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"Walk beneath the largest animal on Earth and explore dozens of other exhibits representing 4.5 billion years of natural history.

Hintze Hall is the gateway to our collections and galleries.

Inside it, you can wander among meteorites, mammals, fish, birds, minerals, plants and insects, and hear stories about the people whose work and ideas have shaped the Museum." ~ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/galleries-and-museum-map/hintze-hall.html

View the sames scene as a point cloud:
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/hintze-hall-nhm-london-point-cloud-be909aa8afa545118be6d36397529e2f

900 photos, RealityCapture, unofficial scan :)

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Hintze Hall, NHM London [surface model]

This 3D skull model was created by laser scanning the Museum's iconic *Diplodocus carnegii* cast.

Rotate, zoom in and explore the features of this popular dinosaur.

Dippy was the first *Diplodocus* (DIP-low-DOCK-us) to go on display anywhere in the world when it was gifted to the Museum in 1905. It quickly became a star, capturing hearts and imaginations.
Dippy then left the Museum in 2017 to complete a whirlwind tour of the UK. The skeleton will be on display at the Museum from 27 May until 2 January 2023.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/dippy-returns.html

To mark this event, we have prepared a set of 3D printable files which can be downloaded and printed on a conventional desktop 3D printer and assembled to create a three-quarter scale model of the skull, or a model which can be compiled from laser cut sections of cardboard.

If you do try this out, let us know how you get on in the comments!

Dippy skull

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

The Hintze Hall is the central hall and largest space at the Natural History Museum, London.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/galleries-and-museum-map/hintze-hall.html
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1080675

3284 photos taken as a tourist in March 2023 with a Sony a7R III and processed in Reality Capture.
Model heavily manually cleaned up in places to improve quality. Gorilla in north east corner hasn't processed properly and I will try to improve that area in time.

Hintze Hall

Laser scanned skull of chimpanzee *Pan troglodytes*
NHM 1907.7.8.19
Length 21cm

Chimpanzee skull

3D scan of Franz Viehböck's Sokol space suit that he wore on his flight to the space station MIR. Franz Viehböck studied electronics engineering at the Vienna University of Technology, and became the first and as of today only Austrian Astronaut. On the 2nd of October, 1991, the Sojus-TM-13-rocket started in Baikonur (KAZ). The commander of the Austromir mission was the Russian Alexander Volkov and the third man was the Kazakh Toktar Aubakirov. 

The space suit is no longer exhibited at the Natural History Museum Vienna, but was on display from 2015–2021. It will be put on display at the Technical Museum Vienna. We want to thank Franz Viehböck for the opportunity to scan and present this piece of Austrian history! 

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

Find out more about Franz Viehböck’s life [here](https://en.franzviehboeck.com/). 

Scanned and edited by G. Herbst-Kiss, G. Stöckle, C. Goldmann, J. Muhsil & A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Franz Viehböck's Sokol Space Suit

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)

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)

"Walk beneath the largest animal on Earth and explore dozens of other exhibits representing 4.5 billion years of natural history.

Hintze Hall is the gateway to our collections and galleries.

Inside it, you can wander among meteorites, mammals, fish, birds, minerals, plants and insects, and hear stories about the people whose work and ideas have shaped the Museum." ~ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/galleries-and-museum-map/hintze-hall.html

Annotated surface model here: https://skfb.ly/6sYPv

900 photos, RealityCapture

Hintze Hall, NHM London [point cloud]

3D scan of a Plateosaurus (*Plateosaurus trossingensis*) skeleton. *Plateosaurus trossingensis* was an herbivore, “prosauropod” dinosaur with a small skull but a long neck and tail. This skeleton consists of original bones, as well as 3D print-reconstructions; details can be seen in the graphic below. 

![Plateosaurus](https://verlag.nhm-wien.ac.at/data/Sketchfab/Plateosaurus_Info.png)
© NHMW

The skeleton is on display in Hall 7 of the NHM Vienna.

