museology
Reconstructing the Extinct Cave Lion through 3D Printing
The Slovak National Uprising Museum (SNP) is located in Banská Bystrica in the middle of a grassy park. The unusual building holds displays and important archival materials related to the development…
The Belvedere Museum Presents ‘The Kiss’ in 3D Print
Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss is one of the most popular works of art in the Western world. The original painting, created at the beginning of the 20th century, was executed as…
First 3D Printed Replica of 3,000-Year-Old Chinese Oracle Bone Created
Despite the fact that most people seem to have only a limited understanding of the importance of knowing about the past, human beings seem to be consistently interested in knowing…
Museums and First Nations Explore 3D Printing as Mechanism for Artifact Repatriation
How valuable can something be if you can, or potentially could, make an infinite number of copies of it? This is a question that has been lurking the shadows of…
Letting Dinosaurs Roam in their Natural Habitats with 3D Technology
It is hard to find anybody who didn’t find dinosaurs interesting at least at some point, whether a passing fancy as a child or a lifelong career as a paleontologist,…
Museum Exhibit Displays 3D Printed Mummies
What do sarcophagi, 3D printing, and beer mugs have to do with each other? No, it’s not a theme for a new restaurant, it’s a traveling exhibit currently in residence at…
Berlin’s Museums Integrate 3D Printing & Scanning in Several Unique Ways
Museum work often conjures up the image of a lonely art historian working in a dusty library identifying artifacts and blowing the dust off of leather bound tomes. However, just…
Smart Replicas: Bringing New Life to Museum Collections with 3D Printing
Museums that house objects have a particularly difficult task. These objects were created with the intention that they would be handled, and part of the fascination with them lies in…