With dramatic lighting, historical objects and works of art attracted the attention of visitors, while the natural atmosphere of the space was preserved. This lighting approach made the museum experience more striking and impressive. The technical team of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which carried out the lighting of the project, expressed the details of the work as follows;
The most important application of museological activities is the artefact-oriented lighting system. In order to make an effective artefact lighting, the periods represented by the artefacts and objects, the purpose of use in the period, the type of material from which the artefact is made, the current exhibition area or space, the dimensions of the artefacts and objects are among the most important theoretical studies for correct lighting. The fact that the artefacts are sculptures, coins, cists, cists, plates, bowls, processed doors or ethnographic artefacts etc. and the type of material of these artefacts such as marble, stone, bone, glass, fabric or metal etc. are among the factors that affect how the lighting should be done.
Luminaires were carefully selected according to the location of the artefacts
The periods of the artefacts, the purpose for which they were made and used in that period and the type of material they were made of were studied by us. We have planned what kind of lighting fixtures should be used to highlight the works by making our studies about the dimensions of the works and the exhibition area, and how the light colour and lens degrees of the luminaires should be. During the application, the luminaires were positioned according to the distances of the artworks on site and the types and numbers of luminaires and their exact locations were clarified with separate trial studies taking into account the light angle, light colour and lighting power. The artefacts were evaluated separately. For example, the Marble Sculptures were illuminated with cold white light colour, 11 W and 14° lens to make them stand out. The animation areas were illuminated with a combination of warm and cold tones and a 25° lens. Wooden works were illuminated with warm tones (3000° K) and 25° lens. The stairs were illuminated with 6500°K light colour with 1 W 16° lens. In other words, all works were evaluated separately and evaluated according to the lighting technique with different angles, different light intensity and different light colours.
An artefact-focused lighting was preferred
Previously, our illuminations in museum applications were works for artefact-oriented lighting. In accordance with the structure of the museum, it was decided by us to use rail spot-weighted luminaires using flush-mounted rail. Thus, it would be much easier to change the location of the luminaires according to the artefact locations. It was aimed not to attract direct attention with the case colours being black and the dimensions being small. The variety and number of lighting was also planned according to the locations and types of the artefacts.
