Researchers in Brighton are exploring how 3D printing technologies can help museums in repatriation efforts.

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Myrsini Samaroudi and Karina Rodriguez Echavarria from the University of Brighton are investigating how printing 3D replicas of artifacts can enable people to access other cultures without having institutions hold controversial artefacts. Their research also looks at how 3D printing can enhance the visitor experience, examining how audience groups such as children and visually impaired people could benefit from artefacts being copied.

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By investigating how audiences respond to replicas, they aim to demonstrate that originality is not always what matters most to museum visitors. Creating physical replicas could unlock great potential in museum collections, say Samaroudi and Echavarria. “By interacting with these replicas, people are able to experience the artefacts’ ‘physicality’ and observe their details […]

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