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Cabinet of Memories · R&D

Digitisation pilots

A pilot starts with one useful question: what should become easier for staff, researchers or visitors? The Heritage Audit gives us the context to recommend and scope the right test.

A heritage collection being digitised
Possible pilots

From source material to practical use.

Capture

Scanning, photography and structured capture for documents and objects.

Find

OCR, handwriting recognition, metadata and search across collections.

Model

3D documentation and digital twins for care, planning and interpretation.

Use

Turn reliable collection data into guides, exhibitions and visitor tools.

Before a pilot

Start with the Heritage Audit.

The Audit helps us understand the collection, rights, existing systems, staff capacity and intended users. A pilot is scoped separately; it is not automatically free and funding is not guaranteed.

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