Mimaki USA has reported that its 3DUJ-553 full-colour 3D printer will allow the Smithsonian to use new technologies to produce exhibits in new ways, particularly for creating models and tactile elements that help bring exhibits to life for all visitors.
The Mimaki 3DUJ-553 full-colour 3D printer has been placed in the Smithsonian Exhibits’ (SIE) studios, located in Landover, MD, and part of the Smithsonian Institution. SIE collaborates with museums and offices throughout the Institution and the federal government to help them plan, produce, develop, and design powerful and engaging exhibits, and produce models for public programmes and research purposes.
‘We are pleased to be a part of the Smithsonian Institution’s efforts to engage and inspire audiences through the increase and diffusion of knowledge,’ said Josh Hope, Senior Manager, 3D Printing & Engineering Projects at Mimaki USA.
The SIE team has embarked on its first project to use the Mimaki 3DUJ-553 printer, which is to create full colour 3D printed models of viruses that are enlarged with great detail for hands-on engagement with visitors in the Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World exhibition currently on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Future possible projects for the full colour 3D printer include: ‘Models of collection objects used for hands-on educational activities with the public’ and ‘Tactile display elements for low-vision or blind visitors such as raised-line maps to aid with wayfinding’.
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