At Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI), we build innovative digital tools and imaging practices that save world heritage.
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Read this week's Ancient Near East Today article, "Breaking the Code: Ancient Iran’s Linear Elamite Script Deciphered." buff.ly/3RpUSU0
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Announcement! 📢 Today we are launching our brand new Labs page! 3d.si.edu/labs This is the home for special projects and experiments- check it out now to find several fun Voyager #3D viewer variations, and let us know what you think.
#MuseTech #EdTech @SmithsonianDPO
ALT web page titled "Smithsonian 3D Digitization" and "Smithsonian 3D Labs" with three images beside titles that say "Voyager Story Standalone," "Voyager Sonification," and "Voyager Paint"
It was 20 years ago today... It's wonderful to be here, it's certainly a thrill! (we incorporated the nonprofit on August 16, 2002) culturalheritageimaging.org/
Love this work - thanks for the Timelapse!
We @SmithsonianDPO are “flying” through our digitization of Odonata (damselflies and dragonflies) @NMNH and are halfway through the 110,000+ specimen collection, completing 52,332 ‘flies by the end of July! #digitization #naturalhistory
3000 panels of AIDS memorial quilt on display in Golden Gate Park this weekend. Beautiful, moving, important.
Loved working with these folks!
Graduate students (AHMA & DAGRS) took part in an 'RTI workshop' at @CHImaging, a non-profit organization in San Francisco! Read more about the technique and their experience here: nemeacenter.berkeley.edu/202…
#DigitalHumanities #CulturalHeritage #Archaeology #Epigraphy #GoBears
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Today in History: English colonists arrive in Virginia, establish Jamestown settlement, 1607 #otd #tih loc.gov/item/today-in-histor…
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Visual storytelling in the great tradition of John Berger. Also an exquisite example of how high-resolution scans made accessible can open up whole new paths for understanding art, history, and the worlds we inhabit. nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
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Did you know there are thousands of seals at The Met?
...No, not the animals you can visit at the zoo! We're talking about objects that are used to make a mark on another object.
Learn more about them with #MetKids.
metmuseum.org/blogs/metkids/…
This is a great site to explore.
Celebrate National Poetry Month with the signature project of Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate.
"Living Nations, Living Words" features the work of contemporary Native poets, a story map and an online audio collection.
loc.gov/ghe/cascade/index.ht…
ALT A screenshot of the interactive map created for Joy Harjo's signature project, "Living Nations, Living Words."
Day 1 of this free 3 day online event had lots of interesting and useful stuff! If you are interested in digitization of collections, you should definitely sign up to participate on Wednesday and Thursday
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We are so excited to start this new indigenous training grant. The DLN is a significant part of all of our work.
.@CHImaging in CA used a Research & Development grant to enhance their Digital Lab Notebook digitization software and is now teaching tribal orgs how to use that tool in advanced imaging workshops with Education & Training funds bit.ly/CH-Imag #PresAccessFunded
Cultural Heritage Imaging is featured in this article. Check it out!
That Scan-Do Spirit - Preserving heritage sites and objects is a race against time and elements
Continue Reading Here 👇
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#xyht #february2022issue #notredame #technology #preservinghistory #landmarks #laserscanning #3dscanning #pointclouds @iconem
Thanks to @NEH_PresAccess for highlighting our project! We can't wait to get started next month.
.@CHImaging in CA is working with @APIA_AK, Huliauapa’a, and the Passamaquoddy Tribal Government to train participants in advanced 2D and 3D imaging to create and preserve digital copies of cultural heritage collections bit.ly/3rb3DFQ #PresAccessFunded
You can see a recording of this session here: museum-hub.org/digitizing-3d…
This Thursday (1/20), join small museum experts Carla Schroer and
@marlinlum from @CHImaging for a discussion on needed equipment, basics of image capture, and an approach to metadata and archiving for photography-based documentation.
Sign up here: ow.ly/iBku50HoTn7
We are thrilled to be the recipient of one of these grants: Project Title: Advanced Imaging and Archiving Skills for Indigenous Communities
Today: @NEHgov announces $24.7 million in new #NEHgrant awards to support 208 humanities projects nationwide.
Grants will support #humanities initiatives at college campuses, innovative digital resources, infrastructure projects, and more: bit.ly/33plpgh
Want to learn about Diego Rivera's use of the fresco technique? All it takes is 3 1/2 minutes vimeo.com/616289137/736ac9bd…
Thanks @NEHgov for highlighting our project!
Navigate and explore a virtual 3D-photo of #Mexican painter Diego Rivera’s 1940 “Pan American Unity” mural.
This project was made possible thanks to an #NEHcares grant to @CHImaging. bit.ly/3ksjbDG
