Humboldt Forum in Berlin Palace shines with lights from FLASHAAR®

In the heart of Berlin, a palace once again stands: the reconstruction of the old city palace. Behind the reconstructed baroque facades lies the Humboldt Forum, a modern universal museum that invites visitors to discover the cultures of the world. Together with the neighboring Museum Island, it forms one of the largest contiguous museum complexes in Europe.
From September 23, 2021, the first collection presentations of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the Berlin State Museums can be experienced – staged with luminaires from FLASHAAR ®. FLASHAAR
light lines illuminate the collections and other areas of the palace. The LED lines complement the architecture with their lighting effect without drawing attention to themselves. The lighting concept for the Humboldt Forum was primarily developed by the renowned Berlin-based lighting design firm Lichtvision Design GmbH.

In the impressive domed room of the Asian Museum, 70 m of light lines bring out the grandeur of the room. The NauticProfil® lights integrated into the surrounding cove brighten up the ceiling with neutral white light and thus create a pleasantly diffuse basic light. The huge white dome serves as a display space for projections. Below it, visitors can find the centuries-old "Cave of the 16 Swordbearers" from Kizil, one of the great highlights of the exhibition area.

This intangible cultural heritage is presented in a specially created, high-tech space – the Listening Room . The ethnological museum's exhibition explores the music and sounds of numerous cultures and offers visitors the opportunity to experience the world with their ears. The textile walls, backlit with FLASHAAR light lines, create a soft backdrop.

In the Oceania exhibition of the Ethnological Museum (boat cube), ten special lights stage the coral showcase and create a unique underwater effect. She addresses coral bleaching and thus coral death as well as climate change.

The oldest objects relating to the history of the place can be found in the castle cellar An illuminated walkway guides visitors through the exhibition in the only surviving area of ​​the Berlin Palace. More than 220 meters of NauticProfil® lights were mounted below the jetty and set it apart from the dark background. This also enables visually impaired people to walk safely; creates orientation and safety and at the same time creates a floating effect.

In the Sculpture Hall of the Museum of Byzantine Art, the original sandstone figures from the palace facades can be viewed up close. Here, too, the lighting designers aimed to emphasize the grandeur of the space and its exhibits. FLASHAAR luminaires integrated into the cove provide soft ambient light. This is complemented by spotlights with directed light that illuminate the sculptures.

Large-format light coves, also equipped with NauticProfil® lights, characterize the appearance of the Humboldt Academy and thus help it to be recognizable. The academy is a training room where the flexibility of room use was important in the planning. The focal points of the academy are the temporary exhibitions and the permanent exhibitions on the history of the place.