For the new permanent exhibition in the Morgenländischer Bau in Sanspareil, a museum lighting concept was developed for historic rooms, sensitive exhibits and very different forms of interpretation.


“What can only be found here?”

This simple question marked the starting point for Dr Cordula Mauß, curator of the new permanent exhibition. Many thanks for the conversation and for the insights into a place whose history reaches surprisingly far back.

Anyone who thinks of Sanspareil simply as a Baroque palace and garden complex is actually starting a few million years too late. The story of the site reaches back to the Jurassic sea. Its reef formed the rocky landscape that later reminded Margrave Friedrich of Chinese rock gardens and became the starting point for an extraordinary garden. Natural history, garden design and courtly life are closely intertwined here.

The new exhibition takes up precisely these connections. A diorama leads visitors into the Jurassic sea, Bayreuth marbles tell the story of the region’s geology and its economic significance, while historic furniture offers a glimpse into courtly life. In the natural history cabinet, rocks are displayed alongside animal and plant specimens and an ivory bowl from the historic collection. Listening stations, tactile elements, microscopes and a graphic novel complement the traditional exhibits. Here, history is also something to explore, try out and experience with several senses.

 

For the lighting, this variety created an unusual challenge. Or, as Cordula Mauß puts it: “In a historic building, electricity is in short supply.” Cables could not simply be routed wherever needed, and the valuable floors could not be used for installations. At the same time, specified lux levels and UV protection had to be observed, texts had to remain legible, display cases required precise lighting, and the character of the historic rooms had to be preserved.

Freestanding Tri48 Floor luminaires therefore provide light in many areas without interfering with the historic fabric. In other rooms, Pend48 is used as a suspended solution. For the collection display cases, Buschfeld developed a bespoke, exceptionally slender Micro LED solution in natural brass. Different tools for different rooms, with one shared aim: the light should help tell the story without becoming part of the exhibition itself.


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In the full conversation, Dr Cordula Mauß talks in greater depth about the Jurassic sea and the rock garden, the natural history cabinet, unusual exhibits and why creating a contemporary exhibition within historic rooms always involves a certain amount of “Tüftelei”, careful problem-solving and experimentation.

Tri48 Floor
- free-standing luminaire, H 3000 mm, bronze surface

Ninety-Five S
- spotlight, 3000 K, Casambi control
- Snap System: Filter 17°, 25°, 36°, honeycomb louver
- shade: Curve95 as a glare shield


Steel48 Floor
- free-standing luminaire, H ca. 3040 mm, bronze surface
- Led Line (as Wallwasher) 2700 K

Fifty XS
- spotlight, 3000 K Casambi control
- Snap System: Filter 17°, 25°, 36°, honeycomb louver
- shade Tube50


Pend48 Systeme
- suspended systems below historic ceilings
- L 4000 mm and 6000 mm
- bronze surface

Ninety-Five S
- spotlight, 3000 K, Casambi control
- Snap System: Filter 17°, 25°, 36°, honeycomb louver
- shade: Curve95 as a glare shield
 

Bespoke display cabinet lighting
- Micro LED lines, natural brass, 3000 K
- project-specific lengths, tensioned within the display cases
- Casambi / Micro PWM Dimmer

Read the full conversation with Dr Cordula Mauß in our Journal here >>

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Find out more about the new museum concept for Sanspareil in the Bavarian Palace Administration’s Schlösserblog.
Lesen Sie im Schlösserblog der Schlösserverwaltung mehr über das neue Museumskonzept für Sanspareil.

Visit the Morgenländischer Bau in the Felsengarten Sanspareil digitally here >>
or in person at Sanspareil 34, 96197 Wonsees



Lighting concept: Zenk Design
Photos: Bayerischen Schlösserverwaltung, Maria Scherf | www.schloesser.bayern.de
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