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Benefits for Museums

Museums have the task of preserving treasures of humanity and art.The countless, often unique and irreplaceable exhibits are worthbillions of euros and must therefore be permanently protected from any possibledamage, especially from environmental influences.

Artifact protection

Prevents drying or over‑hydration of exhibits, minimizing stress and cracks in sensitive materials.

Stable environment

Keeps relative humidity within tight margins to prevent material fatigue and deterioration.

Damage prevention

Protects paintings, textiles, paper, wood, and other hygroscopic materials.

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Climatic fluctuations

Seasonal and daily changes in temperature and relative humidity affect indoor environments, transferring external climate fluctuations directly into museum spaces. Sudden or frequent variations stress sensitive materials, causing warping, cracking, or surface damage. A responsive and reliable humidity control system minimizes these effects, stabilizes the indoor climate, and protects collections from long-term deterioration.

Excessively dry air

Excessively dry air extracts moisture from sensitive materials, causing shrinkage, warping, and stress in wood, paper, textiles, and paintings. Repeated exposure accelerates cracking, splitting, and pigment damage. Maintaining stable humidity prevents these effects, protects delicate collections, and preserves the structural integrity and appearance of objects over time.

Humidity Control Technologies

Humidity control in museums and galleries relies on technologies such as resistive steam humidifiers, mobile evaporative units, and condensing or desiccant dehumidifiers. These systems raise or lower humidity levels as required, provide precise, responsive control and can be adapted to centralized ducted air treatment or in-room installations to protect collections and maintain stable indoor environments.

Use Cases for Museums

Prevent evaporative losses

Organic materials have an internal moisture content and will lose moisture to the atmosphere when exposed to air with a low humidity. Humidifiers are used to create an environment with perfect balance between the material’s internal moisture content and the air’s relative humidity.

Managing humidity for long-term preservation

To protect and preserve materials, a stable environment is essential. This includes avoiding extremes of humidity and, more importantly, rapid fluctuations.

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Projects and references

Henry Moore Foundation, UK

Two Condair RS steam humidifiers have been installed, by Ceilite Air Conditioning, at the prestigious Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire. Henry Moore was a renowned artist, best known for his figure sculptures.

Henry Moore Foundation, UK

National Army Museum, UK

The National Army Museum is the leading authority on the British Army and its impact on society past and present. Condair has supplied and installed three Condair RS resistive steam humidifiers to maintain the humidity around the exhibits and archives.

The Nationa Army Museum, UK

BMW Welt

BMW World is located in an important location in Munich between the BMW four-cylinder and the Olympic Park. It was opened in October 2007 and has since provided space for exhibitions, the delivery of new vehicles and events.The open design was developed by the architects Himmelb(l)au and is characterized by the striking double cone at the southern tip of the building. This has a diameter of 40 meters, is around 30 meters high andmade of 680 tons of steel. Condair DL hybrid humidifiers are used to provide visitors and employees with a pleasant and hygienic room climate.

BMW Headquarters, Munich - Germany

Brandhorst Museum

Munich‚the colourful Brandhorst Museum relies on Condair Dual hybrid humidifiers for precise, hygienic humidity control, protecting modern art in its iconic ceramic-louvre building.

Brandhost Museum, Munich - Germany

Deutsches Historisches Museum

Berlin‚the German Historical Museum relies on Condair hybrid humidifiers for precise, hygienic humidity control, protecting exhibits in the historic Zeughaus and I.M. Pei‚the modern hall.

German Historical Museum, Berlin - Germany

Mercedes Museum

At the Mercedes-Benz Museum, the Condair DL delivers precise, hygienic humidification to protect exhibits and ensure optimal indoor climate for visitors.

Mercedes Benz Museum

Porsche Museum

Explore the Porsche Museum‚the floating architecture and exhibits. Condair steam humidifiers deliver precise humidity control to protect valuable collections.

Porsche Museum, Zuffenhausen - Germany

Schloss Herrenchiemsee

Condair DL hybrid humidifiers provide precise, hygienic humidity control at Herrenchiemsee New Palace, supporting conservation and a stable indoor climate.

Herrenchiemsee New Palace, Germany

Schwerin Palace

Schwerin Palace is located on an island in the Schwerin city center, and is the city's most famous landmark. It is the largest and most opulent of the over 2,000 castles and manors in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Nestled among the scenic lakes around Schwerin, it was once the seat of the Mecklenburg dukes, and has also been home to the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament since 1990. The castle as we know it today is the result of an extensive process of renovation and new construction from 1845 to 1857. The area around the castle includes a number of diverse, impressively designed gardens that were reconstructed or newly built for the Bundesgartenschau horticultural exhibition in 2009. Condair EL steam humidifiers ensure a pleasant indoor climate.

