Museum Scan
Museum Scan transforms physical artifacts into interactive digital assets through professional 3D scanning and media services. The company delivers optimized, ready-to-use deliverables—including interactive exhibits, augmented reality experiences, 3D prints, and research archives—with a focus on clean geometry, balanced textures, and efficient file sizes. Their Object Stories Techpacks package interactive 3D models with educational content for schools and outreach programs.
- Augmented & Virtual Reality
- Education Technology
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Museums face declining physical attendance as audiences engage digitally first, while collections remain inaccessible to global researchers and remote learners. Static displays struggle to compete with interactive digital experiences, limiting museums' ability to reach wider audiences and create long-term institutional value.
Solution
Museum Scan transforms physical artifacts into ready-to-use digital assets through professional 3D scanning and digital media services. The company engineers complete, optimized results tailored to each client's end use—whether interactive exhibits, augmented reality experiences, 3D prints, or research archives. Their technical background in engineering and digital media ensures deliverables are refined for performance, compatibility, and clarity across display, web, and print workflows. Museum Scan's process is built around client feedback, delivering high-fidelity scans that are efficient, portable, and ready for real-world deployment in museums, schools, and outreach programs.
Target Audience
Primary customers are museums, cultural heritage institutions, curators, and researchers seeking digital preservation and expanded audience reach, as well as schools and outreach programs needing portable educational experiences.
Features
- High-resolution 3D photogrammetry scanning for artifacts, with clean geometry, balanced textures, and optimized file sizes
- Object Stories Techpacks: self-contained educational packages with interactive 3D models, guided tour steps, discussion questions, and teacher guides in editable text files
- Static site architecture with no backend, database, or login system—simple upload and deployment
- Built-in accessibility with complete text and audio translations in all major languages
- Tactile paintings (ContourCanvas) for accessible, hands-on engagement
- Artifact replicas via 3D printing for physical outreach and display
- History in Context videos that provide educational narrative around scanned objects
- Drone scanning capabilities for larger structures or sites
- Digital restoration and conservation services
- Direct setup support across display, web, and print workflows