EcoMuseum Zagori

What EcoMuseum Zagori does

EcoMuseum Zagori is a Greek Social Cooperative Enterprise (Κοινωνική Συνεταιριστική Επιχείρηση, ΚΟΙΝ.Σ.ΕΠ) founded in 2014 in Ano Pedina, Epirus, operating the first active ecomuseum in Greece. It functions as an open-air museum without walls, where the natural and cultural landscape of the Zagori region — within the Vikos-Aoos UNESCO Global Geopark and North Pindos National Park — serves as the exhibit, accessed via a network of certified geo-routes and interpretive hiking trails.

The organization's service portfolio spans educational programs for children aged 5–15 (environment, biodiversity, transhumance, recycling), adult workshops (Tales of Wool for dementia patients, Sculpting Staffs, Rolling Phyllo), guided interpretive hikes, and the accessibility program 'I Hear – I Love – I Feel' featuring 3D-printed tactile bridge models and soundwalks for visually impaired visitors. It also runs EU-funded project programmes: ECHOVERSITY (Horizon 2020 biodiversity conservation via mobile sound-recording laboratories), She Moves Mountains (gender equality, British Council-funded), Echoes of Tradition (transhumance cultural heritage, European Heritage Days Stories grant), and PONT (Egyptian Vulture conservation with the Hellenic Ornithological Society). The 2026 'Pathways of Art' residency reactivates abandoned trails via site-specific contemporary art.

The business model is hybrid and structurally capped by cooperative law: direct revenue comes from low unit-price workshop and tour fees (~5 EUR per participant), while the majority of operating capital flows through EU and regional grants (ESPA 2014-2020, Horizon 2020/Accting, PONT, British Council, Ioannis S. Latsis Foundation, European Heritage Days). Distribution is direct on-site across Zagori villages, with marketing via website, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and newsletter. Customer segments span schools, tourists, local community, elderly, and accessibility audiences — with no enterprise customer concentration. Headcount stands at 6 employees, no equity funding has been raised, and revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

EcoMuseum Zagori

Legal name

Οικομουσείο Ζαγορίου - Ecomuseum Zagori

Website

https://ecomuseumzagori.gr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

EcoMuseum Zagori is a Greek Social Cooperative Enterprise operating Greece's first active ecomuseum as an open-air museum within the Vikos-Aoos UNESCO Geopark, delivering certified hiking tours, educational programs, and EU-funded cultural-heritage and biodiversity projects to schools, tourists, and local communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Heritage Tourism

NAICS

Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (712190)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Conservation Parks & Private Nature Reserves (Visitor Operations) (THAAAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eco-Tours & Sustainable Nature Travel (THAJAIAD), Agritourism Eco-Lodges & Farm Nature Stays (THAAAHAL), Citizen Science & Conservation Volunteer Tourism Programs (On-Site) (THAAAFAH), National Park & Protected Area Tours (THAJAIAA), Eco-Adventure Multi-Day Expeditions (Trekking, Hut-to-Hut, Pack Trips) (THAAAEAJ)

Keywords

• Open-air museum services
• Interpretive hiking tours
• Cultural heritage education
• Geotourism workshops
• Biodiversity conservation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Ano Pedina (Άνω Πεδινά)

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Workshop and Educational Program Fees: Fees charged for educational workshops and adult education programs including Tales of Wool, Sculpting Staffs, Rolling Phyllo, and biodiversity workshops. Participation fees typically 5 EUR per person for educational programs.
2. Guided Tour Services: Revenue from interpretive hiking tours and guided activities across various trails in the Zagori region, including transfers and accompanying services.
3. Grant Funding: Primary funding from European programs including ESPA 2014-2020 (Regional Programme of Epirus), Horizon 2020 (Accting), PONT, European Heritage Days, and British Council. Operates as a Social Cooperative Enterprise (ΚΟΙΝ.Σ.ΕΠ) which may limit traditional revenue generation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EcoMuseum Zagori operates as an open-air museum without walls covering the natural and cultural landscape of the Zagori region in Epirus, Greece. It delivers interpretive hiking tours, certified geo-routes and geo-tours, environmental and cultural educational programmes for children aged 5-15, adult workshops covering traditional crafts and dementia/elderly engagement, and accessibility programmes for visually impaired visitors. It also runs project programmes on biodiversity conservation, transhumance heritage, women's empowerment, and art residencies, financed substantially through European grants and supplemented by participation fees.

