Swiss National Museum Zurich — Two Permanent Exhibitions
iart conceived and planned the audio-visual media for two new permanent exhibitions at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich. In the exhibition showing the collection the mediation focuses on single objects and their origin, in the exhibithion concerning Swiss history the media communicates the main topics of the exhibition.
In the ‘Galerie Sammlungen’ (Gallery Collections) a wall carpet with the motive of a ‘hortus conclusus’ (closed garden) and a 16th century painting by Hans Leu are exhibited. On the carpet certain parts are emphasised by a projection. The painting, which is only patially preserved, gets also ‘completed’ virtually by pictures projected onto the wall where parts of the original painting are missing. Along with the projections, stories are told.
On the staircase leading to the exhibition ‘Geschichte Schweiz’ (History Switzerland), an interactive 3D projection provides an overview of the different exhibition areas and serves as orientation guide.
In the first exhibition room, a plain monastery model is being animated by projected images and surround sound to show its atmosphere and functions at different times of the day. On the accompanying touch screen, visitors can find out more about the life in the monastery. On a raised platform in the ‘Ruhmeshalle’ (Hall of Glory), openings in the floor show parts of the floor below, where – for example – aerial images from the war are projected.
Article in archithese 04.2010
Project description for download
Swiss National Museum Zurich 2009
Two New Permanent Exhibitions, Opening: 1 August 2009Customer
Schweizerische Landesmuseen (SLM)Services iart
Concept and planning of media
Call for tenders of media and contentMedia
Audio and video installations
Interactive media stations
Large scale projections
Interactive room installationsProject Partners
Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Scenography
teamstratenwerth GmbH, Content
tegoro solutions ag, Hardware, software and installationProject Duration
1,5 years
Painting by Hans Leu partially illuminated and synchronized with audio installation in order to explain different parts of the image
Taptestry partially illuminated and synchronized with audio installation in order to explain different parts of the image
Content of the holbein table explained by an interactive media station, which covers one part after the other
In the area covering post-war Switzerland, critical voices can be heard and seen
The entrance hall features an interactive projection about the early history of Switzerland
Different media stations tell more about famous Swiss people by a game of memory
Video documentation ‘Geschichte Schweiz’