Factum Foundation

22/04/2026

We need your vote! Factum Foundation is eligible for the Public Choice Award 2026.

We are proud to have been named a Heritage Champion at the 2026 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, Europe's most prestigious recognition for outstanding work in cultural heritage.

For over a decade, Factum Foundation has been working alongside institutions and communities around the world to redefine what it means to preserve cultural heritage.

Now help us take it one step further: head to vote.europanostra.org and show your support to our work before 12 May.

21/04/2026

Winners in the Heritage Champions Category, / 2026

21/04/2026

We are honoured to announce that Factum Foundation has been named a 2026 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards laureate in the category of Heritage Champions — Europe's most prestigious recognition for outstanding work in cultural heritage, supported by Creative Europe.

Awarded by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, this recognition reflects the full scope of what Factum Foundation does: developing technologies and methodologies for the preservation, study, and dissemination of cultural heritage; designing tools such as the Lucida 3D Scanner and the Selene Photometric Stereo System; producing facsimiles for conservation and display; and supporting the transfer of skills to communities and institutions in Europe and around the world.

This recognition belongs not only to us, but to every collaborator, institution, and team member who has contributed to making this work possible.

More on: https://www.europeanheritageawards.eu/winner_year/2026/

09/04/2026

'𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍, 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏' is a free 10-hour online course curated by Factum Foundation. Bringing together leading practitioners, researchers, and institutions, the sessions explore how advanced digital tools are transforming the ways cultural heritage is recorded, understood, and preserved—while generating concrete, physical outcomes.

Across five sessions, the course explores key challenges in heritage preservation: the reuse of industrial architecture in the Arctic, questions of provenance and restitution, community-led initiatives in South Asia, and new scientific methods for analysing cultural heritage.

Case studies include the Aalto Silo in Oulu, the Torcello Altarpiece in Venice, the digital reconstruction of fragmented works in Nigeria and Lagos, and the use of advanced imaging technologies in Spain and UK. Together, they demonstrate how digital processes can lead to real, tangible outcomes.

Moderated by Costanza Blaskovic, the programme offers a focused overview of how high-resolution data is driving new approaches to preservation, access, and storytelling.

Speakers include: Carlos Bayod Lucini, Santiago del Bosque Arias, Stefania Gerevini, Imran Khan, Meri Lending, Adam Lowe, Javier Ors Ausín, William Owen, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Lucía Pereira-Pardo, Helen Philon, Francisco Prado-Vilar, Ferdinand Saumarez Smith, Charlotte Skene Catling, Valentino Tignanelli.

𝐀𝐎𝐀 - 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐢𝐕𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲
🗓️ April 20, 22, 24, 27 and 29
🕓 from 3 to 5 PM (CEST)
📋 All classes are free
📌 Register here: https://www.archive-venice.org/course/digital-technologies-and-physical-change/

Fondazione Giorgio Cini

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