{"id":79347,"date":"2024-04-24T09:45:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T09:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.av-huset.dk\/?p=79347"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:55:41","slug":"danish-castle-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.av-huset.dk\/en\/casestudies\/museums-and-other-visitor-attractions\/danish-castle-center\/","title":{"rendered":"The Danish Castle Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Upgrade of AV equipment to enhance the museum experience<\/em><\/h4>\n

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The Danish Castle Center in Vordingborg, Denmark was built in 1160 by the king Valdemar the Great as a fortress and 200 years later the Goose Tower was built by another Danish king, Valdemar the famous. Today, it is a modern museum and digital experience center for the entire family, telling the history of royal power in the Middle Ages and featuring various current exhibitions.<\/p>\n

Visit the Danish Castle Center and the Goose Tower.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Southeast Denmark Museum wanted to enhance their exhibitions with visually driven stories at the Danish Castle Center and the Goose Tower. With digital storytelling, the history should be brought to life for the audience, engaging multiple senses with both sound and imagery to elevate the museum experience to a new level.<\/p>\n

AV-Huset provided the AV solutions for the Danish Castle Center and the Goose Tower, including all installation, programming, and commissioning of the systems.<\/p>\n

AV solutions at the museum<\/h2>\n

HD laser projectors for projections on the raw concrete walls.<\/p>\n

Each projection has its own media player and tells its own part of the story with tales like “The Great Alliance,” “A King’s Life,” and “Born to Power.”<\/p>\n

2 x 2 powerful Panasonic projectors are used to create one massive seamless projection on the walls at the end of the large staircase (projection mapping edge blending) \u2013 adding a wow factor to the museum experience.<\/p>\n

The AV equipment throughout the exhibition is controlled via a Crestron control system, allowing staff to start or shut down the exhibition at the touch of a button on the control panel.<\/p>\n

AV solutions in the Goose Tower<\/h2>\n

In the Goose Tower, visitors can experience what a medieval siege of the tower and the rest of the castle might have looked like.<\/p>\n

A laser projector setup projects the siege onto a curved projection surface in a 16:10 format. The curved screen represents the hole blasted in the wall. The projector is suspended from the ceiling, and the technology is housed in a climate-controlled cabinet to handle the varying temperatures in the old tower.<\/p>\n

A surround sound solution with discrete speakers and a bass unit placed above the ceiling creates the desired sound effects.<\/p>\n

With the sound and vivid images, the audience gets a true feeling of the siege – and one might even worry if the Danish Castle Center is about to fall! Fortunately, it’s all just digital!<\/p>\n

The system is controlled via a built-in controller, which turns the system on and off at set times. However, the system can also be activated via a contact function at the entrance door, allowing manual override of the chosen time sequences to start presentations manually.<\/p>\n

The installation of speakers and projector was carried out as discreetly as possible to preserve the historical atmosphere, and all cabling was done above the ceiling. Furthermore, all products and cabinets are IP-certified, suitable for the conditions in the tower.<\/p>\n

See other museum case stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n