The Natural History Museum's blue whale skeleton is suspended from the ceiling in Hintze Hall. It is 25.2 metres long.

Find out more about the specimen's history: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/wexford-blue-whale.html

A printable 1:50 scale model is available for download! Click 'Download 3D Model', then choose 'Additional files'. Supported and unsupported STL files included, each section will fit on an Elegoo Mars, Anycubic Photon or similar.

Blue whale skeleton

left canine humerus (humerus)

size of the specimen: 154 x 44 x 37 mm

3D scanning performed with the structured light scanner “Artec Space Spider”

humerus (humerus) dog

Model of a dodo bought for the museum in 1938.

The head and feet are plaster casts, attached to a body covered in chicken or goose feathers with whole chicken wings added. The tail is made from tufts of ostrich or goose feathers. 

Most models are based on paintings of Dodos which were not scientifically accurate. Now, we know that Dodos were probably much slimmer than this specimen and had longer legs.

Museum object number: NH.38.34

See more: http://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/NH.38.34

Dodo Model

Unfinished concept sculpt for uknown specimen that fossils can be find deep under sea level in game Subnautica.

Theoretical correct leight and size. Leight took from multiply ingame ribs by x3 (wiki said we can see only 1/3 of oryginal size ). Size behind head fit to ribs size

https://www.artstation.com/jurandm

Fansculpt - Subnautica: Gargantuan Leviatan

3D scan of a fossil human skull excavated in the Mladeč Caves, Czech Republic, in 1881. With an absolute age of ca. 31,000 years, the Mladeč 1 skull is one of the oldest securely dated *Homo sapiens* finds in Europe. It provides rare insights into the morphology of our species in the European Upper Paleolithic. 

The Mladeč 1 skull is Number 47 of the NHM Top 100. The valuable original is not on display in the exhibition halls, but a cast can be found in Hall 14 of the NHM Vienna.

**Specimen**: Mladeč 1 skull

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ANTHRO-OSTE-5454

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Anthropology Dept. (curator: Sabine Eggers)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Andrea Stadlmayr, Anna Haider, Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Mladeč 1 Skull (NHMW-ANTHRO-OSTE-5454)

Micro CT scan of a young chimpanzee skull from the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee.

Pan sp. - Chimpanzee. DUNUC 2404 & 2404/1. Length=15cm. Acquired by D'Arcy Thompson from William Cross of Liverpool in 1886. Writing to his grandfather, D'Arcy noted: “I yesterday received a chimpanzee, one of the most manlike of apes; it is the rarest and most valuable specimen I have yet had... One of the young Doctors came and helped me to remove its brain at 11 o’clock at night. It was in beautiful condition. I shall be able to make a whole series of preparations besides cleaning the skeleton and stuffing the skin.” The stuffed skin and the brain are also still in the museum.

Scanned with a Nikon XT H 225ST micro CT scanner. The resulting file is exported as an stl. and imported in to Zbrush. Texture is added from photographs using the Spotlight function and Polypainting.

We’d love to hear from you if you download or print our models, especially if you use them in education and outreach.

Chimpanzee skull

3D scan of a Terror-bird model from the species *Paraphysornis brasiliensis*. Members of the Phorusrhacidae family are commonly known under the term "terror birds". Species of these apex predators could reach a height up to 3 meters! They lived mainly in South America from the early Tertiary (55 million years ago) until the late glacial period. 

This model can be found in Hall 9 at the NHM Vienna.

**Specimen**: *Paraphysornis brasiliensis* (Alvarenga, 1982)

**Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-2012/0007/0001

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vertebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Nikola Brodtmann, Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Terror Bird (NHMW-GEO-2012/0007/0001)

The potto (*Perodicticus potto*) is a small (30–40cm) species of primate closely related to lorises and lemurs that inhabits the rainforest canopies of tropical Africa. The potto is nocturnal and feeds mostly on fruit, but has strong jaws that enable it to eat tree gums that are too tough for many other animals; around 10% of its diet consists of insects. 

Whilst moving it is usually very quiet, but has few natural predators as large carnivorous mammals cannot reach the forest canopy, and co-occurring birds of prey hunt during the day. If threatened, the potto can use its specially sharpened and elongated neck vertebrae to butt at an opponent. 

This specimen forms part of the Lapworth’s Humphreys Collection. Digitisation was carried out using an Artec Spider 3D scanner by Rachel Kruft Welton.

Potto Skull BIRUG 18612

The iconic skull of the Ice Age apex predator, digitzed from a cast specimen from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Sabertoothed Cat (Smilodon fatalis)

This is a 3D model of a male of the jumping spider Habronattus pyrrithrix. CG artist Johnson Martin created this model in Blender using photos, video, and a CT-scan. Nate Morehouse from the University of Cincinnati and Beth Jakob, Skye Long and Daniel Daye from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst provided access to photos, videos, and specimens.  Philip Steinhoff from the Uhl Lab at the University of Greifswald allowed us to use a CT-scan to recreate the body mesh. CG artist Jer Bot helped with creation of the 3D body mesh.