Schwerin Palace, Schwerin - Germany

Paul Klee Museum, Bern, Switzerland

The Kunstmuseum, Zentrum Paul Klee, is located in Bern, Switzerland, in the immediate vicinity of the Schlosshalde cemetery, where Paul Klee™s grave can also be found. The building is dominated by curved arches that blend harmoniously into the surrounding hilly landscape. It houses the comprehensive work of the Paul Klee Foundation and reflects the artist™s complexity through the division into three hills. The North Hill is dedicated to practical art education, conferences, and workshops. The Central Hill is used for collection presentation and temporary exhibitions, the South Hill for research and administration. Condair™s DL hybrid air humidifiers create an optimum indoor climate for visitors and the sensitive works of art.

Paul Klee Museum, Bern

Musée Atelier Audemars Piquet, Switzerland

The Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet invites visitors to explore the heritage of Swiss Haute Horlogerie. Combining striking architecture, living workshops, and a collection of over 300 timepieces, it offers a unique journey into the brand™s past, present, and future.

To ensure that visitors enjoy this journey in perfect comfort, Condair DL hybrid humidifiers maintain an ideal atmospheric humidity. This subtle yet essential technology protects the delicate timepieces on display while creating a pleasant environment for guests ” a perfect balance between preservation and well-being.

Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus - Switzerland

Foundation Michalski, Switzerland

An ideal work site for literature and literati &mdash that was the vision that Vera and Jan Michalski wanted to achieve with the Maison d'Écriture. It is located at the foot of the Vaud Jura Mountains, in the Bois Ditsert in Montricher, with a view of Lake Geneva and the Alps. The site was chosen for its scenic beauty and the quiet surroundings that are supposed to have a positive effect on writers' activities and inspire them to reflect. This location has a very special appeal and a unique atmosphere. Architects V. Mangeat and P. Wahlen were tasked with designing the architecture of the object. They created several buildings for the foundation's numerous activities that fit perfectly into the surrounding nature and form a kind of settlement. Individual living spaces for authors, a dining room, a recreation room, a large library for research, a room with modular space for exhibitions and an auditorium for all kinds of events promise numerous encounters and brisk cultural exchange. Condair DL hybrid humidifiers ensure comfortable atmospheric humidity.

Foundation Michalski in Montricher

Rjiksmuseum, Netherlands

The Rijksmuseum is one of the world™s finest art museums with over 1.5km of galleries and artworks by Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh. The Condair DL hybrid humidifier is maintaining the ideal humidity for the preservation of paintings such as The Night Watch, The Milkmaid and The Merry Drinker.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Netherlands

ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus

The Aarhus Art Museum was founded in 1859. After several relocations, an architectural competition was held with the support of Queen Margrethe II for a new building, which was won by the Danish architectural firm Schmid, Hammer, and Lassen. The cube-shaped building, with a floor area of 52 by 52 meters and a height of 42 meters, has nine floors with 17,700 square meters of exhibition space, which is primarily dedicated to contemporary art.

The building is recognizable from afar thanks to the œYour Rainbow Panorama, a circular walkway on the roof with a diameter of 52 meters that shines in all facets of the color spectrum. Hybrid humidifiers from Condair ensure comfortable room humidity and preserve the value of over 1,100 paintings, 400 sculptures, and installations.

ARoS Aaarhus Art Museum, Denmark

Dancing House

Condair EL steam humidifiers deliver precise, hygienic humidity control in Prague‚ the iconic Dancing House‚ the Frank Gehry‚ the world-famous Fred and Ginger‚ deconstructivist masterpiece on the Vltava riverbank.

dancing-house

Musée du Louvre, Paris

The Louvre Museum is a museum located within the Louvre Palace in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It houses some of the most iconic works of Western art, including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo.
With 72,735 mÂ² of rooms and galleries, it is the largest art museum in the world, ahead of the Hermitage Museum (66,842 mÂ²) in Russia and the National Museum of China (65,000 mÂ²).

Various Condair humidity control technologies (Condair DL, RS, ME, DC) help maintain the ideal indoor humidity for the preservation of the exhibits and the well-being of staff and visitors.Â

Louvre Museum France - Humidity control

The State Hermitage Museum

The Hermitage is not only part of the St. Petersburg historic city center, which has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but is also one of the world's largest and most important art museums. One of the several buildings that make up the Hermitage complex is the famous Winter Palace, which once served as the winter residence for Russian czars. The Hermitage contains over 350 exhibition rooms in which 65,000 pieces are displayed. In all, the archive is home to an impressive 2.7 million exhibition pieces and archaeological artifacts from Russia and Central and Western Europe, including antique artworks and prehistoric objects. To help keep the exhibits in top condition, Condair steam humidifiers are used to ensure optimal air humidity levels.

