Arche Nebra — Visitors’ Centre

iart conceived and planned the media for the multimedia visitors’ centre ‘Arche Nebra’ designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen.

Located at the foot of the Mittelberg in southern Saxony-Anhalt, the visitors’ centre was inaugurated on 21 June 2007. It takes visitors back 3600 years in time, inviting them to plunge into the enigmatic world of the Nebra Sky Disc. The mysterious bronze disc was found on the Mittelberg in 1999 and now, transformed into a media-based installation, it can be visited and explored.

In a vivid multimedia presentation the exhibition imparts scientific archaeological and astronomical knowledge. Virtual Pepper‘s-Ghost characters are climbing real findings while telling their stories in an entertaining and lively manner. A 3D animation simulates a flight around the Nebra Sky Disk and the Bronze Sword from the point of view of a dust particle. The exciting story of the discovery of the Nebra Sky Disc is told in a Punch and Judy show.

Project description for download

Arche Nebra — Visitors’ Centre
Permanent exhibition, Opening: 21 June 2007

Client
Visitor’s Centre ‘Arche Nebra’

Customer
Holzer Kobler Architekturen

Services iart
Conception and planning of media
Planning of exhibition lighting

Media
Embedded screens
Pepper’s Ghost installations
Projections
Electromechanical interactives

Project Partners Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Scenography

Project Duration
2 years


© Jan Bitter

The building by Holzer Kobler


© Jan Bitter

Exhibition design references celestial bodies on the Nebra sky disc


© Jan Bitter

Media installations

Pepper’s Ghost figure

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