VR experiences
• Cultural heritage preservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Denis

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Heritage Digitization & Survey Services: Project-based professional services for 3D digitization, laser scanning, photogrammetry, and documentation of heritage buildings, archaeological sites, and artworks. Revenue generated through direct client contracts with cultural institutions and government bodies.
2. Digital Twin & BIM Solutions: Creation of digital twins and HBIM models for heritage buildings, used for restoration planning, maintenance management, and archival purposes. Delivered as complete 3D models with embedded data.
3. Immersive Experience Development: Custom development of VR experiences, augmented reality applications, virtual museums, and interactive installations for cultural sites and museums.
4. Heritage Virtual Scene (HVS): Virtual set design and commercialization service for the audiovisual production industry, creating virtual environments from digitized heritage sites for film and metaverse applications.
5. ARIANE Building Management Solution: Building management and emergency intervention application for complex heritage buildings, with features including 3D navigation, equipment geolocation, and AI-powered routing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Art Graphique & Patrimoine (AGP) provides 3D digitization and measurement services for heritage monuments, archaeological sites, and artworks using lasergrammetry and photogrammetry. The company also delivers immersive valorization solutions including virtual reality applications, augmented reality experiences, and digital twin reconstructions for cultural institutions.

Product overview

AGP operates as a comprehensive heritage digitization platform offering two interconnected service portfolios: Prestations de Mesures (3D Measurement Services) and Solutions de Valorisation (Valorization Solutions). The measurement portfolio includes core 3D digitization services using combined lasergrammetry and photogrammetry, Digital Twins, Heritage BIM, Archaeological Surveys, Artwork Digitization, and the proprietary ARIANE building management platform. The valorization portfolio builds on these digital assets to deliver visitor-facing products including Visite Augmentée (AR mobile app), Musée Virtuel® (multi-player virtual museum), Film 3D & 360° (historical reconstitution films), Expérience Métiers VR (craft VR), Escape Game VR immersif, and Touch-screen Kiosk Applications. The company was founded in 1994 and maintains 30 employees with EPV (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Musée Virtuel®: Interactive, pedagogical, and multiplayer virtual museum experience using 3D digitization of artworks, allowing impossible museum experiences such as touching works, repositioning objects in original context, and reuniting separated masterpieces.
• ARIANE
• Heritage Virtual Scene (HVS)

Products and services

• 3D Heritage Digitization 3D digitization of monuments, archaeological sites, and artworks using lasergrammetry and photogrammetry for cultural institutions and heritage organizations.
• Heritage BIM Modeling

Quantifiable outcome

• Digital preservation of Notre-Dame de Paris with 50 billion data points enabling post-fire reconstruction
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MEMORIST - Heritage & BeyondcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021MEMORIST is an alliance of five French companies (AGP, Arkhenum, TRIBVN, La Reliure du Limousin, Vectracom) created under the initiative of Groupe Mobilitas, with the objective of developing internationally the French excellence in heritage preservation, digitization, restoration and valorization. AGP is a founding member and core business unit of this group.
• AutodeskcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership signed with GMH (Groupement des Entreprises de Restauration de Monuments Historiques) and Autodesk for BIM Notre-Dame de Paris project. AGP coordinates BIM model development in link with GMH members and Autodesk technology support.
• Opéra de PariscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst partner of AGP for Heritage Virtual Scene (HVS) offering - virtual set design and commercialization from digitized heritage sites for international audiovisual production market. Partnership enables use of Palais Garnier digital twin for virtual production.
• CIREVE de CaenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre Interdisciplinaire de Réalité Virtuelle collaborated with AGP on immersive mediation solution for Theatre of Orange archaeological site.
• Musée de Cluny (Musée national du Moyen Âge)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific committee partner for 'Loge des Bâtisseurs' VR experience, providing historical and conservation expertise for traditional crafts VR content development.
• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific partnership for documentation of endangered heritage sites. AGP is scientific partner for UNESCO activities related to Syrian heritage preservation.
• DGAM Syria (Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment heritage authority partnership for emergency documentation and preservation of Syrian archaeological sites at risk.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Leica Geosystems (Hexagon): Major provider of laser scanners and total stations widely used in heritage documentation, including heritage-specific workflows (Leica RTC360, BLK series). Functions as upstream technology provider and potential substitute for parts of AGP's capture workflow, while AGP is positioned as a specialist service buyer of their hardware.
• FARO Technologies: Global vendor of 3D measurement, imaging and scanning hardware/software (laser scanners, point-cloud software). Not a direct competitor to AGP's service delivery but a key technology enabler (existing AGP partner) whose increasingly automated scan-to-model tools could substitute parts of AGP's manual workflow.

Direct peers

• Iconem: Paris-based 3D heritage digitization specialist using photogrammetry, drone capture and AI to document endangered sites worldwide. Most direct French competitor to AGP, sharing the same target customers (UNESCO, national museums, archaeological institutes) and overlapping technology stack (photogrammetry + LIDAR).
• Vectracom: French heritage communication and digital media company, MEMORIST alliance member. Provides virtual visits, museography and digital mediation closely adjacent to AGP's valorisation (AR/VR, Musée Virtuel®) products, frequently partnering on the same institutional projects.
• CyArk: US-based non-profit specializing in 3D digital preservation of cultural heritage sites worldwide. Closest international peer on mission and technology (laser scanning + photogrammetry of monuments), with comparable projects at heritage sites globally and a shared reliance on institutional/government funding.
• Arkhenum: French heritage digitization and publishing company and fellow MEMORIST alliance member. Directly comparable in serving French cultural institutions with digitisation, edition and online publication of heritage collections, and frequently co-bids or partners on the same tenders as AGP.
• TRIBVN: French image-analysis specialist and MEMORIST alliance member focused on scientific imaging for cultural heritage (multispectral, RTI). Highly comparable for artwork and artefact analysis, often co-delivered alongside AGP's 3D surveys.

Broad incumbents

• Historic England: UK public body that documents, protects and advises on the historic environment, including 3D laser scanning and photogrammetric recording programmes. Comparable as a larger, publicly funded institution operating in the same heritage-documentation space, though serving a different national market.

Regional players

• Zamani Project: African heritage documentation project using 3D laser scanning and photogrammetry to record historic sites on the continent. Comparable technology and mission to AGP, but focused on African geography and largely academic/non-profit funded rather than commercial French institutional work.

Emerging players

• La Reliure du Limousin: French heritage bookbinding and restoration specialist and MEMORIST alliance member. Comparable as a MEMORIST co-member offering complementary restoration services to AGP's digitisation, but focused on physical conservation rather than 3D capture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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