Contents
01 An Overview on Lighting in Museums of Heritage building 15
1.1 Nature of Museums in Heritage Building
1.1.1 Spatial Evolution of Museums 16
1.1.2 Factors affecting the change of Lighting 20
1.1.3 Emergence of use of Heritage building as museum itself 24
1.1.4 Museums in Heritage Building today and tomorrow 28
02 Quality Lighting for museums hosted in Heritage building 31
2.1 Environmental psychologists research
2.1.1 Enhancing character of heritage space 33
2.1.2 Enhancing the displays 41
2.1.3 Creating memories 46
2.1.4 Enhancing the spatial definitions 48
2.2 Lighting design ideologies
2.2.1 Enhancing the Ambience 53
2.2.2 Enhancing the contrast 56
2.2.3 Enhancing the perceptual approach 57
2.2.4 Enhancing the object 61
03 Nature of Lighting Design 66
3.1 Lighting design objectives
3.1.1 Visibility 67
3.1.2 Spaciousness 72
3.1.3 Atmosphere 76
3.2 Elements of illumination
3.2.1 Vertical illumination 79
3.2.2 Display units 82
04 Technical concerns 85
4.1 Amalgamation of Light with Technology in Museum 86
4.2 Challenges and concerns of Lighting a Museum 89
4.3 Challenges and concerns of Lighting a heritage building 95
4.4 Guidelines for electricals in Heritage buildings 98
05 Case Studies 101
5.1 International Case
5.1.1 National museum of natural history, London 102
5.1.2 German Ivory museum, Germany 116
5.1.3 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 130
5.2 Indian Case
5.2.1 Bhau Daji lad Museum, Mumbai 144
5.2.2 Albert Hall, Jaipur 164
06 Conclusion 182