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The Institute of Hellenic Mills is a non-profit organization established for the purposes of study, research, documentation, and protection of historical forms of mills, as well as related traditional systems of energy sources in the Greek territory. Its specific aims are: formation of archives within a Documentation Center; specialization of scientific and technical personnel; creation of a Museum of Molinological History in Greece and finally organizing regional and international meetings and exhibitions, as well as any other activities for the promotion of the “mill”.

The term “mill” designates its various forms, as being classified according to aspects like:  source of driving force (hand-mill, animal- or human-driven mill, windmill, watermill, etc.), final product (flour mill, rice mill, gunpowder mill, oil-mill, tanning mill etc.), mechanical function (compression, hulling, sawing, grinding, crushing, etc.) and includes all those elements that constitute its physical surroundings.

Being a member of The International Molinological Society (T.I.M.S.), the Institute of Hellenic Mills was established in Athens in 1996. Its regular members, both individuals and institutions from Greece or abroad, are approx. 300. They can be architects, archaeologists, historians, ethnologists, folklorists, engineers, restorers, lawyers, economists, researchers, mill owners, local authorities etc.

Up to now, the Institute of Hellenic Mills has dealt with the following matters:

  • The organization of a library specialized in molinology.
  • The publication of books written by its members and other scholars, as well as articles in important newspapers and magazines, on both the Greek Windmill and the Greek Watermill.
  • The participation in International Symposiums, Meetings and mid-term excursions organized by T.I.M.S., the International Molinological Society.
  • The collaboration with various institutions in Greece and abroad in such European projects as   Raphael and Culture, as well as THRACE- AEGEAN- CYPRUS and presentation of the research results thereof.
  • The Intervention in more than 100 cases, concerning preservation and protection of mills and guidance in restoring windmills and watermills throughout Greece.
  • The organization and execution of educational programs for elementary schools, as well as annual lectures by specialists in molinology and students of the polytechnic schools.
  • The organization of several Scientific Conferences on the following subjects:

-“Water: Source of Life, Motion, Purification” and “Wind: Source of Life, Motion, Purification”
-“Mills, Olive Presses, Olive Oil Refineries”
-“Problems in Research and Documentation of Greek Mills”

  • Organization of exhibitions in Amsterdam, Holland and Swetzerland as well as various Greek towns on windmills and watermills.
  • Designing of Educational Programs with CD-ROM on watermills and oil mills in eight European languages.
  • Undertaking a restoration project  of eight windmills in Santorini

Creating an educational program (KIT) for the Greek watermill as well as a DVD on watermills.

The Institute of Hellenic Mills is located at 45 Aghion Asomaton  Str., Athens 10553.

email itemylon@gmail.com

For further information you can contact the President, Mme Maria Grypari, Architect, 6977787407, (+30 210 7218866) or the General Secretary Mme Helena Chalkoutsaki, Architect, (+30 210 2025690, echal@teemail.gr).