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Factum Foundation is the new owner of Cylinders Estate in Elterwater
Factum Foundation London announces the acquisition of the Cylinders Estate in Elterwater, in Cumbria’s Lake District, the site of the renowned German refugee artist Kurt Schwitters’ final major artwork, the...
LiDAR Recording in Amazonia
The first phase of aerial LiDAR recording in Amazonia, led by Martti Pärssinen in collaboration with the Ibero-American Foundation in Finland and the Factum Foundation together with many Brazilian, Finnish and...
3D prints of the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes in production
Earlier this year, a team from Factum Foundation carried out a photogrammetry training session at the Nigerian National Museum in Lagos with young members of the Igbo Ukwu community. During...
The Selene System at the British Museum
In July 2024, a team from Factum Foundation installed a Selene Photometric Stereo System in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum. As part of the Selene...
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library are joining the Selene Circle
In February 2025, a team from Factum Foundation will install a Selene PSS in their archives. Objects from the collection will be recorded and explored in high resolution, including Cuneiform tablets,...
Recording and training activities in Zaragoza and Granada
In collaboration with the Universidad de Zaragoza’s Master in Cultural Heritage Management, Pedro Miró, Osama Dawod and Carlos Bayod led an intensive seminar on 3D digitisation of the Oratory in the...
Three recreations for ‘Guercino. L’era Ludovisi a Roma’ on display in Rome
For the exhibition ‘Guercino. L’era Ludovisi a Roma’ (31 October 2024 – 26 January 2025), Factum Foundation recreated two works by Baroque artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino...
Selene PSS installed at the Instituto Valencia de Don Juan
As part of a new collaboration made possible thanks to the support of The Helen Hamlyn Trust, Factum Foundation installed a Selene PSS unit at the Instituto Valencia de Don...
Aaltosiilo Partnerships with the New European Bauhaus
We are delighted to announce that Aaltosiilo Ry has officially joined the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative as a partner – one of six in Finland and the only one in...
Unpublished discoveries about the Bakor Monoliths and UNESCO World Heritage submission
Over the past year, Factum Foundation has been collaborating with the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria on the preliminary submission to UNESCO for World Heritage status for...
LiDAR Recording in Amazonia
The first phase of aerial LiDAR recording in Amazonia, led by Martti Pärssinen in collaboration with the Ibero-American Foundation in Finland and the Factum Foundation together with many Brazilian, Finnish and...
3D prints of the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes in production
Earlier this year, a team from Factum Foundation carried out a photogrammetry training session at the Nigerian National Museum in Lagos with young members of the Igbo Ukwu community. During...
The Selene System at the British Museum
In July 2024, a team from Factum Foundation installed a Selene Photometric Stereo System in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum. As part of the Selene...
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library are joining the Selene Circle
In February 2025, a team from Factum Foundation will install a Selene PSS in their archives. Objects from the collection will be recorded and explored in high resolution, including Cuneiform tablets,...
Recording and training activities in Zaragoza and Granada
In collaboration with the Universidad de Zaragoza’s Master in Cultural Heritage Management, Pedro Miró, Osama Dawod and Carlos Bayod led an intensive seminar on 3D digitisation of the Oratory in the...
Three recreations for ‘Guercino. L’era Ludovisi a Roma’ on display in Rome
For the exhibition ‘Guercino. L’era Ludovisi a Roma’ (31 October 2024 – 26 January 2025), Factum Foundation recreated two works by Baroque artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino...
Selene PSS installed at the Instituto Valencia de Don Juan
As part of a new collaboration made possible thanks to the support of The Helen Hamlyn Trust, Factum Foundation installed a Selene PSS unit at the Instituto Valencia de Don...
Aaltosiilo Partnerships with the New European Bauhaus
We are delighted to announce that Aaltosiilo Ry has officially joined the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative as a partner – one of six in Finland and the only one in...
Unpublished discoveries about the Bakor Monoliths and UNESCO World Heritage submission
Over the past year, Factum Foundation has been collaborating with the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria on the preliminary submission to UNESCO for World Heritage status for...
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William Blake’s teenage copper plate doodles discovered
William Blake’s boyhood doodles are discovered after 250 years: Scans reveal a smiley face etched by the poet on copperplates he handled as an apprentice
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Inside kurt schwitters’ merz barn, the dada artist’s final work, revived by factum foundation
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