Winter Palace

Precise humidity protects millions of books at Bibliothèque Nationale de France

As one of the most recognisable and symbolically powerful architectural landmarks of contemporary Paris, the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Site François-Mitterrand) sets new standards in cultural design, monumental scale and preservation of knowledge. Condair is proud to contribute to this visionary institution with advanced hybrid humidification solutions that protect priceless collections, ensure visitor comfort and guarantee energy-efficient climate control.
Preserving millions of books, manuscripts, maps and artefacts demands rigorously stable climatic conditions. Optimal relative humidity “ crucial for preventing damage to paper, bindings and other organic materials “ is reliably maintained by Condair MK5, resistive steam humidifier.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris - France

Smithsonian

Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian is the world's largest museum and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and nine research facilities. Condair EL electrode steam humidifiers and Condair DL hybrid humidifiers are maintaining the ideal humidity for preserving artifacts and exhibits. The Condair DL provides very accurate humidity control at ±2%RH, whilst offering exceptional hygiene management, with a combination of reverse osmosis water filtration, flush and drain cycles and a patented Hygiene Plus silver ionisation system.

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. - USA

Canadian Museum of History

The Canadian Museum of History is located in the Hull area of Gatineau, Quebec, directly across the Ottawa River from Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The museum's primary purpose is to collect, study, preserve, and present material objects that illuminate the human history of Canada and the cultural diversity of its people.

Museum of History, Gatineau - Canada

British Museum, UK

The British Museum first opened its doors in 1759, and is now one of the largest and most important culture and history museums in the world. In 1850, it moved to a larger building that was specially built to house its ever-growing collection. At the center of the classically-designed building is a covered square, with the former British Library building at its center. The roof was designed by the English star architect Sir Norman Foster, and is made up of 3,312 glass panes arranged in pairs. They cover the entire square, which at 76,500 square feet is the largest covered public square in all of Europe. Condair steam humidifiers on each of the museum's three floors ensure an ideal indoor climate for visitors and exhibits alike.

Columbus Museum of Modern Art, USA

The Columbus Museum of Art needed precise humidity control to protect priceless artworks and ensure visitor comfort. Condair installed its RS steam humidifiers, integrated with the museum™s HVAC system, delivering consistent humidity in the ideal 50¯Â±¯5¯% RH range. The system™s design allows rapid response to seasonal and daily fluctuations, ensuring paintings, sculptures, and historic artifacts are safeguarded against cracking, warping, or other moisture-related damage. Easy to operate and maintain, the RS units provide reliable, energy-efficient performance while blending unobtrusively into the museum™s infrastructure. By maintaining stable indoor humidity, Condair helps preserve the integrity of the collection, supports optimal conditions for visitors, and provides curators with confidence that their environment meets stringent conservation standards.

Mudac Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland

The mudac in Lausanne, designed by the Portuguese architects Aires Mateus, is an architectural masterpiece that houses two museums. The Museum of Design and Applied Arts and the Elysée Museum of Photography. Its architecture consists of two structures connected by a horizontal glass opening, giving visitors the feeling of being outdoors, no matter where they are in the building.

The upper part of the building rests on just three load-bearing points, which is an impressive feat of engineering and makes the upper structure appear to float. RS resistive steam humidifiers from Condair ensure a pleasant and healthy indoor climate and optimum humidity levels for conservation and value preservation purposes.

Art Gallery of New South Wales

The Art Gallery of New South Wales, located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia. The Gallery's first public exhibition opened in 1874.

Art Space Wodonga

Wodonga Library and Arts Space Wodonga has been redeveloped. The two-story building includes two gallery rooms. A significant design feature is the spiral staircase topped by a skylight which intersects the second-floor gallery spaces. Galleries 1 2 and the MAP store have Condair duct steam humidifiers installed to ensure adequate humidity over winter.

Australian Museum

The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology.

Bank Art Museum Moree

The Bank Art Museum Moree (BAMM), commonly known as the Moree Museum, selected multiple Condair RS units to enable precise humidity control within the gallery. Maintaining optimal conditions is critical to preserving delicate artworks and historic artefacts.

Melbourne Scienceworks

Scienceworks is a world-renowned science museum in Melbourne, Australia. It is a venue of Museum Victoria, which administers the cultural and scientific collections of the State of Victoria. The Condair CP3 steam humidifier is helping to maintain the humidity levels for the displays and vistor comfort at the museum.

Museum of Contemporary Arts Sydney

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia is an Australian museum solely dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art, both from across Australia and around the world. It is housed in the Art Deco-style former Maritime Services Board Building on the western edge of Circular Quay. The Condair CP3 steam humidifier is helping to maintain the ideal internal humidity for the preservation of the exhibits.

