The document discusses plans to redesign a religious museum. It will create a new permanent exhibition based on stories from the bible, using objects and interactive methods to illustrate the stories without being like a theme park. It will also include one room for temporary exhibitions and discuss connections between religions and their influences on society. The redesign will hire an exhibition designer, empty the museum for redecorating, deaccession some collections, restructure the shop and cafe, and convert old kitchens into a restaurant space. The new museum will have exhibition rooms, a silence room, library, interactive media room, restaurant, cafe, shop and cloakroom. It aims to make the visit an experience through strengths like new exhibition design, appealing ambiance,

1. experience

2. appealing exhibit design?

3. ambiance?

4. fake food and beverages?

5. fresh coffee and tea?

6. dreamspace?

7. multi-media facilities?

8. shopping experience?

9. now what?

10. deaccessioning of objects without context
create a clear storyline (based on the bible as a main theme)
clear routing
new exhibition program, based on stories from the bible,
as a permanent exhibition
objects function to illustrate the stories being told
use interactive methods to tell the story, without becoming
a “holyland-themepark” with rollercoaster
use one room for temporary exhibitions, like the current Giotto exhibition
connections and differences between other religions will be shown and discussed
the influence of religion on (modern) society will be shown and discussed

11. how can we make the visit an experience?

12. The road to the new set-up will include:
A professional exhibition designer will be hired to give
the museum a new look, with respect for the original
architecture of the building
Emptying the entire museum for redecorating
Deaccessioning of parts of the collection (Egypt etc)
Restructuring of the shop and the cloakroom,
the creation of a proper museum cafe/restaurant with
outdoor-cafe in the garden
The closure of the kitchens as part of the exhibition,
they will be used as space for the restaurant instead
Newly designed showcases, lightning, ekarv exhibition
texts

13. the rooms in the museum will function as:
exhibition rooms
silence-room
library
interactive multimedia room
restaurant/cafe
shop
cloakroom

14. use the strengths

15. new exhibition design
play with light

16. temporary exhibitions

17. wouldn’t it be nice to have...

18. a beautiful library with a reading table

19. interactive media room

20. a ‘silence-room’

21. an appealing museum cafe

22. the garden as an extension of the museum cafe,
a place to rest and enjoy the silence

23. excellent coffee and bites

24. high-tea with friends and family

25. museum-shop

26. fun gadgets and gifts

27. escapist realm: interactive exhibitions, silence-room, museum-cafe
esthetic realm: experiencing the building and well designed exhibitions
educational realm: absorbing information by interactive multimedia exhibit-design
entertainment realm: listen to and watch the multi-media programs
escapist
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educational
entertainment
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