Érsek, ErikaErikaÉrsekChizhova, MariaMariaChizhova0000-0002-3301-851XHascher, MichaelMichaelHascherKopanitsak, ClarissaClarissaKopanitsak2025-06-272025-06-2720241611-2776https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/108799Digital technologies allow to connect more closely collections of machines in museums and universities to machines in historic monuments. The article discusses why digital collections should be established (1), how the digital models should be produced (2) and how the virtual models could be used by historians of technology as well as trainers of machine builders (3).enghistory of technologymachinedigital collectioncomputing humanitiesdata management and retrievalscanning technologyarticle10.1515/itit-2023-0113