National Gallery of Australia

The National Gallery of Australia is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art.

NGV - National Gallery of Victoria

The National Gallery of Victoria, locally known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest, largest and most visited art museum. It houses the gallery's international art collection, including an extensive collection from Europe, Asia, America and Oceania. The building is on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Condair EL steam humidifiers are located throughout the gallery, ensuring optimum humidity conditions in all the exhibition halls, storage rooms and preparation areas.

Powerhouse Museum

Powerhouse Ultimo is a contemporary museum in the heart of Sydney with a focus on arts, science, innovation and design. Condair is proud to have supplied, installed and commissioned Condair RS resistive steam humidifiers to help maintain consistent and accurate humidity levels required in the exhibition and storage areas to ensure the artefacts are perfectly preserved.The Condair RS is ideal for heritage applications, as it delivers close humidity control and has an innovative scale management system to extend the periods between necessary servicing. Limescale that builds up during normal operation, falls into a scale collector tank at the base of the unit. This can be easily emptied to routinely remove scale from the humidifier.

Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art

The Queensland Art Gallery is an art museum located in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania. The museum was established in 1846, by the Royal Society of Tasmania, the oldest Royal Society outside England. The TMAG receives 300,000 visitors annually.

The Art Gallery of Western Australia

The Art Gallery of Western Australia is located in the heart of Perth's Cultural Centre. This gallery houses artworks from famous local and international artists. Condair RS units were selected to ensure that optimal conditions are maintained for the long-term protection of the artworks in the gallery and a comfortable environment for staff and visitors.

The Ian Potter Museum of Art

Founded in 1972, the Ian Potter Museum of Art is the University of Melbourne's art museum. Multiple Condair RS humidifiers are installed on the site, ensuring that artworks are kept in the optimal conditions for preservation. Without the right conditions, artworks could become damaged over time. This is particularly of concern for older artefacts which can be very sensitive to dry air &ndash making them brittle and impossible to handle.

The Museum of Health, Toowoomba

The Toowoomba Hospital Museum preserves and displays medical and healthcare artefacts of historical significance. This important facility is continually growing and adding items to their curated selection. Due to their compact size and high-efficiency design, Condair RM resistive steam humidifiers were installed at the Museum. Humidification ensures that the historical artefacts remain in optimal conditions and are preserved for future generations to continue to learn about the development of medical practice and skills throughout time.

Western Australian Museum

The Western Australian Museum is the state museum for Western Australia. It has six main sites: in Perth within the Perth Cultural Centre, two in Fremantle, and one each in Albany, Geraldton, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Kunstmeile, Krems

The Kunstmeile in Krems is a cultural hotspot featuring unique architecture. On a total exhibition space measuring 3,000 square meters, the museum merges the regional collections of Lower Austria andsignificant private collections as well as current themed and one-off exhibitions on artists and contemporary issues. The State Gallery's new building, designed by renowned Vorarlberg-based architectural firm Marte,serves as the central gateway to the Krems Kunstmeile. It comprises the Kunsthalle, Forum Frohner, the Karikatur-Museum, Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche, Artothek as well as the exhibition at Dominikanerkirche Kremsand is considered a center for the exploration of art and culture far beyond Austria's borders. Condair steam humidifiers ensure healthy and comfortable air humidity.

Chinese National Museum

Boasting a total area of 195,000 m2, the National Museum in Beijing is the largest museum building in the world. It attracts 7.5 million visitors every year. Located directly on Tienanmen Square and in close proximity to the Forbidden City, it houses over 1 million exhibits, including paintings, art objects as well as historical artefacts from the Paleolithic era and the empires to the industrialization era and from the recent past. The architecture of the building shows clear references to traditional Chinese buildings. For example, the exposed entablature, the staggered roof typology, and even the large perforated bronze doors echo the design of the historic models. Mobile Condair humidifiers ensure a healthy room climate and optimum room humidity for conservation.

Inner Mongolia Museum

The Inner Mongolia Museum is a regional museum in the city of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, in north China.

Liaoning Provincial Museum

The cultural relic warehouse covers 10,019 m2, where Condair MK5 located.

National Museum of China

Shanghai Museum

The Shanghai Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. Rebuilt at its current location in 1996, it is considered one of China's first world-class modern museums.

Shanghai Science & Technology Museum

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is a large museum in Pudong, Shanghai, close to Century Park, the largest park within the inner districts of the city.

