Municipal museum — Forcalquier
Full museography for a three-storey building on rue Grande.
For several years the commune of Forcalquier has been working to bring its historic centre back to life. Continuing that momentum, the building at 12 rue Grande is being rehabilitated. It was once the home of Lucien Henry, art dealer and antiques dealer, who gathered in Forcalquier a rich network of artists and intellectuals and left an extraordinary collection, bequeathed to the municipal museum.
The museum occupies a three-level building, one of them a basement. The project consisted of the complete design of the museography for the basement, ground floor and first floor: arranging the works so as to show them at their best and build a coherent, narrative visitor route, retracing a chronological story through the spaces.
Scenarchie also designed the display furniture and the lighting. The entire building was modelled in 3D, as were the works, integrated to scale, guaranteeing a realistic representation suited to the constraints of the project; that model gave rise to an immersive VR headset presentation. In addition, an art practice workshop was designed on the ground floor to host school groups and a variety of audiences.
