museum lighting design

Museum Lighting Design

Museum Lighting Design is a fine-grained specification for preservation and illumination that enhances visitors’ experiences.

Museum lighting encompasses the specialised design and implementation of lighting systems within museums, the art and heritage world. Its key objective is not only to illuminate the artwork but also to mitigate light exposure and regulate both the colour temperature and intensity of the light to preserve and conserve the artefacts on display. Successful museum lighting schemes can enhance visitors’ viewing experience while ensuring its conservation for future generations.

Furthermore, it is the capability to specify and safely focus the right level of high-quality light for a combination of uses within a museum or gallery environment. The task of museum lighting is to provide artefacts with a memorable wow factor while keeping the risk on display to a bare minimum. Therefore, our technical design expertise allows us to implement museum lighting designs that are tailored and flexible solutions. More technical insight into lighting design can be explored in our lighting blog.

With over 20 years of experience, we have worked on bespoke galleries and museum lighting schemes worldwide. Moreover, with an emphasis on conservation lighting, we light artefacts beautifully while delivering maximum aesthetic impact and a minimum risk of light abuse. Our client list includes local, national, and international museums, art galleries, private collectors, and historical sites.

Our museum lighting designers ensure that every curatorial and conservation necessity is met through the design process. It is significant to realise that damage to artefacts caused by overexposure to too much UV and IR light is irreversible. With this in mind, it is vital to act quickly, and our consultants can carry out full UV and IR monitoring at short notice if required.

Museum Lighting Designs – Displaying Artefacts with Minimum Risk

Every museum or gallery space has varying factors that must be considered to deliver high-quality museum lighting. For example, the quality and age of existing lighting equipment, lighting controls, daylight, and available budgets, to name only a few. Additionally, we will advise on the best possible lighting solution after conducting a site survey and considering all vital factors.

By highlighting specific areas of a collection of objects, museum lighting can draw attention to important details and give visitors a sense of focus. Depending on the desired effect, it can create a sense of drama or provoke a question.

Our advice, to update/retrofit existing equipment or provide an entirely new lighting installation option, will be invaluable. Our creative design methodology offers technical expertise, detailed implementation, and enhancement in display to achieve the best museum lighting, whatever your budget.

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Museum lighting has the task of delivering artefacts with a memorable WOW factor whilst ensuring the risk on display is of the utmost minimum.

Museum Lighting Services

Artefact lighting
Conservation lighting
Control of ambient lighting
Display case lighting
Gallery lighting
Led showcase lighting
Light level monitoring
Measuring UV levels
Museum and gallery lighting
Museum lux level testing
Permanent collection lighting
Private collection lighting
Solar gain control
Sustainable museum lighting
Temporary exhibition lighting