HBIM for Predictive Maintenance: The Galleria Borghese Case Study

HBIM technologies demonstrate increased potential in managing existing built heritage, leading to improved building lifecycle engineering. However, applying HBIM protocols to Cultural Heritage, particularly museum assets, represents an outstanding question. The study provides the findings of a research project conducted at the Galleria Borghese Museum to implement a geometric and informative BIM-based digital environment for museum management, as well as preventive and predictive maintenance. Furthermore, the study examines—referring to the debate over the widespread application of integrated digital technologies to cultural heritage management—the opportunities and challenges associated with digitization processes towards the implementation of Digital Twin (DT) (Vuoto in Int. J. Arch. Herit. 18(11), 1762–1795, 2024) and Digital Cultural Objects (DCO), as well as the transferability of the study’s findings. The Galleria Borghese Museum provides scholars with the opportunity to examine architecture and artworks integrated into spaces of both permanent and temporary exhibitions, multidisciplinary study areas, restoration spaces for art and architecture, and environments conceived for the valorization, communication, and participation of a large public of experts and non-experts.