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CEN/TS 16163:2014

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Conservation of Cultural Heritage - Guidelines and procedures for choosing appropriate lighting for indoor exhibitions
Published date

30-04-2014

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols
5 Sensitivity of cultural property to light
6 Light measurement
7 Exhibition lighting
Annex A (informative) - Characteristics of light sources
Annex B (informative) - Glasses and films characteristics
Annex C (informative) - Filters
Annex D (informative) - Relative damage
Annex E (informative) - Lamps and lighting attachments
Bibliography

This Technical Specification defines the procedures as well as the means to implement adequate lighting, with regard to the conservation policy. It takes visual, exhibition and conservation aspects into account and it also discusses the implications of the lighting design on the safeguarding of cultural property. This Technical Specification gives recommendations on values of minimum and maximum illumination levels. It aims to provide a tool for setting up a common European policy and a guide to help curators, conservators and project managers to assess the correct lighting that can assure the safeguarding of the exhibits. This Technical Specification covers lighting for heritage objects on exhibition in both public and private sites and does not consider lighting in other cultural heritage contexts such as open-air collections, etc.

DevelopmentNote
Supersedes PREN 16163. (05/2014)
DocumentType
Technical Specification
PublisherName
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status
Current

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NBN L 13 003 : 1980 RICHTLIJNEN VOOR DE VERLICHTING VAN KUNST - EN MUSEUMVOORWERPEN
ISO 23539:2005 Photometry — The CIE system of physical photometry
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