Exhibits of the ancient collection of the Perm University History Museum have a significant historical and cultural value. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the experience to implement low budget digitization, creation and use of 3D models of the antique collection of the Perm University History Museum. The article describes the technological process of 3D models’ creation. It also
... [Show full abstract] shows ways how to overcome the limitations of the automatic digitization process (correction of a polygonal mesh, texture, etc.), examines ways to verify the correspondence between the created digital copy of the exhibit and the original, and shows the possibilities of using the created collection of 3D models in scientific research, education and popularization of historical and cultural heritage. The creation of 3D photogrammetric models of exhibits and their publication online improve access to historical and cultural heritage items for their subsequent use. Perspective directions for the secondary use of digital items are scientific study of exhibits, use in educational activities in the training of specialists in the field of Digital History and as illustrative material, as well as solving the problems of historical reconstruction of objects’ domestic use and popularization of historical and cultural heritage among various categories of the population.