Presentation at the Digital Museum Expo "Beyond 3D Digitisation: Applications of 3D Technology in Cultural Heritage" on 12-13 March 2015 in the Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels, Belgium
4. 3D Virtual museums
• What does 3D offers to virtual museums?
– Digitise existing buildings and objects
– Recreate and visualise the past
– Digitally restore museum objects
– Explore virtual spaces
– See evolution in time until today
• Monuments & landscapes are essential part of
virtual museums
• Provide context of museum objects
• Provide a visual reference framework for 2 people out of 3
53. Virtual reconstruction of Cim (Mostar)
• Early Christian basilica (5th – 6th century)
• Basilica and memoria
• Seat of a bishop
• Excavated in 1970s
• Published in 1974, excavation log books available
• Archaeological park
• Remains poorly preserved
• Silver & ivory objects disappeared in the 1992-1995 war
• Should be significant community
• Only one house excavated