Dezeen promotion: by replacing the lighting inside the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul, LG Display has created more space for exhibiting historic artefacts and royal treasures.
LG Display introduced OLED lighting into the imperial museum. These thin panels ? designed to create illumination across a surface rather than a point ? are significantly more space-efficient than the old lighting systems, leaving room to display more of the museum's 40,000-piece collection.
The lights also produce low levels of heat, meaning they can be placed close to the exhibits without fear of damage.

According to museum curator Soyeon Im, the new OLED system has improved lighting levels throughout the exhibition spaces, and significantly decreased the amount of unwanted shadows and glare. "The museum has old-fashioned low ceilings and this makes it difficult to display large exhibitions or exhibitions with many artefacts," said Soyeon Im.
"The original display lights had issues with flickering and this was often disturbing to visitors to the exhibitions. We decided to go with OLED lighting because it is the most effective option for increasing visitors' field of vision, eliminated flickering and is not harmful to the artefacts on display."

The panels are used to illuminate large exhibits, including a folding screen created in the early 19th century to celebrate the 70th birthday of Empress Myeongheon. But they also create even lighting for groups displa...