2.3 NATURAL LIGHTING

In a museum lighting determines how we feel and how we perceive things. PHYSIOLOGICALLY: the lighting must highlight the object on display. It must create the right ambience.

Lighting in a building can be of two kinds:

Natural or Day lighting and Artificial lighting.

2.3 NATURAL LIGHTING:

Daylight is rarely satisfactory for exhibits as it is too far temperate in cold countries and far too brilliant in tropical countries. Daylight has daily and seasonal changes with unpredictable patterns depending on cloud cover, atmospheric pollutions and other climatic variations. Daylight can only be successful in illuminating large areas to stimulate natural external conditions. However, some exhibits need natural daylight like plants, large engineering exhibits and most sculptures. Natural lighting could be of two kinds: Overhead Lighting and Lateral Lighting Lateral Lighting is provided by the windows Overhead lighting is mostly used in museum.