We use cookies to deliver our online services and to provide more personalized services to you. Just as natural light varies with time and conditions, the museum’s signage version changes throughout the day. Light sources for exhibition design | Part 1. Other sources of natural light include fire and, on clear nights, the moon. Conversely, museum lighting designers approach three-dimensional (3D) objects much like theatrical lighting designers sculpt the human body.
The lighting of museums and gallery spaces needs to highlight and accentuate the texture, colour and shape of exhibits, whether they are historic artefacts, modern art, 2D paintings or 3D sculptures. Lighting Historic Buildings, McGraw-Hill, 1997 ISBN 0070498644 Lighting Modern Buildings, Architectural Press, 2000 ISBN 0750640820 The Lit Environment, Architectural Press, 2002 ISBN 0750648899 Daylighting: Natural Light in Architecture, Architectural Press, 2004 ISBN 0750663235 In the logotype, the letter “O” acts as the light source, the awe-inspiring power of the sun.
Natural light is received during daylight hours and coves the visible spectrum with violet at one end and red at the other. Artificial lighting plays a crucial role in the exhibition and museum design. These objects provide even greater opportunities for contrast, as designers can choose to darken or fill natural shadows. In the following articles, I will describe the most important light sources, sorting them by the technology used to produce the light flux, and trying to explain what makes a light source more or less suitable for some specific application related to exhibition design.
The play of light and dark can be used to great effect in display environments.
Not only is natural light beneficial for health, wellbeing and a good source of Vitamin D, it is required by plants to carry out photosynthesis. When designing an effective lighting scheme for a museum or gallery you must create the perfect environment for the display of artefacts, to protect the exhibits, provide a visually comfortable experience for visitors, as well as deliver improved performance and energy and cost savings. Natural light comes from the sun. Throughout the construction of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright and museum director James J. Sweeney often disagreed about the building’s design and function, including how to light it.