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Goya’s copper plates at the CalcografÃa Nacional
In October 2023, a team from Factum Foundation recorded a selection of original printing plates by Francisco de Goya at the Calcografía Nacional, advancing a project that was attempted 25...
ARCHiVe Online Academy Talk: ‘Across the planet. The Past and the Future of Libraries’
On September 14th Cristina Dondi, who leads the 15cBOOKTRADE project at the University of Oxford, presented her research on the lost Benedictine Library that was once part of the monastery...
Recording a ship’s globe at Utrecht’s Centraal Museum
In November 2023, a team from Factum Foundation worked with Utrecht’s Centraal Museum to record the ‘Scheepsglobe’ (ship’s globe). Over two days, Pedro Miró and Jorge Cano recorded the globe...
Digitising books in the Museum de Lakenhal Collection
Funded by Metamorfoze, Museum De Lakenhal started a research project to explore how a collection of 33 books of black woollen cloth sample can be safely digitised in their current,...
The epigraphic fragments of Teruel
More than 100 years after their discovery, high-resolution 3D reproductions of the so-called ‘Peñalba pieces’ will be made accessible to the residents of Villastar (Spain) and the visitors of the...
Disasters of war: recording ‘Gassed’ by John Singer Sargent
In May 2023, the Imperial War Museum reached out to Factum Foundation to carry out the high-resolution recording of Gassed by John Singer Sargent, considered one of the most important war-related...
Meri-Toppila Neighbours Engage in Community Workshop for Neighbourhood Development
Oulu’s Meri-Toppila district is gearing up for an exciting community event that promises to shape its future. The “Neapurit” meetings are scheduled for Saturday, September 2nd, from 1:00 p.m. to...
Raising the temperature of the debate surrounding the future of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
For the first time, a national newspaper (read the article) has been clear and direct about the shameful state of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and the reluctance of both Tower...
ARCHiVe Online Academy: new presential workshop announced
Registrations are open for the 1st Workshop on Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Venice, which will take place on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore and other locations...
Firing the Arabic Kiln in Úbeda: reviving and recording traditional craft skills
Our project with a family of ceramicists from southern Spain is about to reach its culmination, with the firing of a series of traditional, functional and artistic objects in Úbeda,...
A positive approach to sharing: the Njemitop Monolith at the Chrysler Museum
On the 23rd June 2023, two monoliths were brought to the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC. One was carved in basalt between the 15th and 17th centuries in Cross River...
Medardo Rosso’s Concierge
On June 9th 2023 Factum Foundation was invited to participate in the Study Day about Medardo Rosso’s sculpture La Portinaia (Concierge). The event was organised by Fondazione Cassa del Risparmio...
SCREAMING DUENDE
SCREAMING DUENDE at the AALTOSIILO was an event staged by Factum Foundation and Oulu 2026 Capital of Culture on June 3rd, 2023. It was a central part of the AALTOSIILO...
Facsimiles for Aynhoe Park
RH England and Sir John Soane’s Museum (in collaboration with Charles Marsden Smedley) commissioned Factum Foundation to make a series of facsimiles that are part of the restoration and refurbishment...
Facsimile of Bernini’s Salvator Mundi on display in Rome
The Salvator Mundi, Giovan Lorenzo Bernini’s last sculpture and part of the Fondo Edifici di Culto (FEC) of the Italian Ministry of Domestic Affairs, has been on display since April...
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