Specialty and Architectural Lighting — Museum & Art Gallery

This past weekend, I was at the Field Museum in Chicago and wandered into some of the leas populated, darker exhibits that the museum houses. Both the Ancient Americas and Pacific Spirits exhibits are quiet and dark, featuring clothing and art from these cultures. A much more popular exhibit on Ancient Egypt is similarly dimly lit for the most part. But why are these exhibits so dark? The dinosaur exhibit is brightly lit, popular, and...