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MuseoMag N°IV 2024
FROM ARTEFACTS TO 3D PRINTS
Innovative workshops and projects at the museum
The museum’s digitisation team exploring the tactile model and comparing it to the original sculpture.
Since the creation of its Digitisation Department in
2018, the museum has embarked on several projects
involving 3D. First, in 2019, the whole building was
scanned and turned into a 3D-model. This meant
that people were able to visit the museum virtually
during the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. Building on
this experience, the Centre de Documentation sur
la Forteresse du Luxembourg decided to scan the
casemates in 3D and make them accessible not
only to researchers but also to a wider public.
In addition to scanning buildings, the Digitisation
Department has also started scanning objects from
the collection.
As the digital world becomes a bigger part of every-
day life, the museum also wanted to include more
digital elements in its programme.
3D WORKSHOPS: WHERE HISTORY
MEETS TECHNOLOGY
Using what we learned from various 3D projects,
we wanted to create something related to this field.
The digitisation department teamed up with Pit
Molling, who is well-known for his 3D art. He is
experienced in running 3D workshops and knows
all about the different processes, platforms, mate-
rials, techniques, and so on.
We developed two different workshops, one for
adults and one for children. In the first, we connect
the relatively new technology of 3D printing and the
emergence of metalwork as a new technology du-
ring the Bronze and Iron Ages. Just as 3D printing
today opens up new possibilities, melting metal and
pouring it into moulds back then was nothing short
of revolutionary. We highlight this in a guided tour
of our archaeological collection, which has plenty
of examples from those periods that we encourage
people to use as inspiration for their 3D-printed
creations.
The children’s workshop focuses on coins and
medals. In a short tour, children learn about the
beginnings of monetary systems. Afterwards, they
create their own coins, which will then be printed for
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