Art installation at Danish school

Condair has delivered humidification for the art installation where nozzles atomize water finely out into the air. The art installation ‹‹consists of an outdoor sculpture in bronze with running water, light and sound installations. The bronze tree with water spray and music adorn Fredensborg School Vilhelmsro. The tree is changing with the seasons, while the colors change with temperature. The atomized water is illuminated by LEDs, which is surrounded by nozzles. The art installation has been created by the artist duo Klejs and Rønsholt.

Roskilde Cathedral

Mould and mildew no longer a problem Roskilde Cathedral chose Condair to supply a system to keep mould and mildew out. The problems with mould and mildew were occurring in the cold, unheated chapels and crypts. It would be almost impossible to install heating sources in the building to reduce the humidity level in the problematic areas. Three dehumidifiers were therefore installed as a trial. These gradually removed the excess humidity and then stabilised the level below 65%, which has been enough to keep mould and mildew away from the velvet covered coffins. The trial has been running for four years, and will continue for ongoing data collection. Roskilde Cathedral also has a data logging system installed in the building, which monitors that the air humidity is maintained under the critical limit all year round.Condair is very aware that churches are a sensitive building environment. It is important that excess humidity is always removed gradually under professional control and monitoring. Advantages &bull Correct dehumidification to avoid damage&bull Air humidity control to prevent mould and mildew&bull Reduced heating requirements System specifications &bull Dehumidifiers: Dehutech 320 (3)&bull Control: JA1000 with display&bull Data logging&bull Installed: 2010 "Our problems with mould and mildew in the coffin velvet in our chapels and crypts were solved." Ole HøjlundBuilding Manager, Roskilde Cathedral

Art Museum Ateneum

The Ateneum art museum, also known as the home of Finnish art, was renovated in 2022- 2023. Completed in 1887, the neo-renaissance building has renewed the museum's ventilation machines, built new public toilets and expanded the entrance. The number of visitors in 2022 was approximately 79,000, and the figure is expected to increase in the future. Ateneum's ventilation system now includes Condair's DL hybrid humidifiers. The Condair DL combines spray and evaporative technologies to provide very accurate and hygienic in-duct adiabatic humidification with low operating costs, and the additional benefit of evaporative cooling. Images 1 and 3: Hannu Pakarinen

Château de Versailles

Alte Pinakothek

Kunsthalle Schirn

The Kunsthalle Schirn is one of the most prestigious exhibition halls in Europe and has over 2,000 square meters of exhibition space. It was opened in 1986 in the heart of Frankfurt's Old Town according to designs by the BJSS architectural office.More than 240 exhibitions have already taken place here, including one by Edvard Munch and Wassily Kandinsky. A particularly impressive component of the Schirn is the 140 meter long and only 10 meter wide five-story hall,which is the actual exhibition building. Condair's DL hybrid humidifiers provide optimum humidity to protect the exhibits and make visitors feel comfortable.

Viking Museum Haithabu

Haithabu's Viking Museum is one of the most important archaeological museums in Germany and is dedicated to the historical settlement site at Haddebyer Noor, which was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2018.The exhibition centre as well as the seven reconstructed houses on the historic site offer a vivid depiction of the lives of those who lived here around 1,000 years ago. Spectacular and unique artefacts discovered here during archaeological excavations at the market place, fortifications and burial grounds are on display at the museum. The southern part of the historic city as well as the harbour facilities at the original site are set to be reconstructed.Condair steam humidifiers ensure a pleasant and healthy room climate as well as optimum room humidity for conservation.

National Gallery of Ireland

The National Gallery of Ireland houses the Irish national collection of Irish and European art. It is located in the centre of Dublin with one entrance on Merrion Square, beside Leinster House, and another on Clare Street.

Kyoto National Museum

Condair humidifiers have been installed at the Kyoto National Museum to protect important national artefacts and artworks. The humidifiers also support with maintaining a comfortable, healthy environment for guests and employees at the historical facility.

The Hokusai-kan Museum

The Hokusai-kan Museum is home to some of Japan's most famous paintings, prints and books. Of note, the Museum houses several wooden festival floats. To maintain and protect these historical items, Condair humidifiers are used to ensure an optimal environment for these artefacts.

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

The Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre is home to several performance halls, rehearsal spaces and galleries. To maintain an optimal environment for theatre performances, Condair humidification products have been installed.

Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum collects, houses, and displays a comprehensive collection of art works and antiquities from Japan as well as other Asian countries. The museum also conducts research and investigations concerning its collection of books, rubbings, and photographs, related to fine art, and makes these items available to scholars. Condair humidifiers not only protect the collections, but also help to provide an optimal environment for guests and employees at the Museum.

