What a terrific chance to use fiber optics, or at least "light piping!" If you were at the joint "Museum Exhibit Lighting-Beyond Edison: Lighting for the Next Century," by NPS, WAG, NARA & NCPTT in March 1966, you have a leg up on this and know the main suppliers. If not, then (without endorsement), they are NoUVIR Research US Highway 13 & Loop 532 RR4, Box 748 Seaford DE 19973 (302) 628-9933 FAX (302) 628-9932 Lighting Services, Inc (LSI) 2 Kay Fries Drive Stony Point NY 10980 (914) 942-2800 Remote Source Lighting International, Inc. 32961 Calle Perfecto San Juan Capistrano CA 92675 (714) 248-0141 FAX (714) 248-0142 Of course Edmund Scientific sells a lot of the basic parts. Fiat lux. Henry Grunder Conservation/Preservation Coordinator The Library of Virginia According to Mark C Vang exhibits: > > Hi Mueum-l'ers, > > Does anyone out there use a large illuminated bar graph in an exhibit? I > am working on a design where the light elements would be concealed behind a > tinted piece of acrylic and I am trying to decide which lighting > technologies exist in a format suitable for this type of display. I could > just put lamps in rectangular light boxes, but I am also looking into any > modular lighting systems which have low power consumption and are cost > effective for a large display of this type. (20-50 elements 3-5 feet high) > A bonus would be a system/light module which can be operated from TTL > level signals or be directly interfaced to a computer via controller card. > > Any info appreciated. Thanks. > > Mark C. Vang > Freya Ventures > [log in to unmask] >