Projectors Bring Tombs to Life

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Projectors and multimedia presentations restore Trier's ancient tombs to their original vividity.
 
The Rheinische Landesmuseum Trier (Rhein State Museum) is a gateway to the eventful history of the city and the surrounding region. It presents the area’s cultural development from prehistoric days to the end of the 18th Century.
 
To shake off the dusty image that is associated with history, the museum looked for an exhibition concept which would enable them to display the contents of the museum in an attractive and contemporary way to visitors of all ages and levels of interest. The highlight of the exhibition is the impressive tombs from the glamorous epoch of the Roman city Trier. At the core of the museum since June, the tombs have been cast in a new light in the “Im Reich der Schatten” (“The Empire of Shadows”) exhibition. This exhibition was the result of close collaboration with Tamschick Media+Space, TechKonzept, G+B Medientechnik and Sanyo.
 
The Roman tombs are displayed in a 600m2 room. These internationally unique findings have been intended so far for museum enthusiasts. However, the management’s aim was to stage the exhibits in such a way that they appeal to a significantly broader audience and attract new visitor groups. The visitors would be taken on a journey through the history of Roman Trier, with the help of a multimedia installation made up of film, picture, speech and music. As some of the exhibits are integrated into the building, the set-up had to be entirely configured to the layout of the room. The museum was also looking for a way to light up the originally colourful tombs in vivid colours to recreate their former appearance without changing their design or construction. The visitors were able to move freely around the room during the presentation so that they can experience the story from their own points of view and perspectives.
 
The project
 
The museum assigned Tamschick Media+Space the artistic design and implementation of this project. The technical installations for the 45 minute multimedia show “Im Reich der Schatten” (“The Empire of Shadows”) were achieved in cooperation with G+B Medientechnik. 15 Sanyo PLC-XP200L projectors are used to display the video and picture sequences. With a brightness of 7,000 ANSI lumens, bright still images up to 9 x 7 metres in size are created, restoring the details in the stonework of the tombs to their original vividity. Permanently installed at ceiling height, the projectors create a continuous all-round projection onto the exhibits and empty walls on a surface of around 450m2. Sanyo‘s QuaDrive technology and the inorganic LCD panels ensure natural colour reproduction and enable precise adjustments to be made to the overlapping picture areas.
 
With a combination of technology and historical exhibits, the visitor gets a close-up experience of the Roman past of ancient Trier.
 
Result: 25,000 visitors expected
 
The 360° multimedia show opens up a new and exciting way for the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier to stage ancient exhibits deploying modern projection technology. The museum has now positioned itself on an international level as a modern and innovative establishment.
 
Expert groups and media rate the new museum as an overwhelming experience, which is back up by the increasing public interest in the museum since the opening of this exhibition. By the end of this year, 25,000 visitors are expected to this exhibition, which will bring a substantial increase in visitors numbers and museum revenue.