Nazarbayev Center

The main activity of the Nazarbaev Center is the formation and further development of a single informational space for studying and popularizing the history of Kazakh statehood and to support the historical legacy of the President. The objectives of the Center are to strengthen the values of civic identity and patriotism to promote Kazakhstan's international cooperation in the political, social, humanitarian, and other spheres and to disseminate knowledge about Kazakhstan and its role in the global community. It covers more than 24,000 square meters and was designed by the British star architect Sir Norman Foster. The white marble bowl-like base is topped by a convex oculus made of special glass that can withstand the heavy snow loads typical of this region. Internally, the floors are arranged in terraces and open towards the glass dome. The orientation of the building was based on the path of the sun, so that the interior always has a pleasant microclimate with plenty of natural daylight. Electrode steam humidifiers and in-duct evaporative humidifiers from Condair ensure healthy room air humidity.

Depot Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

The Depot of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum was opened in November 2021 by the Dutch King Willem-Alexander and houses 151,000 works of art with a total value of around 8 billion euros. A round shape was chosen in order to make the building appear equally inviting from all sides. Thus, the building has no front or back. The reflective façade, consisting of 6,609 m2 of glass and distributed over 1,664 mirror panels, makes the building look different depending on the weather. Thus, its visual appearance changes daily, like a living painting. The atrium with the intersecting staircase and the forest roof realized at a height of approx. 35 m is a particularly eye-catching feature. The birch trees, grasses and pines placed on the roof help to store water and reduce heat stress in the city. Condair hybrid humidifiers ensure a healthy room climate as well as optimum room humidity for conservation.

Kröller Muller Museum

Limburgs Museum

Mauritshuis

Museon

Stadhuis Maastricht

New York Public Library

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress), and fourth largest in the world.

Auckland Art Gallery

Auckland Art Gallery is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, and has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand. It frequently hosts travelling international exhibitions.

Royal Ontario Museum

Rideau Hall

Jüdisches Museum

Das Museum der Geschichte der polnischen Juden befindet sich in Warschau direkt neben dem Denkmal der Helden des Warschauer Ghettos. Es bietet 1.300 m2 Platz für wechselnde Ausstellungen und 4.300 m2 für eine dauerhafte Ausstellung, die die Geschichte der polnischen Juden vom Mittelalter bis heute zeigt. Das Gebäude wurden vom finnischen Architektenteam Lahdelma Mahlamäki Oy entworfen und besteht aus gläsernen, zweischichtigen Außenwänden. Über dem Eingang ist ein voluminöser Spalt in der Fassade, der den Weg des jüdischen Volkes durch das rote Meer symbolisieren soll. Im Inneren des Museums sorgen Condair RS Dampf-Luftbefeuchter für ein angenehmes Raumklima für Besucher und Ausstellungsstücke.

Astrakhan Art Gallery

Astrakhan Art Gallery is the first Astrakhan art museum based by P.M. Dogadin who has donated his collection of paintings to his native town in 1918.

Museum of Moscow

The Museum of History of Moscow is one of the oldest museums of the city. Its collection was established on the initiative of Russian scientific community in 1896.

Sarjadje-Park

The Sarjadje Park in Moscow was opened in September 2017 and since then has offered a 10.2 hectare landscape park directly in the center of Moscow in the immediate vicinity of the Kremlin and Red Square.The four vegetation zones of Russia, tundra, steppe, forests and floodplains, are depicted on the terraced area which slopes from northeast to southwest. For this purpose, plants, soil and stones from the individual regions were transported to Moscow.In the park you can find the gardens, the Moscow concert hall Sarjadje, an underground archaeological museum, an amphitheater, a cinema hall and the so-called floating bridge.Electrode steam humidifiers from Condair ensure an optimum indoor climate.

Schusev State Museum of Architecture

The Shchusev State Museum of Architecture is a national museum of Russian Architecture located in Moscow the capital of Russia and also a research centre to study and promote the architectural and urban heritage

National Museum Bloemfontein

The National Museum &ndash a natural history, cultural history and art museum &ndash was established in 1877 and is a Declared Cultural Institution. Condair EL electrode boiler steam humidifiers are helping to maintain an ideal air humidity for the preservation and conservation of the artifacts on show and in storage at the National Museum Bloemfontein.

Museo de bellas artes de Bilbao

Museo de Mallorca

Museo del Prado

Palacio de exposiciones de Valencia

Zentrum Paul Klee

Das Kunstmuseum, Zentrum Paul Klee, befindet sich im schweizerischen Bern in unmittelbarer Nähe des Schlosshalde-Friedhofs auf dem auch das Grab Paul Klees zu finden ist. Das Gebäude wird dominiert von geschwungen Bögen, die sich harmonisch in die umgebende, hügelige Landschaft einfügen. Es beherbergt das umfassende Werk der Stiftung Paul Klee und spiegelt die Vielschichtigkeit des Künstlers durch die Aufteilung der drei Hügel wider. Der Hügel Nord widmet sich der praktischen Kunstvermittlung, Konferenzen und Werkstätten. Der Hügel Mitte dient der Sammlungspräsentation und den Wechselausstellungen, der Hügel Süd der Forschung und Verwaltung. Ein optimales Raumklima für Besucher und die empfindlichen Kunstwerke schaffen Hybrid-Luftbefeuchter DL von Condair.

