By taking a fresh look at some of the most iconic sites and artefacts in the world, this exhibition will literally change the way you look at history.
Some of the world’s most famous museums, housing our most precious cultural treasures, are at the cutting edge of 3D technological innovation. Come and see how this is helping us re-discover the hidden secrets of our past. From the ancient Egyptian temple of Abu Simbel to Michelangelo’s David; a fifteenth century Italian statue destroyed by earthquake to the intricate detailing on medieval coins, this exhibition travels the world to bring you the latest in scientific innovation in the heritage sector.
The project is being run by the
3D-COFORM consortium which has one over-riding aim: to establish 3D documentation as an affordable, practical and effective mechanism for long-term documentation of tangible cultural heritage. It proposes an ambitious program of technical research, coupled with practical exercises and research in the business of 3D to inform and accelerate the deployment of these technologies to good effect.
The project aims to make 3D-documentation an everyday practical choice for digital documentation campaigns in the cultural heritage sector. It addresses all aspects of 3D-capture, 3D-processing, the semantics of shape, material properties, metadata and provenance, integration with other sources (textual and other media), search, research and dissemination to the public and professional alike.
The 3D-COFORM consortium brings together
19 international partners, to form a world-class team on 3D-digitisation complemented by an equally prestigious group of cultural heritage organisations, with the
Victoria and Albert Museum as a full partner and signed-up collaborations from the
Louvre in Paris, the Florentine Museums authority, the Museum of the Imperial Forums in Rome, World Heritage Sites in Cyprus and the
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Exhibition opening: Monday - Saturday. 10am - 5pm
A series of ten seminars, in association with the exhibition will take place throughout the exhibition and will include a tour of the exhibition and talks for visitors.
Admission to the exhibition is free. Seminars are also free of charge but subject to pre-booking.
The next seminar takes place on Tuesday 07 August from 4pm-7pm.Part 1: 3D Models for Cultural Heritage: beyond plain visualisation is led by Nico Pietroni, a researcher at the Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione (ISTI) of the National Research Council (CNR) in Pisa, Italy. Part 2: Meshlab - an open source cross platform tool for the 3D pipeling will be presented by Guido Ranzuglia who is at the Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione (ISTI) of the National Research Council (CNR) in Pisa, Italy. He is the MeshLab's core developer.
Exhibition information: http://exhibition.3d-coform.eu