Creation of this model was supported by an NSF grant to Nate Morehouse at the University of Cincinnati (NSF IOS-1734291).

Downloads are freely available for creative and non-profit use. To inquire about licensing, please visit **www.digitallife3d.org**.

Model 63A - Jumping Spider - Resting pose

3D scan of an original fossilized skeleton of a giant deer (*Megaloceros giganteus*) found in Ireland from the Late Pleistocene (ca. 12,000 years old). The males had a shoulder height of around 2.1 meters and their antlers are the largest known in any deer with a width up to 4 meters. The giant deer disappeared around 11,700 years ago in Europe, like many other animals from the Ice Age.

The skeleton of the giant deer can be found in Hall 16 at the NHM Vienna. 

**Specimen**: Giant deer or Irish elk, *Megaloceros giganteus* (Blumenbach, 1799) 

**Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-1876/0030/0003

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vertebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Nikola Brodtmann, Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Giant Deer (NHMW-GEO-1876/0030/0003)

Fully textured and rigged Tosakin goldfish with sample animation.

Prefectural natural treasure of Japan, Tosakin, IMO is the most beautiful goldfish with its glorious caudal (tail) fin.  Unlike other goldfish breed, its caudal fin curls and wraps around its body forming a dress like shape.  Its special fin shape makes Tosakin a bad swimmer, thus hard to raise and take care of.  Tosakin nearly went extinct with only 6 specimens left during the World Wars.  Tosakin of Kouchi is known as one of the 3 major prefectural goldfish of Japan, along with Jikin of Aichi and Nankin of Shimane.

Though the initial model view is set from top left, this goldfish probably looks the best from top.  Please check out its marvelous tail fin!  

* Sculpting, modeling, rigging, animating done in Blender
* Texturing done in Substance Painter

All C & C are welcome.  Let me know what you think!!

Reuploaded on 8/30/2020 (forgot to add some weight paint)

Tosakin goldfish

From the "[Human Evolution Gallery](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/galleries-and-museum-map/human-evolution.html)" at the Natural History Museum in London. 

"The first set of remains to have been found, LB1, was chosen as the type specimen for the proposed species. LB1 is a fairly complete skeleton, including a nearly complete cranium (skull), determined to be that of a 30-year-old female. LB1 has been nicknamed the Little Lady of Flores or 'Flo'." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_floresiensis

I admit that I forgot to take a picture of the object label for this scan but I am failry sure I've identified it correctly based on these images  [1](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/content/dam/nhmwww/discover/human-evolution/human-evolution-family-tree-with-skulls-graphic-hero.jpg) [2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_floresiensis#/media/File:Specimen_LB1.jpg)

Created in RealityCapture by Capturing Reality from 129 images in 00h:12m:11s.

LB1 - Homo floresiensis [skull]

3D scan of an original fossilized skeleton of a saber-toothed cat (*Smilodon populator*) from the late Pleistocene. It was found in Río Areco in Argentina and is about 40,000 years old. 

The skeleton of the saber-toothed cat can be found in Hall 16 at the NHM Vienna. 

**Specimen**: Saber-toothed cat, *Smilodon populator* (Lund, 1842) 

**Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-1910/0102/0001

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vertebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Nikola Brodtmann, Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Saber-Toothed Cat (NHMW-GEO-1910/0102/0001)

left femur (os femoris) of a dog

size of the specimen: 171 x 38 x 38 mm

3D scanning performed with the structured light scanner “Artec Space Spider”

femur (os femoris) dog

3D scan of two giant spider crabs (*Macrocheira kaempferi*). These large specimens where a gift from the Japanese Emperor Meiji to Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1882. With a leg span of up to 4 meters, these crabs are the largest living crustaceans in the world. They can weight up to 20 kilograms and are only found in the Pacific Ocean around the Japanese Islands. 

The Japanese giant spider crabs are Number 48 of the NHM Top 100 and can be found in Hall 23 of the NHM Vienna, right behind the [giant clam](https://skfb.ly/onAWG). 

**Specimen**: *Macrocheira kaempferi* (Temminck, 1836)

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-CR-4381

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, 3rd Zoological Dept., Crustacean Coll. (curator: Martin Schwentner)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Japanese Giant Spider Crabs (NHMW-ZOO-CR-4381)

3D scan of a mount of a shoebill (*Balaeniceps rex*), that can stand up to 1.2 meters. Its name refers to the enormous beak that resembles a shoe. In Southern Sudan *B. rex* inhabits swamps and lakeshores where papyrus and reeds grow. This material is used to build their nests. This specimen of the rare African bird comes from the Bahr el Ghazal estuary in Sudan and was donated to the NHM Vienna in 1913. 

The Shoebill is Number 76 of the NHM Top 100 and can be found in Hall 30 of the NHM Vienna.

**Specimen**: *Balaeniceps rex* (Gould, 1850)

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-VS-62.593

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Dept., Bird Coll. (curator: Swen Renner)


Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Shoebill (NHMW-ZOO-VS-62.593)

The little bush moa (*Anomalopteryx didiformis*) is an extinct bird from New Zealand. Several species of moa used to live in New Zealand, and all of these species were flightless. The little bush moa was the smallest moa species.

