The Current State of Museum Lighting |
Contents
Executive Summary | 3 |
Figure Page 1 Summary of the Relative Importance and Quality of the Seven Critical | 5 |
The Importance of Stated Needs for Museum and Designer Decision | 7 |
The Importance of Stated Needs for Visitors | 8 |
Mean Perceived Lighting Quality Responses of Museum Personnel | 9 |
Perceived Reality ElectricallyLit versus Daylit Galleries | 10 |
Portable Instruments Used to Obtain Objective Evaluation Data | 11 |
Summary of Problematic Lighting Issues in ElectricallyLit and Daylit | 12 |
Part A Gallery Impression Scale Responses Lighting Description in | 71 |
Part B Gallery Impression Scale Responses Lighting Impression in | 72 |
Mean Subjective Performance Scores of Daylit Galleries | 74 |
Part A Gallery Impression Scale Responses Lighting Description in | 75 |
Part B Gallery Impression Scale Responses Lighting Impression in | 76 |
Existing Reality Objective Evaluation | 78 |
The Current State of Museum Exhibition Lighting | 87 |
Summary of Occupant Comfort Performance Quality in Reality | 99 |
Introduction | 18 |
Stated Needs of Museum Exhibition Lighting | 25 |
Maker Subgroups | 37 |
Results of TwoGroup Comparisons of Decision Maker Stated Need | 39 |
Mean Stated Need Concern Importance Responses of Museum | 40 |
Factor Loadings and Mean Factor Responses of Decision Maker | 42 |
Mean Stated Need Responses of Visitors | 43 |
Factor Loadings and Mean Factor Responses of Visitor Stated Needs | 45 |
Perceived Reality Subjective Evaluation Background | 51 |
Mean Lighting Quality Responses of Decision Maker Subgroups | 62 |
Analysis Results | 63 |
Results of TwoGroup Comparisons of Lighting Quality Variables | 64 |
Mean Lighting Quality Responses of Museum Personnel and Lighting | 65 |
Factor Loadings and Mean Factor Responses of Decision Maker | 67 |
Mean Lighting Quality Responses of Visitors | 68 |
Factor Loadings and Mean Factor Response of Visitor Lighting Quality | 69 |
Mean Subjective Performance Scores of ElectricallyLit Galleries | 70 |
Summary of Artifact Appearance Performance Quality in Reality | 101 |
A typical example of direct glare due to an improperly shielded fixture | 102 |
A typical example of the condition that the artifact is not the brightest | 103 |
Summan of Visual Quality in Reality | 104 |
Summary of Artifact Preservation in Reality | 106 |
Summary of Electrical Lighting System Quality in Reality | 108 |
Summary of Daylighting System Quality in Reality | 110 |
Discussion of Findings | 112 |
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Conclusion | 124 |
The Hypothesized Relationship of Variables to the Factor | 140 |
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Occupant ComfortEconomy Factor Loadings | 142 |
The Actual Relationship of Variables to the Factor | 143 |
Mean Subjective Performance Ratings As Measured by the Trained | 160 |
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