LIGHT RAIMENT II, 2008

Illuminate your senses
Internationally renowned award-winning artist James Turrell illuminates the Conservatory’s historic glass Palm House in an inspiring display of light.
This permanent installation will perform each evening beginning at dusk and can be viewed from the Grand Mallway west of the Palm House.

Click here to view a slide show of Palm House photos by James D. Decamp
- The Columbus Dispatch.

Dietrich Neumann, professor of history of art and architecture at Brown University, gave a lecture at Franklin Park in October 2008, where he explored the history of architectural illumination since the introduction of electric light as a "new building material". His lecture showed both historic and contemporary examples and discussed the interesting theoretical debates that accompanied this development. His lecture began with Victorian glass houses, and concluded with Franklin Park Conservatory’s installation of James Turrell’s “Light Raiment” in the John F. Wolfe Palm House.

You can enjoy Dr. Neumann’s lecture by clicking here.