This skeleton has been constructed by digitising bones from the ornithological collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland, New Zealand. Bones from two separate moa skeletons (Specimen 5511 and 5512) have been included. A colour key for the skeleton can be viewed here: https://sketchfab.com/models/49f1314d128e471585eaf15541c44681#

**Caveat:** Some bones may have been articulated incorrectly. Please contact @nzfauna if you spot a mistake.

**Attribution:** CC-BY. Please acknowledge Auckland War Memorial Museum and Daniel Thomas, Massey University if you use this model. We would love to hear from you via email, or you can comment below! With your feedback we can show the educational value of these models, allowing us to make more.

Little bush moa skeleton

3D scan of a juvenile American alligator (*Alligator mississippiensis*). Alligators are native to the southeastern United States and to northeastern Mexico. They live in freshwater wetlands such as marshes and swamps. Apart from this species there is only one other extant *Alligator*: the Chinese alligator (*Alligator sinensis*). 

The American alligator can be found in Hall 28 of the NHM Vienna.

**Specimen**: *Alligator mississippiensis* (Daudin, 1802)

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-HS-15682

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Dept., Herpetology Coll. (curator: Silke Schweiger)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

American Alligator (NHMW-ZOO-HS-15682)

3D scan of a skeleton cast of the *Diplodocus carnegii*. These dinosaurs roamed North America 150 million years ago, during the Morrison formation in the Jurassic. 

This cast was gifted to Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1909 from the American tycoon Mr. Andrew Carnegie. The original skeleton of “Dippy” is mounted in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburg, PA, USA.

The *Diplodocus* skeleton is the biggest exhibit at the NHM Vienna and Number 29 of the NHM Top 100. It can be found in Hall 10.

**Specimen**: *Diplodocus carnegii* Hatcher, 1901

**Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-1909/0004/0003

**Origin**: Sheep Creek, Wyoming, USA

**Collection**: NHMW, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vertebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm.at/en).

Scanned by Robin Koger, Manuel Preslmayr, Rayyan Salem Ahmed, Viola Winkler & Anna Haider (NHM Wien)

Edited by A. Haider and V. Winkler

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

3D model updated on 26.6.2024

Diplodocus carnegii (NHMW-GEO-1909/0004/0003)

3D scan of a trumpeter swan (*Cygnus buccinator*), which is the largest native water bird in Northern America and has been widespread there. These birds are around 1.5 meters long, with a wingspan of more than 2 meters. Trumpeter swans got their vernacular name due to their trumpet-like calls. This also reflects the scientific species name derived from "buccinare" – to trumpet. 

The exhibited specimen originates from the Tiergarten Nürnberg and came to the NHM Vienna in 1978.

This trumpeter swan can be found in Hall 30 of the Natural History Museum Vienna.

**Specimen**: *Cygnus buccinator* Richardson, 1832 

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-VS-75374

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Dept., Bird Coll. (curator: Swen Renner)

Find out more about the NHM Vienna [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Anna Haider and Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Trumpeter Swan (NHMW-ZOO-VS-75374)

3D scan of a taxidermized specimen of a Cuban Macaw, or Tricolored Macaw (*Ara tricolor*). This parrot species was native to Cuba and the neighboring island of Pines, before they were driven to extinction in the 2nd half of the 19th century. The use of *Ara tricolor* as food and pets and the deforestation of their habitat may have contributed to their extinction. 

This bird mount is not visible in the exhibition of the museum – it is part of the scientific bird collection of the NHM Vienna that holds more than 130,000 objects. 

Halls 29 to 32 of the NHM Vienna display many other bird specimens and species. 

**Specimen**: *Ara tricolor* (Bechstein, 1811)

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ZOO-VS-50.796

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Dept., Bird Coll. (curator: Swen Renner)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Cuban Macaw (NHMW-ZOO-VS-50.796)

This is a three-dimensional animation of an adult female Great White shark (*Carcharodon carcharias*) created in collaboration with the Save Our Seas Foundation. The 3D model was constructed as a composite adult female specimen from various open-access images and images and video provided by saveourseas (www.sharkcentre.com).

CG artist Johnson Martin used the images, video and morphometric data to reconstruct this model and the movement, with assistance from Josh Medina, Braedon Fedderson and Emma Hsiao. Funding for this project was provided by the Save Our Seas Foundation.  We thank Clova Mabin and James Lea for working with us on this project.

Downloads are freely available for creative and non-profit use. To inquire about licensing, please visit **www.digitallife3d.org.**

Model 92A - Great White Shark

This is a laser scan of a Great White Shark jaw which was originally reported as coming from an 11 metre-long (36 feet)  shark, though subsequent analysis by the Museum estimates it at about 7.5 metres (25 feet) –  still a very large fish! 
The specimen demonstrates the incredible rows of spare  teeth that Great Whites have lined up inside their jaw. If a tooth is lost the  next one in line just folds up to take its place.
The specimen was used for public engagement for many years and has suffered as a result. This is a preliminary scan and we will be rescanning it with the aim of 3D printing a high quality replica for outreach.

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