Press Release
Event Date:
February 11, 2019
For further information, contact Ariel Wagner, 260-982-0672
nmhistory@cinergymetro.net
Preserving Cultural Heritage Through 3D
Digitization
On Monday, February 11, the NM Historical Society will
welcome Jeanine Wine who will present the
Preserving Cultural Heritage through 3D Digitization program.
The program will be held in the Assembly Room at Timbercrest
Retirement Center, 2201 East Street, at 6:30 p.m.
It is open to the public at no cost and will be enjoyable for
audiences of all ages.
Many institutions are currently digitizing unique
collections as part of a new preservation process for artifacts. The IUPUI
University Library Center for Digital Scholarship has teamed with Manchester
University’s archives to scan objects from Manchester’s ethnographic art
collection. Manchester alumni and friends, who served the international
community, primarily within the continents of Africa and Asia, donated these art
objects. Archivist, Jeanine Wine, has been working with IUPUI University Library
staff and MU students to digitally preserve these irreplaceable artifacts.
Jeanine Wine has been archivist for the Manchester
University Archives and Peace Studies Church of the Brethren Collection since
2006. She is a 1976 graduate of Manchester College and holds two Master’s in the
areas of Psychology and Divinity from Millersville University and Bethany
Theological Seminary, respectively. Jeanine returned to her alma mater after
serving as Secretary/Office Manager of the Conservation Department at The Art
Institute of Chicago for 16 years.
Wine will describe the scanning process and will
demonstrate how cultural heritage can be preserved through 3D printing and the
online use of 3D digital files. Learn about any obstacles digital preservers had
to overcome, procedures that were established, and any ramifications of this
growing technique. Digitization of cultural heritage is crucial in preserving,
restoring and publishing information on appreciated cultures through up-to-date
technologies, but it also creates excellent educational materials for future
generations.