EN 16163:2024
(Main)Conservation of cultural heritage - Guidelines and procedures for choosing appropriate lighting for indoor exhibitions
Conservation of cultural heritage - Guidelines and procedures for choosing appropriate lighting for indoor exhibitions
This document defines the procedures as well as the means to implement adequate lighting, with regard to the exhibition lighting and the conservation policy. This also includes security and cleaning lighting. It takes visual, exhibition and conservation aspects into account and it also discusses the implications of the lighting design on the safeguarding of cultural heritage. This document gives recommendations on luminous exposure values. It aims to provide a tool for setting up a common European policy and a guide to help curators, conservators and project managers to assess the correct lighting that can ensure the safeguarding of the objects. This document covers indoor lighting for heritage objects on exhibition in both public and private sites and does not consider lighting in other cultural heritage contexts such as open-air collections, etc.
This document does not cover non-public activities such as conservation-restoration, storage, emergency lighting and research.
Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes - Leitlinien und Verfahren für die Auswahl geeigneter Beleuchtung für Innenausstellungen
Dieses Dokument legt die Verfahrensweisen und Hilfsmittel zur Umsetzung einer bezüglich der Ausstellungsbeleuchtung und der Erhaltungsstrategie angemessenen Beleuchtung fest. Dies schließt auch Sicherheits- und Reinigungsbeleuchtung ein. Dabei werden visuelle Aspekte, Ausstellungs- und Erhaltungsaspekte berücksichtigt, und die Auswirkungen der Beleuchtungsgestaltung auf die Bewahrung des kulturellen Erbes werden ebenfalls erörtert. Dieses Dokument gibt Empfehlungen für Belichtungswerte. Ziel ist die Bereitstellung eines Instrumentes für die Aufstellung gemeinsamer europäischer Grundsätze und einer Anleitung, die Kuratoren, Konservatoren und Projektleitern dabei hilft, die richtige Beleuchtung festzulegen, die den Schutz der Objekte sicherstellen kann. Dieses Dokument behandelt die Innenraumbeleuchtung von Objekten des kulturellen Erbes sowohl in öffentlichen als auch privaten Ausstellungsstätten, wobei Beleuchtungen in anderen Zusammenhängen von kulturellem Erbe, wie beispielsweise Ausstellungen unter freiem Himmel usw., nicht berücksichtigt werden.
Dieses Dokument deckt keine nicht öffentlichen Tätigkeiten ab, wie beispielsweise Konservierung-Restaurierung, Lagerung, Notbeleuchtung und Forschung.
Conservation du patrimoine culturel - Lignes directrices et procédures concernant le choix d'un éclairage adapté pour les expositions en intérieur
Le présent document définit les procédures ainsi que les méthodes de mise en œuvre d'un éclairage adapté, en matière d'éclairage d'exposition et de politique de conservation. Ceci inclut également l'éclairage de sécurité et de nettoyage. Il tient compte des paramètres de vision, d'exposition et de conservation, et traite également des répercussions de la conception de l'éclairage sur la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel. Le présent document fournit des recommandations relatives aux valeurs de dose d'exposition. Son objectif est de fournir un outil pour élaborer une politique européenne commune, et un guide pour aider les conservateurs, les conservateurs-restaurateurs et les chargés de projet à évaluer l'éclairage idéal à même d'assurer la sauvegarde des biens. Le présent document traite de l'éclairage intérieur dans le cadre de l'exposition de biens culturels sur des sites publics et privés, mais ne couvre pas l'éclairage dans d'autres contextes de patrimoine culturel, tels que les collections en plein air, etc.
Le présent document ne traite pas des activités non ouvertes au public telles que la conservation restauration, le stockage, l'éclairage de secours et la recherche.
