Virtual Curation Lab: Cataloguing the Battle of the Bulge
The Virtual Curation Laboratory is located at Virginia Commonwealth University. It was founded in August 2011 to digitally preserve and share the world’s cultural heritage through 3D scanning and printing.
Join Dr. Bernard Means as he showcases the features of the laboratory by preserving original artifacts from the 1944 – 1945 Battle of the Bulge.
Bernard K. Means has a B.A. in Anthropology and a minor in Physics from Occidental College, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Arizona State University, Tempe. Dr. Means currently teaches archaeology courses at the School of World Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and is director of the Virtual Curation Laboratory, which is creating three-dimensional (3D) digital models of archaeological objects used for teaching, research, and public outreach. Dr. Means is a leading expert in the application of 3D printing for cultural heritage applications, especially in public outreach, education, and research.
