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Fitch Colloqium 2019

On February 15th, Factum Foundation’s Carlos Bayod participated at the Fitch Colloqium; a conference hosted by Columbia University GSAPP’s Historical Preservation Programme that explored the future of historical preservation through...
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Recording of the Al Ain Museum

In September 2018, a team from Factum Foundation travelled to the oasis city of Al Ain in the Abu Dhabi Emirate in order to record and digitise the exhibits of...
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Rebuilding the Heraclitus Vessel

Factum first got involved in the rebuilding of the ferro-concrete Research Vessel Heraclitus, a 25-metre long concrete Chinese junk that carried out important expeditions over 40 years and 270,000 nautical...
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Facsimile of the Jamnitzer Bell at Strawberry Hill House

The extraordinary ‘Cellini Bell’ by Wenzel Jamnitzer (1507/1508 to 1585) was recorded in June 2018 at the British Museum in London. This highly intricate cast and chased silver bell was...
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Recording of 11 shabti figurines of Seti I

A team from Factum Foundation has started the photogrammetric recording of eleven shabti statuettes from the tomb of Seti I (1290-1279BC) in the Valley of the Kings. These statuettes are...
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Factum Arte’s profile, by Patek Philippe

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‘Applying Technology: Preserving the Past… Informing the Present’ by Adam Lowe

The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, the Fundación Gondra Barandiarán and the Universidad de Deusto are presenting the first edition of the summer course “Museographies. Ways of seeing art”. Taking place...
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Adam Lowe’s Talk at UNESCO’s ReACH Conference

In May 2017, UNESCO launched the ReACH (Reproduction of Art and Cultural Heritage) initiative, a program aiming at engaging in a global conversation with museums and heritage communities to discuss...
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Powhatan’s Mantle is the Object of the Month at the Ashmolean Museum

In June, the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford nominated the Powhatan’s Mantle object of the month. This leather, shell and sinew piece is one of the oldest and most important artefacts...
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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth

An innovative cartographic model of Middle-earth is exhibited at the Bodleian Library’s exhibition Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth from June, 1st – October, 28th. The exhibition comprises drawings and notes made...
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The Wedding at Cana’s facsimile case at the Biennale di Architettura

The facsimile of The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese, produced by Factum Arte, is part of the cases selected by the Venice Pavilion at the Biennale di Architettura 2018....
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Recording Wenzel Jamnitzer’s Bell

In June 2018, a team from Factum Foundation has started working at the British Museum to record one of Wenzel Jamnitzer’s most important works: a decorative bell produced in the...
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Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Venice

On May 28th, the Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Venice centre was launched in its new space on the island of San Giorgio. Triggered by the vision of...
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Bando Lucida 2019, presented by Open Care and Factum Foundation

On the 29th January, Factum Foundation co-hosted the Open Care conference alongside the Italian art restoration experts at their Milanese laboratory, marking the second edition of the Bando Lucida initiative....
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Toponyms in the Book of Roger

Aliaa Ismail, an egyptologist and Arabic speaker, is studying the toponyms in the 12th century map compiled by the Muslim cartographer Al-Idrisi from travel accounts collected in Sicily at the...
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