The Guiding Hand

These antique and contemporary torah pointers are from The Barr Foundation Judaica’s collection of Torah yads held in the collection of The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.

The pieces were scanned during their exhibition in The Breman Museum’s 2023 The Guiding Hand exhibition. The Breman is digitizing objects from their collection for interactive display. 3D scanning in museum collections serves as a guardian of cultural legacy by crafting precise, enduring replicas. This technology revolutionizes public access to the world’s artistic heritage, transcending geographical barriers to bring rare works available via immersive digital platforms and redefining the museum archives experience.