July 11, 2010
Holograms to replace real artefacts – a solution for restitution?
Museums (generally those wanting to avoid repatriating artefacts in their collections) regularly talk about giving high quality replicas to the original communities that artefacts came from.
This example uses holographic technology – but, as with every time this issue crops up, if it is good enough for the original owners, then why isn’t it good enough for the current owners to keep the digital replica & return the original?
From:
BBC News
Page last updated at 08:03 GMT, Thursday, 6 May 2010 09:03 UK
Hologram artefacts go on display at Llangollen museumA museum is displaying holographic images of artefacts made using a new imaging technique pioneered in Wales.
The holograms and 3D computer images will be shown at the Llangollen Museum in Denbighshire.
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