For Brain Awareness week 2025, the ATLAS Facility and Art Wednesdays invited the public to an interactive workshop focusing on learning the anatomy of the brain, whilst painting their very own plaster cast brain hemisphere! What you see below is the creative output of this workshop from the participants. Each brain was 3D scanned using a structured light scanner and uploaded to the ATLAS Sketchfab account. The 3D brains below are all interactive for you to explore.Want to see the original plaster cast brains? You can view them in the Old Medical School, located by the elephant skeletons, Doorway 3, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG. The ATLAS (Anatomy Teaching Laboratory Additive manufacturing and Scanning) Facility is a new initiative in Biomedical Sciences focused on using innovating technologies for increasing the opportunities for teaching and research in anatomy and anatomy-related topics.Find out more about the work the ATLAS Facility do and upcoming events by visiting their home page. ATLAS Facility Home Page Art Wednesdays give artists of all abilities the opportunity to create artwork from the unique and historic collections in the Anatomical Museum. These are non-tutored sessions allowing you to focus on drawing objects of your choosing and in your preferred medium. Art Wednesday website This article was published on 2025-07-21
