Vaisakhi at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

Saturday 30th April 2022 The Sikh Museum Initiative supported the Leicester Museum service in holding the first Vaisakhi event at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery for many years. The day was filled with a brilliant Vaisakhi performance by Falcons Primary School pupils, Talks & activities by Sikhmuseum, Gatka demonstrations, Arts & Crafts and

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Revisiting the Sikh Empire Event Report

Revisiting the Sikh Empire Event by the Sikh Museum Initiative 16th March 2022 Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester On the 16th of March 2022, Leicester was the location of a great evening exploring the history and heritage of the Sikh Empire. The packed-out event was a Q and A

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ASVM featured in Museums + Heritage

Great to see our work recognised by the Museums+Heritage site which cite our Anglo Sikh Virtual Museum work as being innovative. “The concept of a ‘digital twin’ expands on object photography in 3D. Photogrammetry – the process of taking photos and volumetric data at once – allows for the creation

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Protected: Saranda in 3d

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Punjab Cultural Heritage Day 2021

Open Heritage days event brought together many organisations from across the UK together. Saragarhi Day/Punjab Cultural Heritage Event at Thetford, Norfolk took place on Sunday 12th September. There was a great turnout to the big family event on a sunny day at Thetford. There was a 1) wreath laying ceremony

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Akali Turban in 3d

Reimagined through immersive technologies The Sikh Museum Initiative/Taran 3d have been working with the Royal Armouries for two years to recreate the Akali Turban in their collection. The other objects which have been 3d modelled include a shield and helmet turban. The Akali Turban represents the third object from the

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Thimble Cup

its the swapping around though, in a real situation with a surgeon they want to be holding a scalpel and then use gestures to interact with the MR. swapping to a controller might cause issues. though leap might be an option, if we could get over the issues with reflective

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