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Digital manuscripts, carefully controlled museum light and a technical retrofit within Nervi’s vaulted hall. Preservation becomes an active design and engineering question.
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Give an old manuscript a wider audience.
The Vatican Library’s digital collections make fragile manuscripts remotely explorable, while shared image standards let researchers study details across collections.
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Vatican City
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Sistine Chapel · LED4ArtA new light on an old masterpiece.
A European team developed a custom LED system for the Sistine Chapel, bringing lighting design and conservation into the same brief.
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Paul VI Hall RetrofitChange the technology. Keep the architectural effect.
A 2026 lighting retrofit updates thousands of fixtures inside the Paul VI Audience Hall while preserving the character of Nervi’s vaulted ceiling.
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