Ohranjanje kulturne dediščine - Smernice in postopki za izbiro ustrezne razsvetljave za razstave v zaprtih prostorih
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2025
Nadomešča:
SIST-TS CEN/TS 16163:2014
Ohranjanje kulturne dediščine - Smernice in postopki za izbiro ustrezne
razsvetljave za razstave v zaprtih prostorih
Conservation of Cultural Heritage - Guidelines and procedures for choosing appropriate
lighting for indoor exhibitions
Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes - Leitlinien und Verfahren für die Auswahl geeigneter
Beleuchtung für Innenausstellungen
Conservation du patrimoine culturel - Lignes directrices et procédures concernant le
choix d'un éclairage adapté pour les expositions en intérieur
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 16163:2024
ICS:
91.160.10 Notranja razsvetljava Interior lighting
97.195 Umetniški in obrtniški izdelki. Items of art and handicrafts.
Kulturne dobrine in kulturna Cultural property and
dediščina heritage
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 16163
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 97.195 Supersedes CEN/TS 16163:2014
English Version
Conservation of cultural heritage - Guidelines and
procedures for choosing appropriate lighting for indoor
exhibitions
Conservation du patrimoine culturel - Lignes Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes - Leitlinien und
directrices et procédures concernant le choix d'un Verfahren für die Auswahl geeigneter Beleuchtung für
éclairage adapté pour les expositions en intérieur Innenausstellungen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 18 November 2024.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Symbols . 15
5 The effect of light to visitor’s perception . 15
5.1 General. 15
5.2 Visibility of details and contrasts . 16
5.3 Colour discrimination . 17
5.4 Glare . 18
5.5 Reflections . 19
6 Sensitivity of cultural property to light . 19
6.1 General. 19
6.2 Mechanisms of damage . 19
6.2.1 General. 19
6.2.2 Photochemical. 20
6.2.3 Radiant heating . 21
6.2.4 Biological effects . 21
6.3 Sensitivity and classification for cultural property . 21
7 Finding a compromise between visitor needs and conservation requirements . 22
7.1 General. 22
7.2 Limitations for annual luminous exposure . 22
8 Measurements . 24
8.1 Measurement of illuminance . 24
8.2 Measurement of UV radiation . 24
9 Exhibition lighting . 25
9.1 General. 25
9.2 Typology of lighting design . 25
9.2.1 General. 25
9.2.2 General lighting . 26
9.2.3 Exhibition lighting . 26
9.2.4 Accent lighting . 26
9.2.5 Security lighting . 27
9.3 Simulation and mock-ups . 27
10 Lighting control . 27
10.1 General. 27
10.2 Energy efficiency . 28
11 Maintenance and monitoring of correct lighting conditions . 28
11.1 Actions to be taken before setting-up a lighting project . 28
11.1.1 Preliminary actions concerning the exhibit(s) . 28
11.1.2 Preliminary actions concerning the lighting system and set-up . 29
11.2 Maintenance and control actions to undertake over the long term . 30
11.2.1 Maintenance actions concerning the exhibit(s) . 30
11.2.2 Maintenance actions concerning the lighting system . 30
12 Security and cleaning . 30
Annex A (informative) Characteristics of light sources . 31
Annex B (informative) Glasses and films characteristics . 38
Annex C (informative) Filters . 39
Annex D (informative) Additional methods for the evaluation and limitation of
photochemical damage for different light sources . 40
Annex E (informative) Light sources and lighting systems . 44
Annex F (informative) Colour rendering index, fidelity index and gamut index . 45
Annex G (informative) Facility report . 48
Annex H (informative) Good practices for exhibition lighting . 49
Annex I (informative) Lighting management protocols . 53
Bibliography . 54
European foreword
This document (EN 16163:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 346
“Conservation of Cultural Heritage”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2025.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes CEN/TS 16163:2014.
CEN/TS 16163:2014:
Since the publication of the CEN/TS 16163 in 2014, the technology of lighting has evolved considerably
and an update of the content has proven to be necessary. In addition to taking into account
technological advances and new calculation methods in the field of lighting in recent years, the present
version of the standard contains the elements of good practices for the exhibition lighting design, in its
subjective form, as an element of museography, which had not found its place in the previous version.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Introduction
Lighting is needed for many specific functions in museums and other cultural heritage buildings, such as
research, conservation and permanent or temporary exhibitions. Lighting is one of the most important
factors enabling visitors to fully enjoy works of art and other cultural property. In fact, lighting is a key
medium in which visitors interpret and appreciate cultural heritage. Light is needed to see well but this
can present a challenge when what is being viewed will deteriorate in the presence of light. When
displaying exhibits as a part of Cultural Heritage, it is essential to consider a controlled use of light, to
preserve them for the future generations. Indeed, light is
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