Abstract
Museums globally are reckoning with the controversial elements of their collections, while also acknowledging the potential for technologies in their exhibitions and for public engagement. Outside of anatomical and scientific museums, it appears that no museums have engaged with the idea of human remains being visualized using technology – human remains themselves being a subject of conversation and controversy. This study uses one case study, the head of Governor Djehutynakht at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to present Djehutynakht in augmented reality and gauges the opinions of a focus group to guide an overall ethical discussion about how museums might best begin to engage with the subject of digitizing human remains.