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Hanseatic quality Ingenious media technology, an innovative lighting concept and true-to-detail reconstruction of life in the 19th century are some of the highlights of the new long-term exhibition at the hamburgmuseum. Blue LED light, Bordeaux-red walls and dark-brown rubber floorcovering create a link with ship-building and navigation. The museum dedicated to the history of Hamburg, known as the hamburgmuseum since 2006, is one of Germany's largest cultural and historical museums with around 200,000 visitors annually. The museum, which is located within the "Planten un Blomen" park, was built by the architect Fritz Schumacher in 1914 and is now a listed building. Inside, its three floors offer visitors wide-ranging impressions of this hanseatic city's varied history. The latest addition is the new permanent exhibition entitled "Dawn of the Modern Age. Fire of 1842 - Emigration via Hamburg - Overseas Trade". It covers 600 square metres and forms part of the historical tour about events which played an important part in the city's development during the 19th century. These include the great fire of 1842, which destroyed one third of the old town, and the cholera epidemic of 1892, which took the lives of nearly 10,000 people. It also features topics such as the expansion and development of the port and the almost 100 years-long wave of emigration to North America. The interior design of the new permanent exhibition, which was integrated into the existing museum, is the work of the two Hamburg-based engineers, Andrea Schmitt and Volker von Baczko. It was implemented in close cooperation with the museum's own scientific employees and the Hamburg lighting specialists List Notholt Partner. One outstanding feature of the presentation are the "islands" devoted to specific topics. They lend structure to large expanses of space and ensure that the visitor does not perceive the area as an oversized exhibition but as part of a chronological stroll through history. Diagrams and oil paintings are displayed in recesses in the walls. The planners developed special glass cubes built into the walls for the model ships, where they are impressively lit by an elaborate system of LEDs. The simulated scene in a harbour pub with souvenirs from all corners of the world, a ship's bunk and a grocer's shop show how people lived and travelled in the 19th century. The free-standing model of the city and port, which already featured at the great exhibition in Paris in the year 1900, and whose size meant that it had to remain in position during the conversion work, now blends harmoniously into the new interior. The materials and colours used for floors, walls and ceilings are reminiscent of the port, the sea and navigation in general. The red walls, for example, suggest the hull of a ship, while the blue LED light in the display cases reminds the visitor of wind, waves, and open sea. Even the dark brown rubber floorcovering material is remarkably suggestive of old-fashioned wooden floorboards. "Raw rubber used to be brought by sea to Hamburg," explained Volker von Baczko, "and for that reason alone, it's perfect for the new exhibition." In the end, though, it was 21st century requirements which swayed the decision. Nowadays, for example, a museum floor has to be durable, easy to clean, environmentally compatible and have an excellently footfall sound absorption. Another important factor is its load-bearing capacity, since some of the exhibits are so heavy that they had to be transported by a lifting truck. "The existing subfloor presented a number of difficulties, so we needed a floorcovering with permanent resilient qualities". This is the reason why norament® 925 strada was selected - a 3.5 mm thick rubber material with a Carré structure and tone-in-tone granular design. It is capable of withstanding fork-lift traffic with pressure loads of up to 6 N/mm², and of absorbing high shearing forces. It is also offers a very high level of footfall sound absorption. nora® rubber floorcoverings are based on natural and industrial-quality rubbers which are drawn into blanks with natural minerals such as e.g. siliceous chalk and then vulcanised under heat and pressure. This process gives the material its permanent resilient properties and its extremely wear-resistant surface. It is foot-warm, inhibits skidding, remains permanently resilient and combines high walking comfort with good footfall sound absorption. These are all characteristics which are especially appreciated by museum visitors. The floorcovering has an extremely dense, closed surface which effectively repels dirt, improves its hygienic properties and therefore requires less care and cleaning. nora® floorcoverings are classified as flame-retardant according to DIN 4102 Part 1 and equivalent international standards, and as Cfl-S1 and Bfl-S1 according to EN 13 501-1. They do not contain PVC or halogens (e.g. chlorine) and consequently do not release hydrogen chloride in case of fire, a substance which may cause caustic burns of the respiratory tract or form hydrochloric acid when mixed with water used for fire-fighting. Around 450 sq. metres of norament® 925 strada were used for the new long-term exhibition at the hamburgmuseum. The dark brown rubber floorcovering enhances its innovative exhibition and lighting concept, and the interaction between floor, wall and ceiling materials creates a subdued atmosphere of solid hanseatic quality which is typical of the city of Hamburg.
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