Beethoven House in Bonn

The Beethoven House in Bonn is the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven in the city center. For the 250th anniversary, the permanent exhibition was reorganized and redesigned. The planning team, consisting of architecture, exhibition design, graphic design, media installations, and lighting design, was selected through a selection process with a holistic approach and implemented the redesign.

The design idea was to perceive the museum as a private house – the house as part of the exhibition and the stories being told. Daylight is reduced using screens, maintaining the view to the outside and anchoring the exhibition in the present. The lighting situation should not be documentary and sober, but rather the room light should complement the exhibition light, creating light islands and zones; making the private visible in the public. The display case lighting system is transferred into room lighting. The fine line in the visible area minimizes the technology and connects room, picture, and graphic lighting.