Presentation at the Digital Museum Expo in Amsterdam, about digital restoration of museum objects applied in the Keys2Rome exhibitions in Amsterdam, Rome, Sarajevo and Alexandria. One of the main goals of the Keys2Rome exhibitions is to re-contextualise museum objects in their original environment. Digitising museum objects and building elements and digitally restoring them is crucial for this process. Digital restoration is not only important for this visualisation process, but is also a powerful research tool, that focuses on structure of the object, the creation technique and its use.

1. V-MUST is funded by the European Commission under the Community's Seventh
Framework Programme, contract no. GA 270404.
Digital restoration
in Keys2Rome
Daniel Pletinckx
Visual Dimension bvba
Belgium

2. Digital restoration
• Digital restoration is necessary for
recontextualisation
• Digital restoration
• can go further than physical restoration
• can provide hypotheses or multiple alternatives
• can reveal aesthetics or the original object
• Documentation is very similar to
virtual reconstruction
• Tools
• Digital sculpting
• Restoration of material

3. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
• Early Christian basilica (5th – 6th century)
• Basilica and memoria
• Seat of a bishop
• Excavated in 1970s
• Published in 1974, excavation log books available
• Archaeological park
• Remains poorly preserved
• Silver & ivory objects disappeared in the 1992-1995 war
• Should be significant community
• Only one house excavated

4. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
Archaeological site of Cim

5. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
Archaeological site of Cim

6. Virtual reconstruction of Cim

7. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
Reconstruction drawing from original publication

8. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
First reconstruction by ETF team

9. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
First reconstruction by ETF team

10. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
Revised reconstruction by ETF team

11. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
Revised version with terrain

12. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
Revised version with terrain

13. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
Revised version with terrain

14. Virtual reconstruction of Cim
Final version in night setting

15. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Relics found in cache under the altar

16. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Digitally restored relics from Cim basilica (lost in the 1992-1995 war)

17. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Altar: excavated parts, logbook, reconstruction drawing (excavation publication)

18. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Altar 3D digital restoration

19. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Altarscreen 3D digital restoration - fragments

20. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Altarscreen 3D digital restoration - hypotheses

21. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Altarscreen 3D digital restoration

22. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Altarscreen 3D digital restoration

23. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Altarscreen 3D digital restoration

24. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Final visualisation of the interior

25. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Final visualisation of the interior

26. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Peacock lintel

27. Digital restoration for Cim basilica
Peacock lintel – digital restoration

28. K2R in Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Bibliotheca Alexandrina

29. K2R in Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Greco-Roman Museum - Submerged Antiquities in Bibliotheca Alexandrina

30. K2R in Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Caesarion in Bibliotheca Alexandrina

31. Digital restoration for BA
Caesarion – digital restoration

32. Digital restoration for BA
Caesarion – digital restoration

33. Digital restoration for BA
Caesarion – digital restoration

34. Digital restoration for BA
Caesarion – digital restoration

35. Thank you!
heritage@visualdimension.be
exploitation@v-must.net
skype: daniel.pletinckx