Saving temporary exhibitions in virtual environments: The Digital Renaissance of Ulisse Aldrovandi – Acquisition and digitisation of cultural heritage objects

Title

Saving temporary exhibitions in virtual environments: The Digital Renaissance of Ulisse Aldrovandi – Acquisition and digitisation of cultural heritage objects

Creator(s)

Balzani, Roberto

Barzaghi, Sebastian

Bitelli, Gabriele

Bonifazi, Federica

Bordignon, Alice

Cipriani, Luca

Colitti, Simona

Collina, Federica

Daquino, Marilena

Fabbri, Francesca

Fanini, Bruno

Fantini, Filippo

Ferdani, Daniele

Fiorini, Giulia

Formia, Elena

Forte, Anna

Giacomini, Federica

Girelli, Valentina Alena

Gualandi, Bianca

Heibi, Ivan

Iannucci, Alessandro

Manganelli Del Fà, Rachele

Massari, Arcangelo

Moretti, Arianna

Peroni, Silvio

Pescarin, Sofia

Renda, Giulia

Ronchi, Diego

Sullini, Mattia

Tini, Maria Alessandra

Tomasi, Francesca

Travaglini, Laura

Vittuari, Luca

Date

2024

Is Part Of

Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Volume

32

Language

eng

ISSN

2212-0548

Short Title

Saving temporary exhibitions in virtual environments

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2023.e00309

URI

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212054823000541

Zotero BiDiAr

https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/PK4WPEV9/item-list

Abstract

As per the objectives of Project CHANGES, particularly its thematic sub-project on the use of virtual technologies for museums and art collections, our goal was to obtain a digital twin of the temporary exhibition on Ulisse Aldrovandi called “The Other Renaissance”, and make it accessible to users online. After a preliminary study of the exhibition, focusing on acquisition constraints and related solutions, we proceeded with the digital twin creation by acquiring, processing, modelling, optimising, exporting, and metadating the exhibition. We made hybrid use of two acquisition techniques to create new digital cultural heritage objects and environments, and we used open technologies, formats, and protocols to make available the final digital product. Here, we describe the process of collecting and curating bibliographical exhibition (meta) data and the beginning of the digital twin creation to foster its findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability. The creation of the digital twin is currently ongoing.