How to choose a track lighting for the museum or art gallery?

How to choose a track lighting for the museum or art gallery?

1. What are the differences between professional runway lights?

• the difference between the type of projector;
• the difference in the color quality of the light;
• the difference in the gradation function;
• the difference between light changes and control of light adjustment;

In other respects, such as the quality of the process, the lifetime of the warranty, etc., professional exposure lamps have higher requirements.

2. The difference in the dimming function:

The museum exhibits vary greatly and the qualities of the cultural relics are not the same, so the required illumination values ​​are different. This requires that fixtures have dimming functions, and there are many ways to dim them, the ones most commonly used. Gradation of light, Triac gradation, DALI control, and wireless system dimming.

3. When designing lighting for museums, art galleries, and showrooms, care must be taken to:

• One of the most beneficial aspects of LED track lighting for museums and art galleries is that it reduces heat and increases color rendition;
• CRI is the ability to measure the ability of a light source to faithfully and accurately display the color of various objects, the most faithful reproduction of true color in a work of art. CRI generally recommends RA95 + or RA97; the high color rendering index displays the art as close as possible;
• In the modern art environment, 3000K seems incredible, but, for traditional museums, the walls are colorful, with lots of wood and gold (frames, accents, etc.), and the temperature closer to 2700K helps us to keep the favorite heat and traditional look;
• By selecting the beam angle to determine the width of the cover, the illumination angle is between 8 degrees and 100 degrees, and the wider the beam, the greater the coverage.
• LED track lights They are easier to install and offer future flexibility.

Museum lighting focuses on specific artifacts, such as photos or sculptures, and ensures the preservation of exhibits by protecting them from damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

The LED track lighting and low power consumption and has a very low ultraviolet and infrared components can meet the functional requirements of the lighting in the museum, lighting the good performance presents the shape, the color, the Texture and glare control, shadows, etc., to avoid exposures have been damaged by thermal radiation and ultraviolet radiation. In addition, the LED dimming function makes lighting control relatively easy. In addition, our light rail can be an adjustable beam angle of 10 ~ 70degree.

So our LED museum track lighting fixtures, totally exceed the strict requirements of museum lighting and gallery lighting. Also for more traditional museums where the walls are colorful and where there is a lot of wood and gold (on the frames, accents, etc.), staying closer to the 2700K the temperature helps retain the warmth and appearance traditional that we like.

With traditional lighting, galleries have often appeared rather dark because of the need to reduce damage to art over time due to UV and heat generated by halogens. To counter the harmful effects of simply highlighting art, museums have had to use UV filters and very dim lighting on their antiques to prevent discoloration and thermal damage, especially on paper and textiles fragile. With LED, it is now possible to illuminate an art more fragile than traditional standards, because the LEDs do not emit UV and do not cause thermal damage. With LEDs, UV and heat problems are now a thing of the past, allowing the art to be well lit without the risk of being damaged.

The most important thing about proper lighting of art spaces is to test a variety of LED lights in the very frame. Seeing is believing. When color temperatures and beam angles are compared side by side to reality, it usually becomes very clear which is best. Avoiding "hot spots", reflections and too white or intense light are crucial. Because the LEDs appear brighter to our eyes - even if the candle foot readings on the measuring instrument are the same or less - it can take a few tests to set exactly the right lamps (wattage, lumens, colors, beam angles, etc.) for any given parameter. Do not give up, though. LED is definitely the best choice for the art world.