The Gas Lighting In Victoria And Albert Museum Experienced Numerous Challenges

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUMNameInstitutionCourseTutorDateVictoria and Albert MuseumFormerly known as South Kensington, Victoria and Albert Museum was the first in the world to adopt the use of gas lighting in galleries to enable an evening opening for the working class (Goodwin, 2013). The theory and practice of displaying in museums provide an understanding of display in museums regardingt lighting, structure, and painting. The ideas and concepts suggest that museums should have adequate and reliable lighting systems. Most museums from the old and modern days have been using natural and artificial light. The gas lighting in Victoria and Albert Museum experienced numerous challenges.Firstly, the museum’s lighting is quite low because light system used in the museum is damaging to papers and textils (Bennett, 2013). The low lighting is good at protecting the precious historical objects but not well for museum visitors who wish to have a perfect view (Lightbown, 1990).Constant exposure of art to light through the night lighting causes a lot of threat to the arts. Secondly, the museum experiences another problem of a dim atmosphere. A museum should have a proper lighting system that can