Presidential Nation Library

Ashgabat Congress Center

The Congress center is a complex of monumental buildings designed in a classic style. All three objects included in the structure of the complex have a common architectural solution, forming a single ensemble. The large-sized building consists of 5 floors its area is 47 thousand 464 square meters. It is located on the territory of 93.7 thousand square meters. The building is 38.65 meters high and 190 meters wide.

Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. Its world famous collections range from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art, telling human stories across cultures and across time.The Ashmolean was Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678&ndash1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677. It is also the world's second university museum, after the establishment of the Kunstmuseum Basel in 1661 by the University of Basel.Condair mobile humidifiers are helping maintain the ideal internal humidity for the preservation of the exhibits on display andin storage.

Durham History Centre

The Durham History Centre, known as "The Story at Mount Oswald," is a new local history center and registration service for County Durham, UK. It is housed in the Grade II listed Mount Oswald manor house. It aims to centralize the history and heritage of County Durham through historic records, photographs, and objects. The project includes enhanced registration facilities for weddings and civil ceremonies, free entry to permanent and temporary exhibitions, and an education program for local schools.A Condair DA desiccant dehumidifier is maintaining the ideal indoor humidity and preventing damage to exhibits and artefacts from mould and damp.

Factory International

The Factory International is a cultural, arts and events venue in Manchester. It focuses on innovative and forward-thinking new work that reflects the spectrum of performing arts, visual arts and popular culture.Every two years, Factory International runs the Manchester International Festival (MIF) &ndash the festival of brand new artistic work known world-over. The organisation is also training the creative workforce of the future through the Factory Academy, supporting artists to realise their potential, and working with local communities to build our programme.Condair RS resistive steam humidifiers are maintaining the ideal indoor humidity in the venue for the health and wellbeing of occupants, to maintain the integrity of wooden instruments and interiors, and to ensure singing voices are not affected by a dry atmosphere.

Knole House - National Trust

Knole is a country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust. It is situated within Knole Park, a 1,000-acre park located immediately to the south-east of Sevenoaks in west Kent, UK. The house ranks in the top five of England's largest houses, under any measure used, occupying a total of four acres.A Condair RS resistive steam humidifier is providing direct room humidity control, with a blower pack, to protect valuable works of art and antiques from the damaging effects of dry air.

Momart

Momart specialise in the storage, transportation, and installation of works of art. A major proportion of their business is maintaining often delicate artworks in a secure, climate-controlled environment. The company maintains specialist warehouse facilities adapted for this task.Condair mobile humidifiers are helping maintain the ideal humidity for the preservation of fine art and antiques in Momart's east london storage facility.

Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage

The Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage is dedicated to celebrating and preserving the history of firefighting in Scotland. Its collection includes fire appliances, uniforms, and operational equipment dating back hundreds of years.Condair RS steam humidifiers and Condair DA desiccant dehumidifiers are helping protect the exhibits and artefacts by maintaining the ideal indoor humidity.

National Archives

The National Archives is a government department and an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice. It incorporates the Office of Public Sector Information and Her Majesty's Stationery Office. As the government's national archive for the United Kingdom, it holds over 1,000 years of the nation's records for everyone to discover and use.Condair evaporative and resistive steam humidifiers are maintaining the ideal conditions for the preservation of the UK's historic documents and history.

Palace of Holyrood House, The King's Gallery

The King's Gallery (formerly The Queen's Gallery) at Holyrood House Palace contains exhibits from the Royal Collection, featuring old master paintings, rare furniture, decorative arts and images from the vast photograph collection.It is open to the public on a daily basis and is housed primarily in a Gothic church building that was originally built between 1846 and 1850.Condair RS resistive steam humidifiers are helping to maintain the ideal indoor humidity for the preservation of the exhibits on display.

Rheged Art Gallery

Rheged, located in Penrith, Cumbria, UK, is a dynamic and multifaceted venue on the edge of the Northern Lakes. It serves as an arts center, cafit, cinema, shopping venue, workplace, and creative space. Rheged is a place for children to play and for friends, family, and colleagues to gather, whether it's to share a meal, watch a film, attend a meeting, see an exhibition, buy a gift, or just catch up over coffee.A Condair RS steam humidifier is maintaining the ideal humidity around the exhibits on display to preserve and protect them from damage from dry air.