**Species**: *Plateosaurus trossingensis* Fraas, 1913 

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vertebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich) – Permanent loan from the [Dinosaur Museum in Frick](https://sauriermuseum-frick.ch/en/)

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

Scanned and edited by A.Festi, C.Guerin, A.Haider, P.Tranchet, V.Winkler (NHMW)

Normal map generated in xNormal (added June 2024).

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Plateosaurus Skeleton

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)

The giant isopod (*Bathynomus giganteus*) is a species of aquatic crustacean and a cousin to terrestrial "pill bugs" or "roly polies" that are commonly found under logs. These animals are found in cold waters with a depth between 310 to 2140 meters (1,020–7,020 ft) in the West Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. The unusually large size of these isopods has been attributed to an effect called deep-sea gigantism, where invertebrates living in cold deep waters tend to grow larger and have longer lifespans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod).

More info here: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/giant-isopods-curious-crustaceans-on-the-ocean-floor.html

Accession #: 93.16

Captured with Artec Spider 3D Scanner
https://www.artec3d.com/portable-3d-scanners/artec-spider-v2

Giant Isopod

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)

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)

Modelo Fotogramétrico obtenido a partir de las numerosas imágenes que corren libremente por internet de esta excepcional pieza, de ahí sus pequeñas deficiencias formales.

- UBICACIÓN:
Museo de Historia Natural de Viena (Austria):
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/?content-id=1389102807142&reserve-mode=active
- MEDIDAS:
     11,1 centímetros de alto
      5,7 de ancho máximo


- TIPO DE PIEDRA:
Piedra caliza oolítica

- CRONOLOGÍA:
     Periodo Paleolítico. 28000-25000 años a.C.


- PROCEDENCIA:
     Fue hallada en un yacimiento paleolítico cerca de Willendorf (Austria), a orillas del Danubio, en 1908 por el arqueólogo austriaco Josef Szombathy.


- DESCRIPCIÓN:
     Estatuilla antropomorfa femenina, cubierta por ocre rojo.



Venus de Willendorf

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)

**Description:** This is a 3D laser surface scan of the nearly complete cranium of *Toxodon platensis*. The skull was purchased on 26 November 1833 by Darwin. It is between 126,000 and 11,700 years old. 

This has been scanned as part of the Museum’s Darwin Fossil Mammals digitisation project. Find out more at www.nhm.ac.uk/darwinsfossils.

**Comments:** This is the holotype specimen of *Toxodon platensis*. When a new species is proposed, a specimen is chosen to represent the species. This is called the type specimen or holotype. Types are important  and it is the responsibility of museums to care for these and make them available for study.

[What is *Toxodon*?
](http://ow.ly/4e4W30jkzw3)

**Specimen number:** NHMUK PV M 16560

Visit the dataset (https://doi.org/10.5519/0086786) and [specimen record](http://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/darwins-fossil-mammals/resource/dadf577f-fa52-4f48-8cdb-d11c98448009) on the Museum’s Data Portal for images and to request high resolution scan data.

Skull of Toxodon platensis

Maiasaura is one of the most famous examples of dinosaur nests and parental behaviour. This is a Museum model of what a nest with eggs and hatchlings might have looked like. 

See : https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/were-dinosaurs-good-parents.html

NEST DINOSAUR Maiasaura NHM LONDON 2020

This 3D model is a repost of [this data](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/terror-bird-nhmw-geo-201200070001-5847cc0ce8584b26a40056491bc618ca) published by the [Naturhistorisches Museum Wien](https://sketchfab.com/NHMWien), optimized for AR / VR using [rapidcompact.com](https://rapidcompact.com/). 

993.6k faces > 30k (97% reduction!).

> This model can be found in Hall 9 at the Natural History Museum of Vienna.
> 
> Specimen: Paraphysorins brasiliensis (Alvarenga, 1982)
> 
> Inventory number: NHMW-Geo 2012/0007/0001
> 
Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology and Paleontology Department, Vertebrate Collection (curator: Ursula Göhlich)
> 
> Find out more about the NHM Vienna [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.

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