Artec 3D scanners for heritage preservation
Study, document, reconstruct, and commemorate world heritage with Artec 3D scanning solutions.
3D scanning for heritage preservation
Benefits
Whether a fragile, ancient finding, or an incomplete masterpiece, any delicate object you scan is safe with non-contact 3D scanners.
Move around your object to scan on the go and see the 3D replica of your cultural object or site built in real time.
Don’t waste any time getting complex tech training – focus on learning the basics for intuitive, effortless scanning.
Document existing material or recreate iconic items and sites in high resolution, leaving no shape or surface missed.
Consistent accuracy guarantees the ultra-sharp results required for monitoring, studying, and digitizing the world's legacy for generations to come.
Applications
Digitizing structures
From a medieval city’s ruins to a disappearing fresco on a church wall, Artec’s 3D solutions help you create true-to-life digital replicas of any vulnerable heritage prone to damage or destruction.
Documenting archaeological findings
Safely capture data from extremely fragile artifacts. With Artec 3D non-contact scanners, it’s easy to accurately document them right on site.
Measuring for reconstruction
Capture every millimeter with precision and in the highest resolution possible: from elaborate surfaces to architectural detail to changes in design.
AR/VR
Use high-quality colored 3D data to create digital spaces and integrated platforms for cultural objects, making art accessible to visitors around the world.
Education and research
With Artec 3D scanners, you are free to share lifelike virtual replicas of masterpieces from any corner of the globe – without leaving your classroom.
Preservation
Artec 3D scanners help to determine any risk to structural integrity, or signs of damage invisible to the human eye, in a matter of minutes.
Promoting heritage projects
Create sharp and vibrant 3D models to expand the scope of your heritage preservation projects, increase your audience participation, and find sponsorship opportunities.
Success story
Filmmaker heads to Iraq with Artec Space Spider and Eva to save what’s left of Mesopotamia, the world’s oldest civilization.
“I want to launch a movement of preserving heritage. If I teach 40 people how to use 3D, and they teach more people, and we start gathering data from all over the country, we can digitize all of it.”
In the media
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Artec 3D hardware
The precision, versatility, and detail that Artec 3D scanners bring to your workflow impact heritage preservation in ways never before imagined. Precious relics, structures, and sites now live on in their finest form as 3D replicas, captured with utmost accuracy. What used to take weeks, if not months, to document is now captured in minutes for reconstruction, exhibition, or research, and with no risk to the original. Transform entire ancient cities or authentic artwork into 3D models, keeping them safe from war, vandalism, natural disaster, mass tourism, and time.
Scanner type | Handheld |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
M, L |
Accuracy | up to 0.1 mm |
Resolution | up to 0.2 mm |
Scanner type | Handheld |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
S, M |
3D point accuracy, up to | 0.05 mm |
3D resolution, up to | 0.05 mm |
Scanner type | Handheld |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
M, L |
Accuracy | up to 0.1 mm |
Resolution | up to 0.2 mm |
Scanner type | Desktop |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
S, XS |
Accuracy | 0.005 mm |
Resolution | 40 microns |
Scanner type | Long-range |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
L, XL |
3D point accuracy, up to | 1.9 mm @ 10 m |
Resolution | 3 / 6 / 12 mm @ 10 m |
What’s the next step?
3D scanning technology entrusted with the care of treasured heritage
Discover multiple examples of the vital role 3D scanning plays when preserving historical structures and guaranteeing their long-term survival.
Using Eva and Space Spider, a French filmmaker scans Iraqi heritage to save what’s left of Mesopotamia, the world’s oldest civilization
“I want to launch a movement of preserving heritage. If I teach 40 people how to use 3D, and they teach more people, and we start gathering data from all over the country, we can digitize all of it.”
British Museum captures the Assyrian relief collection with Artec 3D
“The carved images range from symbolic scenes of royal achievements to scenes of conquest and hunting that all serve to glorify the Assyrian monarch.”
Artifacts from the ancient Muisca civilization site documented with Artec Eva to preserve pre-Columbian history
“We can now understand the way people used to live here, because some traces of the Muisca times are still here, in the soil. We worked hard to recover and record the funerary contexts precisely, and it is amazing how much it helps to have Artec Eva at hand – I love how it can document the human remains so accurately.”
Kenya’s hominid excavation sites captured with Artec Eva and Space Spider
“Your handheld Artec scanners are actually very quick capturing, and they enable you to do a lot more than you could have done even just a couple years ago.”
Faster and safer 3D data capture allow to freeze time for our shared cultural history
While innovative Artec scanners are designed with the future in mind, they contribute much to preserving and protecting the meaningful past. 3D scanning allows the revival of any heritage, from entire towns to the tiniest decorative elements, to household objects of a particular era, and all in incredible resolution. You are now able to make any artifact available digitally by creating sharp, clean, accurate 3D models, with a solution that fits every requirement of your project.
Explore 3D scanners designed for you
Scanner type | Handheld |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
M, L |
Accuracy | up to 0.1 mm |
Resolution | up to 0.2 mm |
Scanner type | Handheld |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
S, M |
3D point accuracy, up to | 0.05 mm |
3D resolution, up to | 0.05 mm |
Scanner type | Handheld |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
M, L |
Accuracy | up to 0.1 mm |
Resolution | up to 0.2 mm |
Scanner type | Desktop |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
S, XS |
Accuracy | 0.005 mm |
Resolution | 40 microns |
Scanner type | Long-range |
Object size
Typical object sizes:
XS: <5 cm S: 5–20 cm M: 20–50 cm L: 50–200 cm XL: >200 cm |
L, XL |
3D point accuracy, up to | 1.9 mm @ 10 m |
Resolution | 3 / 6 / 12 mm @ 10 m |