Lighting your collection is a tricky proposition. On one hand you want your collection well lit for visitors to see, but the act of lighting adds a great deal of issues such as Ultraviolet and Infrared degradation as well as heat that can harm your collection. To light a collection consider.
Overhead lighting- Most museum facilities have overhead lighting from track systems. These systems are perfectly capable of lighting your entire collection of cases. There are many benefits to not having lighting close to or inside your cases.
If you have good lighting, consider getting cases without lighting preinstalled. Glass top cases are much lighter looking than cases with light hoods.
nfortunately many museum case manufacturers need the light hood to “hide” their hidden hinge systems. Make sure that you require all hinges to still be hidden with a glass top case.
