Hi Dirk
We use them in our museum – Valence House Museum in Greater
London, UK – but purely as a decorative device. During a recent redevelopment of
the museum we found some original windows that had been covered during the
building of an extension on the building in the 1920s. We put a trompe l’oeil
scene behind the windows to show what the view across the gardens would have
been like c1900 when the last family were living in the house.
They have proved very effective.
Leeanne Westwood | Museum
Curator, Heritage Services
Valence House Museum
Phone: 020 8227 5222
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Use of trompe l'oeil - trick of the eye in museums
Does
anyone have any thoughts, ideas, suggestions about the use of “trick of the
eye” imagery at museums?
I
am interested in two things: the general use of these types of images, and
their potential as way finding tools.
Thanks,
Dirk
Dirk
Van Tuerenhout, Ph.D.
Curator
of Anthropology
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Museum of Natural Science
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