Curious to learn more about the projects that inspired the IISICCA team to form a collaborative research initiative dedicated to the scientific analysis and imaging of cultural heritage objects? Explore the links below to learn more about the work being done at the UI these past few years that led to the launch of IISICCA.

Tale of the Talisman

Watch a presentation by Giselle Simón (Head of Conservation & Collections Care at the UI Libraries) about her collaboration with Susan Walsh (Technical Director at the Small Animal Imaging Core) to investigate the contents of a sealed Ethiopian artifact suspected to contain a manuscript, using multi-resolution x-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging technology.

Scans Reveal Hidden Details of African Art

Read about the project led by Cory Gundlach (Curator of African Arts at the UI Stanley Museum of Art) to look inside the Stanley's collection of 19th- and 20th-century African power objects, using the CT scanning technology at the Advanced Pulmonary Physiomic Imaging Laboratory at the UI Hospitals, directed by IISICCA researcher Eric Hoffman.