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Diagnostic and preventive conservation

3D models have potential:

  • in evaluating the damage of objects in a non-destructive manner
  • in reconstructing partial or broken artefacts
  • without damaging an object with conservation and reducing manual handling
  • in that they can be produced as a permanent record of an object, which may eventually degrade, in order to monitor its degradation
  • in establishing clearer standards for object storage and display to prolong the existence of collections
  • in establishing automated identification tools for quick reference to object records or for the classification of unidentified objects
  • in the dissemination of conservation research
  • in achieving remote diagnosis of the condition of specimens