Product overview

EcoMuseum Zagori operates as an open-air museum without walls, functioning as a Social Cooperative Enterprise (ΚΟΙΝ.Σ.ΕΠ). The organization offers a portfolio of services including educational programmes for children (ages 5-15) covering environment and culture themes, adult education workshops (Tales of Wool for dementia patients, Sculpting Staffs, Rolling Phyllo), and guided interpretive hiking tours of Zagori's natural and cultural heritage sites. Special accessibility programmes like 'I Hear – I Love – I Feel' serve visually impaired visitors using 3D-printed bridge models and soundwalks. The portfolio also includes EU-funded project programmes: ECHOVERSITY (biodiversity conservation via sound recording), She Moves Mountains (women's empowerment), Echoes of Tradition (transhumance heritage), and PONT (Egyptian Vulture conservation). Additionally, the Pathways of Art residency programme reactivates abandoned trails through contemporary art interventions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Educational Programmes for Children Environmental and cultural educational programmes designed for children aged 5-15, promoting active citizenship and environmental awareness through hands-on nature activities covering biodiversity, transhumance, recycling, and traditional crafts.
• I Hear – I Love – I Feel (Accessible Heritage Programme) Educational museum walk programme for people with visual impairments featuring interpretive sound tours of Zagori stone bridges combined with 3D-printed tactile models and biodiversity sound recording, providing inclusive access to cultural and natural heritage.
• Tales of Wool Adult educational workshop using experiential wool processing activities and memory recall techniques, designed for people with dementia and elderly participants to engage with local heritage traditions.
• Sculpting Staffs Workshop teaching traditional shepherd's crook (staff/stick) making techniques, led by artisan Nikos Tzokas from Elafotopos Zagori.
• Rolling Phyllo Traditional Zagori pie workshop run with local women, teaching traditional dough preparation, rolling techniques, and use of regional ingredients.
• Guided Tours and Activities Interpretive hiking tours of the Zagori region including routes through gorges, forests, stone bridges, and natural heritage sites such as Vikos Gorge and Drakolimni, led by certified geo-route guides.
• Echoes of Tradition European Heritage Days-awarded project programme preserving and promoting transhumance cultural heritage with emphasis on women's roles, delivered through a photo/video exhibition and cultural events.
• ECHOVERSITY Participatory biodiversity conservation initiative using mobile laboratories and sound recording to document ecosystems and engage communities in preservation along Zagori's pastoral routes.
• She Moves Mountains Gender equality initiative empowering women in Zagori's mountain communities, delivered through Women's Circle gatherings and live-story-sharing events focused on women's narratives from the region.
• PONT: Protecting the Egyptian Vulture and Transhumance Conservation project protecting the critically endangered Egyptian Vulture and promoting traditional transhumance practices through farmer networks and predator attack prevention tools in the Konitsa, Zagori, and Pogonio areas.
• Geotourism Workshops and Field Guide Training Local Geotourism Workshop and Guide-Field training programmes for tourism professionals covering geopark interpretation, landscape reading, and natural and cultural resource management.
• Pathways of Art Art Residency Site-specific art residency programme activating abandoned traditional pathways through contemporary art interventions, hosting 7 artists for 9 days at Ano Pedina Zagori (June 13-21, 2026).

Quantifiable outcome

• Operates within Vikos-Aoos UNESCO Geopark and North Pindos National Park

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and major.

