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Fig. 3.<br />

Xanten, RömerMuseum:<br />

narrative room (photo by<br />

Wolfgang Günzel).<br />

Fig. 4.<br />

Xanten, RömerMuseum:<br />

translucent materials in<br />

the exhibition (photo by<br />

Wolfgang Günzel).<br />

The theme stations have several levels of detail and each present an<br />

archaeological method of investigation. Tying primary and secondary<br />

exhibits into the thematic context, the graphic design, both analogue<br />

and digital, illustrates the scientific methods with which the<br />

visitor approaches the crime. Text, image and object interact with<br />

each other during this process of gaining insight. Graphics become<br />

the integrating element.<br />

RömerMuseum, Xanten, Germany<br />

Roman master builders created monumental buildings. The unique<br />

architecture of the LVR-RömerMuseum provides a direct impression<br />

of their spectacular impact. It reflects the dimensions of the<br />

Roman Basilica Thermarum, the entrance hall of Roman baths,<br />

both inside and outside. (Architecture: Gatermann + Schossig,<br />

Cologne) The entrance hall was the biggest room of the baths and<br />

at the same time one of the largest buildings of the entire Colonia. It<br />

stood 25 metres tall on a surface area of some 70 x 22 metres. Today,<br />

14 steel frames weighing 35 tons each rest on the Roman foundation<br />

walls. They support the entire museum building. The facade<br />

consists of vertical panels and windows that let in lots of pleasant<br />

daylight and offer scenic views of the Lower Rhine area. The museum’s<br />

facade and its red gabled tin roof seamlessly merge with the<br />

architecture of the Protective Building.<br />

The RömerMuseum in Xanten conveys the history of the Romans<br />

on the Lower Rhine - from the arrival of the first legionnaires to the<br />

development of the city of Colonia Ulpia Traiana and its decline in<br />

late antiquity. The new architecture makes it possible to present the<br />

exhibition on an open ramp system made of steel and glass (fig. 3).<br />

The routing of the exhibition has five chronologically arranged<br />

units that are differentiated from each other by a colour-coded sign<br />

system. At the beginning of each epoch, a cabinet in the form of a<br />

time capsule initiates the next period of time. Narrative spaces bring<br />

together theme clusters on platforms. Sight lines indicate comprehensive<br />

interrelationships. The extremely open space requires that all the<br />

designed elements be conceived in respect of several viewing sides.<br />

There are no rear sides in the classic sense but they are there, integrated<br />

in the overall design concept. High-quality, translucent materials do<br />

justice to the requirements for an open, flowing presentation (fig. 4).<br />

Let’s have a look through the entire exhibition: The exhibition ex-<br />

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