Pedro Miró and Jorge Cano recording the Scheepsglobe with the Selene PSS, in collaboration with Utrecht University’s graduate student Romée van Oostenbrugge © Sanne Frequin
The recording formed the basis of a research and digital documentation project developed by the museum in collaboration with Utrecht University. Since December 2023, the globe has been on display in the museum’s permanent galleries, contributing to a broader re-reading of the collection and its colonial histories.
Over the course of two days, Pedro Miró and Jorge Cano recorded the globe using a combination of photogrammetry and a portable version of the Selene Photometric Stereo System, capturing its geometry, curvature, colour, and surface relief at high resolution. Once processed, the resulting digital data supported conservation work and enabled the dissemination of the object through an accurate and detailed 3D model.
The Scheepsglobe was subsequently selected as The Netherlands’ contribution to ‘Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture’, a campaign led by the European Commission and the Europeana Initiative, under the auspices of the Swedish and Spanish Presidencies of the Council of the European Union, and concluding during the Belgian Presidency.
Pedro Miró recording the globe using photogrammetry © Jorge Cano | Factum Foundation
Detail of the globe © Jorge Cano | Factum Foundation
