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Technical Specification [CURRENT]

DIN CEN/TS 16163 ; DIN SPEC 11524:2014-07
Conservation of Cultural Heritage - Guidelines and procedures for choosing appropriate lighting for indoor exhibitions; German version CEN/TS 16163:2014

Title (German)

Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes - Leitlinien und Verfahren für die Auswahl geeigneter Beleuchtung für Innenausstellungen; Deutsche Fassung CEN/TS 16163:2014

Procedure

VN

Overview

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. It 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, etcetera. Regarding the German collaboration, the responsible committee is NA 005-01-36 AA "Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes" ("Conservation of cultural properties") of the Building and Civil Engineering Standards Committee (NABau).

Document: references other documents

Responsible national committee

NA 005-01-36 AA - Conservation of cultural heritage (national mirror committee for CEN/TC 346)  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 346/WG 19 - Management and protection of collections  

Edition 2014-07
Original language German
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