We are also looking to LEDs. One caution. Just because it's a LED does
not necessarily mean "good" light (no UV, no IR). Some LED's are made to
emmit high UV for effect. Easy to check (yes UV, no UV) using the color
change beads from Arbor scientific (arborsci.com). We found intereseting
LED MR-16 type bulbs and fixtures at Light Craft (800-772-3152).
Dave Maschino, Arctic Museum

Amber S. Mohr wrote:

>Does anyone have experience using LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamps in your
>exhibitions and how successful have these lamps been for you?
>I manage a gallery of miniature furnishings and decorative arts, and our
>case exhibitions consist of several roomboxes made out of white 1/8" Plexi.
>I'm primarily attracted to LEDs because they do not emit UV or IR light and
>emit very little heat.  We currently have florescent lamps, which give us
>enough visible light but emit harmful spectrum and increase the temperature
>in the cases daily.  We tried several of the "clip" LED lights (five small
>lamps per clip, which could be moved about within the case) but the amount
>of visible light was far too low for display and the lamps only backlit the
>Plexi boxes and did very little to illuminate the objects within.  I'm now
>hoping to find a solution in an LED product, but am open to anything that
>will help solve my heat/UV/IR problems.
>If anyone has any experience with the product or with your own lighting
>design solutions, I would be very happy to hear them.
>Thank you in advance for your assistance.
>Amber
>
>Amber Mohr
>Curator/Collections Manager
>The Kruger Collection
>University of Nebraska
>133 Architecture Hall
>Lincoln, NE 68588-0107
>402. 472. 3560
>http://krugercollection.unl.edu/
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