Museum // Exhibition
History is shaped by people and the choices they make. At Haus der Geschichte Bonn, personal accounts, objects and interactive media connect individual lives with Germany’s history since 1945.
In the open exhibition, sounds from different exhibits can be heard at the same time. We created a shared sound palette for the music, interactive stations and ambient sound, and planned how these layers would work together in the rooms.
Play VideoWe used a spatial score to plan where music, interactive sounds and ambient sound belong in the exhibition. It maps their relationships across the rooms, so each exhibit can be considered alongside its neighbours.
Modular music supports both linear and interactive media. We also designed interface sounds and audible responses for the twenty-two interactive stations.
[UNGEPRÜFTE ANNAHME – ANFANG]At an individual exhibit, a visitor needs to follow its sound while remaining aware of the wider room. The mix balances these local moments with the ambient sound around them.[UNGEPRÜFTE ANNAHME – ENDE]
Connecting the exhibition’s many stories through a shared sonic identity, while giving each historical moment its own voice.
Function of Sound
A shared sonic identity holds the exhibition together, creating continuity between its different exhibits. Within that common language, we gave the historical moments their own recognisable sound, so each keeps its character as part of the larger story.
Content
interactive encounters.
We created interface and feedback sounds for twenty-two interactive stations, alongside modular music for linear and interactive media. The audible responses belong to the exhibition’s shared sound palette.
Sound & Space
We mapped music, media audio and ambient layers together in a spatial score. It brings neighbouring exhibits, room acoustics, visitor focus and accessibility requirements into the same sound plan.
Studio Contribution
We developed the sonic identity and spatial score, composed modular music and designed the interface and feedback sounds. We also advised on exhibition sound and mixed the open room tones on site.