Promotion of the collections of the French National Museum of Natural History
The e-col+ project, led by the National Museum of Natural History, aims to showcase France’s natural history collections through digitisation.…
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Searching for clues leading to the authentication of a work of art is a complex process that requires consideration of all aspects of the work, including artistic and historical aspects, of course, but also the materials used.
For statues, the difficulty lies in the fact that the interior is not visible. To overcome this difficulty in the case of a silver statuette attributed to Rodin, Novitom succeeded in visualising the work in 3D using microtomography, revealing that the casting technique used was consistent with that of the period.
As an independent lab, Novitom enables organisations to access synchrotron micro and nano-tomography :
The e-col+ project, led by the National Museum of Natural History, aims to showcase France’s natural history collections through digitisation.…
The exhibition ‘Curious Mummies: From the Champollions to the Synchrotron’, created by Caroline Dugand and Laure Antunes for the Champollion…
X-ray tomography is now a reference method for non-destructive three-dimensional imaging. Its principle is based on capturing a large number…