On 18 and 19 November 2026, the Volyn Foundation and Skeiron invite heritage professionals to Lviv, and online, to turn 3D data into stories that protect Ukrainian heritage. How do you tell the story of a monument that could be destroyed tomorrow? In Ukraine, this is not a theoretical question. On 18 and 19 November 2026, heritage professionals will meet in Lviv, in person and online, to explore how 3D scans and digital heritage materials can become stories that reach the public and help defend what is at r
The workshop "From 3D Capture to Public Storytelling" is organised by the Volyn Foundation and Skeiron within 3D-4CH, the EU-funded Online Competence Centre in 3D for Cultural Heritage, in which CARARE is a partner. Its starting point is simple: a 3D model on a server preserves a record, but it only changes minds when people see it, understand it and share it.
The first afternoon, at the Sheptytsky Center of the Ukrainian Catholic University, opens with the resources and cooperation opportunities of the 3D-4CH Competence Centre. Skeiron, the Lviv team documenting heritage at risk through #SaveUkrainianHeritage since 2022, will show how digitisation data supports monitoring and measurement, and how it can feed web stories and immersive projection shows. The Volyn Foundation, which has connected Ukrainian initiatives with European networks since 2017, will present AR postcards, like the one of Bielsk Castle created for The Belt of Vytautas project, and printed models, and discuss international advocacy for Ukrainian civil society organisations.
On day two, participants leave the conference room to see capture and processing in practice at Skeiron, then visit the UNESCO Cultural Hub to discuss heritage protection and digital documentation.
The programme is frank about its context: air raid alerts or power cuts may interrupt the sessions. That a workshop on storytelling goes ahead under these conditions says everything about why it matters. Heritage under threat needs more than accurate data: it needs audiences, allies and voices abroad. No prior 3D experience is needed. If you work with heritage, this is a chance to learn how to make it speak.
What: "From 3D Capture to Public Storytelling", a two-day workshop within the 3D-4CH project.
When: 18 November 2026, 16:00-20:00 (talks), and 19 November 2026, 10:00-14:30 (visits), local time.
Where: Sheptytsky Center, Ukrainian Catholic University, 29A Stryiska St., Lviv, and online.
Who: heritage and museum professionals, researchers, students, 3D specialists, communicators and NGOs. In Ukrainian and English.
How to take part: contact the Volyn Foundation at volynfoundation.official@gmail.com.
