HAGIA SOPHIA HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE MUSEUM BECAME THE BEST MUSEUM OF THE YEAR
DEM Museology, which brings together Turkey's cultural heritage with advanced technologies, continues to make a name for itself in the international arena in the field of experiential museology. Dem Museology, which won the "World's Best Museum" award with the Ephesus Experience Museum at the Mondo-Dr Awards held in America in 2024, was deemed worthy of the award this year with the Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum.
DEM Museology, which brings a new breath to museology with its vision of transforming history into experience using the latest technologies, has added a new one to its worldwide successes. The company, which received a total of 10 international awards in 2024 with the Ephesus Experience Museum and the Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum, received another proud news from the Mondo-Dr Awards in 2025. Dem Museology, which brought the title of "World's Best Museum" to our country last year with the Ephesus Experience Museum, received an award this year with the Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum. The company, which increased the number of international awards to 11, continues to make Turkey's name known in the international arena.
Dem Müzecilik CEO Eda Bildiricioğlu said that they are very proud to receive this award for the second time. Bildiricioğlu said, "The steps we have taken with the Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum and the Ephesus Experience Museum are shaping the future of experience museology both in Turkey and in the world. It is a great pleasure for us to receive awards with two of our museums in a prestigious program such as the Mondo-Dr Awards. This is not just an award; it is an international confirmation of our commitment to transferring our cultural heritage to contemporary generations. Thanks to this new generation narrative language that we have blended with technology, we not only tell the stories of the past, but we also keep them alive in the minds and hearts of visitors."
Preparing to establish new experience areas in Europe
The 1700-year unique history of the Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum, located in the Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Building, one of the iconic structures of Sultanahmet in Istanbul, is conveyed in 13 different sections with a fluent storytelling. The museum offers its visitors a hybrid museum experience where the physical and digital meet, by presenting the unique history of Hagia Sophia with a visual and auditory experience enriched with advanced technologies, accompanied by original works. The museum, which won a total of three awards from Blooloop Innovation Awards and Muse Creative Awards last year, brings the historical scene to life with narratives enriched with audio-visual shows, with famous figures from Mehmed the Conqueror to Architect Sinan. The exhibition floor, where digital art elements such as infinity mirrors and nearly 300 historical artifacts are exhibited, deepens this experience both digitally and physically. The Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum not only tells the past, but also allows its visitors to experience it.
DEM Museology is preparing to establish new experience areas in Europe in the coming period. The company, which will implement its project to handle the Ancient City of Hierapolis with immersive technologies in 2026, continues on its way as an international representative of Turkey in experience museology. In addition to these projects it carries out in Turkey, it is preparing to sign two strategic European initiatives with similar applications in Italy and London.
