Houses of smART

Bringing arts and culture to life

We keep culture alive

During the last two years cultural institutions faced many challenges and had to close their doors for a long time. Yet this difficult experience made us realize once more what an important part of our community and cultural identity they are. To keep culture alive and enable a safe return of visitors to museums, operas and theatres, Siemens supports these institutions with its smart infrastructure technologies. Our solutions do not only make cultural buildings safer, but also better and more sustainable.

Video series

With our video series Houses of smART, we want to give an insight into how we are connected to cultural institutions and support them, both with our technology and as partners – thus, ensuring access to arts and culture for all parts of society.

 

Every house is unique in its smart infrastructure requirements as well as the type of partnership we have with it. Our support stretches beyond providing technology, as we collaborate on creative projects and help bringing the arts and business together. Besides, in times of digitalization and change our goal is also to help them advance in their digital transformation.

Hallé St. Peters

Our partnership with the renowned Hallé Orchestra from Manchester goes back over 20 years. The collaboration not only includes social projects, but also played a major role in the renovation of the concert hall Hallé St. Peter’s: Thanks to the multiple use of Siemens Smart Infrastructure technologies, the building won three RIBA Awards last year, one of the highest architectural awards for sustainability.

National Center for Civil and Human Rights

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR) is a space to learn, connect, and share. It links the American Civil Rights Movement to the struggle for human rights around the world today. Our Smart Infrastructure Technologies help to keep the NCCHR open during the pandemic. Thermal Imaging Cameras and an innovative Air Quality Solution enable the institution to share its stories safely with in-person visitors.

Teatro Real Madrid

Siemens has a long-standing partnership with the Teatro Real in Madrid and even recently celebrated its 125th anniversary in Spain with a celebratory concert at the theater. The Teatro Real is a cornerstone of cultural life in Madrid, and we not only support its social commitments but also play an important role in the theater's stage technology.

Neues Museum

Neues Museum in Berlin for instance, which is one of the houses of our partner Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, holds a wide range of precious objects from Prehistory and Early history collections. Neues Museum and the other buildings on Museum Island hold artistic treasures of immense cultural value. We are proud to contribute to the protection and preservation of this cultural heritage, so that future generations may enjoy it.

Carnegie Hall 

Our partner Carnegie Hall has one of the most iconic concert halls in the world. We are proud to offer our smart infrastructure solutions, so that audiences can safely enjoy groundbreaking musical performances. On the partnership side, we also love to connect them with young, emerging musicians through our collaborations. It’s a win-win situation, in which the artists get the chance to fulfill their dream of performing in Carnegie Hall, and our partner profits from their talent and new ideas.

Bauhaus Museum Dessau

The new Bauhaus Museum in Dessau holds one of the world’s largest Bauhaus collections. Our electrical safety concept prevents accidents and offers a safe environment for visitors to enjoy this unique museum. In doing this, we promote local identifications in the regions in which we operate.

Melbourne Museum

The Melbourne Museum functions as a cultural center for the community. It holds the artifacts of Australia’s past and allows the people to connect with their heritage to better understand their identity today. With our technology, we help preserve those precious artifacts, so that they won’t be affected by the passage of time.

Salzburg Festival

Another longtime partner of ours is the world-famous Salzburg Festival. In providing a safe environment for a large audience as well as ideal temperature conditions and acoustics, we create perfect places to enjoy breathtaking performances. Beyond that, we also have facilitated free live broadcasts of the shows on a public square. We believe that art and music are the backbone of our society and everyone should have access to it.

Going forward, we want to continue being involved in creating perfect environments for culture and building local communities around it. We will keep making houses of art smart.

 

 

Video Series "Houses of smART"

Teatro Real
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Hallé St. Peter's
Salzburg Festival
Neues Museum Berlin
Carnegie Hall New York
Bauhaus Museum Dessau
Melbourne Museum

Webcast: Houses of smART - what kind of infrastructure does culture need?

We invited renowned representatives of the cultural scene and discussed with them the following topics: 

  • Culture in times of change
  • Creative solutions for the cultural landscape of the future
  • The role of technology in cultural buildings

Matthias Rebellius, MBM Siemens AG and CEO Smart Infrastructure, gave a keynote to introduce the topic.

 

Speakers: 

Prof. Dr. Stephan Frucht, Head of Culture and Sponsoring Siemens AG

Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation 

Minister Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Minister for Culture and Science of North-Rhine Westphalia 

Anna Weber, General Manager, Artistic and Operations at Carnegie Hall

Florian Wiegand, Director of Concerts at the Salzburg Festival

 

Moderator:

Sarah Tietze-Kamya, Communications Siemens AG

 

Recording: Webcast Houses of smART