3D scanning provides museums, artists, researchers, educators, conservators, and cultural organizations with a way to create detailed digital records of physical objects.
Scanning can capture the shape, geometry, and colour of sculptures, artifacts, artwork, historical objects, models, and other physical pieces for digital archiving, restoration, reproduction, research, education, and creative applications.
Common Applications
- Cultural heritage preservation
- Digital archiving
- Sculpture digitization
- Artwork documentation
- Museum collections
- Restoration and conservation
- Historical artifact documentation
- Digital replicas and reproductions
- Art and design education
- Creative and multimedia projects
Portable colour 3D scanners can be particularly useful when objects cannot easily be transported to a scanning facility. Depending on the scanner, wireless operation, handheld scanning, colour capture, and markerless workflows can make it easier to digitize objects in museums, studios, galleries, classrooms, and other environments.
3D Printing Canada offers SHINING 3D scanners suitable for digitizing art, cultural objects, historical artifacts, and other physical subjects for preservation, documentation, education, and creative workflows.