• Anaptixi Ipirou AE (Development Company of Epirus)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 August 2025Regional development organization and project coordinator for the Interterritorial Cooperation Scheme 'Strengthening, Promotion and Networking of UNESCO Geoparks'. EcoMuseum Zagori acts as implementing body.
• Pokari ProjectsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2024Collaboration partner for biodiversity-inspired product creation workshop. Supporting women in creating products using traditional felting techniques with natural materials.
• Women On TopmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Grant management organization for She Moves Mountains project. Supporting women's empowerment initiatives in Zagori.
• Hellenic Ornithological SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Main project partner in the 'Protecting the common future of the Egyptian Vulture and transhumance' project. Collaboration on biodiversity conservation and transhumance preservation initiatives in the Konitsa, Zagori, and Pogonio areas.
• Vikos-Aoos GeoparkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESCO Geopark management body. Operating within the protected area boundaries. Geopark supported exhibition on transhumance and Egyptian Vulture in Papigo.
• Ancient Theaters EpirussupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner organization listed in footer collaboration section. Related to cultural heritage promotion in Epirus region.
• Rural Tourism Cluster (Epairothros)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner organization listed in footer collaboration section. Tourism cluster promoting rural tourism in Epirus.
• European Wool ExchangesupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner organization listed in footer collaboration section. Network related to traditional crafts and wool production.
• European Ecomuseums Online NetworksupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network connecting ecomuseums across Europe for knowledge sharing and best practices.
• Service of Modern Monuments and Technical Works of EpirussupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment body that supervised photogrammetric-photorealistic modeling and visualization of representative stone bridges for 3D printing project.
• Innovation Center Fab-Lab IoanninasupportingTechnology or Integration3D printing technology partner that created tactile models of stone bridges for accessibility purposes using digital fabrication.
• North Pindos National Park Management BodysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in educational walk program providing interpretive guidance on environmental and biodiversity issues in the protected area.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• North Pindos National Park Management Body: Greek national park authority managing the protected area in which EcoMuseum Zagori delivers educational walks. A regional peer delivering interpretive programming on biodiversity and cultural heritage across overlapping trails and audiences.
• Vikos-Aoos Geopark Management Body: The official UNESCO Geopark management body for the same Vikos-Aoos protected area where EcoMuseum Zagori operates. Direct co-development partner, sharing trails, transhumance and Egyptian Vulture programming, and overlapping visitor audiences for geotourism in Epirus.

Direct peers

• Ecomusée du Creusot-Montceau: One of the most established French ecomuseums operating as an open-air heritage site with community-led programming. A direct conceptual peer sharing the ecomuseum methodology, network membership, and community-led interpretive approach.
• Lesvos Petrified Forest (Museum / Natural Heritage Site): Greek natural heritage museum and visitor operation preserving a protected natural site. Comparable as a Greek outdoor natural heritage museum offering guided interpretive experiences, educational programs, and conservation-focused visitor operations.

Others

• Anaptixi Ipirou AE (Development Company of Epirus): Regional development organization coordinating the UNESCO Geopark networking scheme in which EcoMuseum Zagori is an implementing body. Adjacent enabling actor for funding and regional coordination of cultural heritage and sustainable tourism in Epirus.

Emerging players

• Hellenic Ornithological Society: Main project partner on the Egyptian Vulture and transhumance conservation initiative. Comparable as a Greek NGO operating conservation and community engagement programs in the same Zagori/Epirus region with overlapping biodiversity themes and target audiences.
• Prespa Ohrid Nature Trust (PONT): Cross-border nature trust co-funding the Egyptian Vulture and transhumance project. Comparable as a transboundary conservation funder addressing similar pastoral biodiversity themes in the broader Balkans/Epirus region.

Broad incumbents

• Skansen (Open-Air Museum): The pioneering open-air museum in Stockholm, Sweden. A larger, established incumbent demonstrating the open-air heritage interpretation model EcoMuseum Zagori follows, providing comparable on-site cultural/traditional craft programming and educational services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@zagoriecomuseum2805
• Facebookfacebook.com/ecomuseumzagori
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecomuseum-zagori
• Instagraminstagram.com/ecomuseum_zagori

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Investors

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