Museum of the Royal Palace Works
WhatWeAre interactive studio worked with ARTLED and the architecture studio of Giovanni Francesco Frascino on the multimedia design of the new Museo della Fabbrica di Palazzo Reale in Naples.
The permanent installation tackles a location where minimal architectural solutions are suspended in a space with strong character, enhancing both the rooms and the works and models on display, and guiding the visitor through a continuous narrative.
The Museo della Fabbrica is a permanent exhibition that introduces the visit not only to the Royal Apartment but to the whole monumental complex of the Royal Palace of Naples.
The museum tells the story of the Palace through works of art and audiovisual installations. The first three sections offer a multimedia journey through the palace’s history, from the viceroyalty and the Bourbon kingdom to the Napoleonic period, pairing works of art with screens showing other visual records and portraits of the leading figures of those events.
The central space immerses visitors in the palace’s nineteenth-century reconfiguration. The heart of this section is the extraordinary nineteenth-century models made by the architects Antonio Niccolini and Gaetano Genovese, restored for the occasion and displayed in a suspended installation that lets visitors see them from different angles.
The next section, covering the Kingdom of Italy, presents in sequence the busts of kings and queens up to Victor Emmanuel III of Savoy.
The museum closes with an immersive installation: a narrow corridor recalling the dramatic years of the Second World War and the bombings that badly damaged the Palace.
The permanent installation sits in a unique location, where minimal architectural solutions blend harmoniously with a space of strong character. This approach enhances both the rooms and the works and models on display, guiding the visitor through a fluid and engaging narrative.
All the videos along the path are synchronised to create a cohesive experience, while precise lighting highlights the details of the nineteenth-century architectural models on display. The audio narration, spread across the different areas of the museum, blends seamlessly with the visual and lighting elements, keeping a delicate balance between technology and exhibition space.
A centralised control room makes it possible to monitor and manage both individual areas and the whole visit, from an intuitive, advanced touchscreen station.