Special Collections | University of Southampton

With around 7 million manuscript items and 50,000 printed books, the Special Collections at the University of Southampton, provide a resource of remarkable richness and depth. Within the Archives and Manuscripts are the papers of the first Duke of Wellington, third Viscount Palmerston, and papers for the foundation of the states of India and Pakistan in the archive of Earl Mountbatten of Burma.Condair EL electrode boiler steam humidifiers are helping to maintain the ideal humidity for the preservation of the artifacts on display and in storage at the archive.

The Design Museum

The Design Museum in Kensington, London, exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018, the museum won the European Museum of the Year Award. The museum operates as a registered charity, and all funds generated by ticket sales aid the museum in curating new exhibitions.Condair RS resistive steam humidifiers are maintaining the ideal indoor humidity to perfectly perserve the integrity of the exhibits on display.

The National Army Museum

The Condair RS resistive steam humidifier is the ideal choice for heritage applications due to its responsive control and innovative scale management system. It can operate on mains water, as it is at the National Army Museum, and provide ±3%RH control, or on RO water and offer a close ±1%RH control.

The National Gallery

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, in Trafalgar Square since 1838, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.Condair evaporative humidifiers and RO water filters are helping to maintain the ideal indoor humidity to perfectly preserve the integrity of the exhibits on display.

The National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits.Portraits are selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter, not that of the artist. The collection includes photographs and caricatures as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture.Condair resistive steam and electrode steam humidifiers are helping to maintain the ideal humidity for the preservation of the valuable exhibits.

The Stage, Museum of Shakespeare

This new, permanent visitor experience in London will transport guests back to the 16th Century to follow in the footsteps of the world's most famous playwright through a series of immersive and interactive experiences.London's Curtain Playhouse was a cultural and social centre for the city during the life of Shakespeare. In 2025 it will be triumphantly reborn as the capital's newest and most dramatic cultural attraction: the Museum of Shakespeare.Condair RS steam humidifiers are maintaining the ideal indoor humidity for the preservation of the wooden floors and architecture in the venue.

The University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209 and is the world's third-oldest university in continous operation. The university includes 31 semi-autonomous constituent colleges and over 150 academic departments, faculties, and other institutions organised into six schools.All of the colleges are self-governing institutions, managing their own personnel and policies. The largest department is Cambridge University Press Assessment, which has £1 billion of annual revenue and reaches 100 million learners.Condair humidification systems are used in many buildings at The University of Cambridge across research, healthcare and heritage areas, as well as for animal and human health purposes.

Towner Eastbourne

The Towner Gallery was established as a project in 1920 following the death of Alderman John Chisholm Towner, who left 22 paintings, £6,000 and instructions for the establishment of an art gallery.Towner celebrated its centenary year in 2023 and hosted the Turner Prize. The gallery hosts one of the most significant public art collections in the South of England and draws over 100,000 visitors a year. It was described by ITV News as "the region's biggest art gallery", in 2017 and is free to enter and enjoy.Condair RS resistive steam humidifiers are maintaining the ideal humidity for the preservation of the art and exhibits.

Ulster Museum

The Ulster Museum offers its visitors 9,000 years of Irish culture and history. From dinosaurs and Egyptian mummies to modern day masterpieces, the museum has a vast array of art, history and natural sciences, all free for the public to enjoy.Condair CP3 steam humidifiers are helping to maintain an ideal air humidity for the preservation and conservation of the artifacts on show and in storage at the Ulster Museum.

Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum, commonly known as the VA, is one of the world's leading art and design museums. Located in London, United Kingdom, it is renowned for its extensive and diverse collection of art, design, and historical artifacts. The VA's holdings encompass a wide range of items, including decorative arts, fashion, textiles, sculptures, ceramics, paintings, and much more. Established in 1852, the museum was named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and has since become a prominent institution in the field of art and design. Its mission is to inspire creativity and promote an understanding and appreciation of art and design throughout history and across cultures. The museum regularly hosts exhibitions, educational programs, and events, making it a hub for art enthusiasts and scholars worldwide.Condair RS resistive and Condair EL electrode boiler steam humidifiers are maintaining the ideal humidity for the preservation of the exhibits and the health and wellbeing of the occupants.

Quotes from our Customers

Ceilite Air Conditioning

Tim Cheshire

Applications Engineer Technical Manager

We required an efficient and effective method of humidification that could safely raise relative humidity (RH) in a large archive store for priceless artwork – vital requirements that were successfully met by Condair. There were some challenges posed by the space to work in and the infrastructure of the building, but the excellent installation team overcame the issues without any complaint.

Would I specify Condair’s humidifiers again? Yes, without hesitation.

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