National Maritime Museum
Greenwich

Client
National Maritime
Museum
Helene Mitchell
Project Manager
Queens House

 

Contractors
Bill Moule and Sons Ltd
01992 636331

 

Exhibition &Lighting Designer
Charles Marsden-Smedley
Garden Studios.
0207 379 0344

 

Product used
58 x VMD300/12
8 x VM300/12
33 x MCC (contactor controllers)
23 x LRM (rotary modules)

The Queen’s House, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, was the first classical Renaissance building to be built in England. Designed by Inigo Jones, it is a unique cultural icon, being Grade 1 listed, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Brief
To allow the museum to accommodate a variety of exhibitions and exhibits; whilst providing this flexibility, the physical presence of the lighting had to be minimised.

 

Challenges
To introduce a subtle low-voltage lighting system that did not impose itself in any of these important rooms; to use long cable runs to remote transformers without suffering cable volt-drop. To minimise maintenance aspects.

 

Result
“I am delighted with the result” commented Charles Marsden-Smedley. “I had not used VoltMaster before, and it is an exciting and elegant solution in cases such as this. We could not use integral transformers, and there was no roof space available either. This meant that we were looking at secondary cable runs of up to 20 metres, but VoltMaster coped with this admirably. There has been no come back at all since the installation, and the client is very pleased with the fact that groups of isolated, remote transformers makes for much easier maintenance. The quality and consistency of light is also very rewarding, especially on the paintings, which can now be properly viewed in all their glory.”

 

Peter Moule, the contractor added “VoltMaster was extremely easy to wire-in, and their ability to be sited remotely is a godsend. I was particularly impressed with the functionality of the MCCs, and with the overall support we received from Multiload.”

 

“I had not used VoltMaster before and it is an exciting
and elegant solution
in cases such as this”

Charles Marsden-Smedley