museums

2025

CITADELLE DE DINANT
DINANT - BELGIUM
HISTOVERY

Citadel Visitor Experience Renewal — Augmented Visit

The project involved a complete redesign of the visitor route within the fortress, aiming to enhance both heritage interpretation and overall visitor experience.

A new indoor and outdoor signage system was introduced to improve orientation and create visual coherence across the site. Durable materials and careful integration respect the existing architecture, while renewed content panels combine historical accuracy, educational clarity, and visual appeal.

A new architectural lighting scheme highlights the fortress’ historic volumes and textures, improving spatial readability and creating distinct atmospheres throughout the visitor route.

Several exhibition rooms were fully redesigned, including:

the Belgian Flag Room, featuring a dynamic flag sculpture,
the 1914 Room, dedicated to the assault on the bridge and the siege of Dinant,
the Pickets Room, presenting the structure of the former medieval bridge,
and the Treasury Room, where collection display was redesigned for improved clarity and immersion.

A new entrance space, the Vauban Room, now welcomes visitors with a custom reception desk, integrated HistoPad distribution rack, large introductory video screen, and scenographic elements immersing visitors into the site from arrival.

The project balances contemporary design with respect for heritage, combining scenography, lighting, and signage in dialogue with the historic architecture.

Visitor experience — HistoPad

Integrated throughout the visit, the HistoPad augmented system allows visitors to travel through time via 13 interactive “time gates,” presenting immersive 3D reconstructions of major moments in the citadel’s history, including the 1914 siege, soldiers’ daily life, and the Vauban period.

The experience evolved from a static visit to an interactive, immersive, and multilingual journey (8 languages), accessible to all audiences and families.

Historical accuracy

All digital content and 3D reconstructions were developed and validated in collaboration with a scientific committee to ensure historical and heritage accuracy.

Visitor flow & accessibility

Reorganized circulation routes and improved signage provide clearer orientation and smoother visitor movement across the entire site.

Heritage enhancement

Architectural interventions respect existing structures while introducing contemporary elements through lighting, furniture, and interactive devices.

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2024

FORT ALAMO

SAN ANTONIO - TEXAS
USA
HISTOVERY

The Alamo — Long Barrack Immersive Experience

Project: Long Barrack scenographic redevelopment, The Alamo
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Completion: 2024
Client: The Alamo, within the global Alamo Plan site renewal program
Mission: Full scenographic design and production
Exhibition surface: approx. 200 m²

Project overview

The Long Barrack, one of the few surviving structures from the 1836 Battle of the Alamo and the earlier Spanish mission, has been transformed into an immersive interpretation space as part of the ongoing redevelopment of the historic site.

The project aims to turn the building into an interactive visitor experience, integrating digital technologies and scenography to allow visitors to experience history within the authentic architectural setting rather than simply observe it.

The augmented attraction Surrounded! The Alamo Augmented Experience, located in the Long Barrack, forms part of this new visitor interpretation strategy.

Scenographic concept

The scenographic narrative highlights several key periods of the site’s history, from the Spanish mission era to the 1836 battle and modern conservation efforts.

Visitors move through a hybrid environment combining preserved historical architecture and immersive interpretation. Historic walls and volumes serve as backdrops for projections, interactive stations, and augmented-reality experiences that digitally reconstruct past events and environments.

The building itself becomes a central artifact, reinforcing its role as a place of memory.

Physical & digital integration

The project carefully preserves the historic structure while integrating exhibition furniture, display cases, multimedia devices, and digital installations within the existing architecture.

A hybrid system combines physical scenography with augmented content, allowing visitors to overlay historical reconstructions onto the present building through AR devices and interactive experiences.

Immersive atmosphere

Histovery collaborated on immersive digital content, while Stephen Arnold Music created soundscapes representing different historical periods, allowing visitors to experience the site through sound as well as visuals.

Battle sounds, voices, and environmental audio enhance immersion, transforming visitors into active participants in the story rather than passive observers.

Project values

The project balances several key objectives:

preservation of historical authenticity while improving accessibility,
strengthening the memorial dimension of the site,
enhancing educational understanding through immersive storytelling,
ensuring long-term heritage conservation,
and transforming the Long Barrack into a central experiential space within The Alamo.

Impact and outlook

The Long Barrack redevelopment significantly contributes to the transformation of The Alamo into an internationally recognized museum destination, offering visitors a deeper understanding of the site through immersive technologies integrated respectfully within historic architecture.

Future developments, including the new visitor center planned for completion around 2027, will further reinforce this transformation.

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2022

BORMES LES MIMOSAS
MHAB. MUSÉE D'HISTOIRE ET D'ART DE BORMES LES MIMOSAS
FRANCE
HISTOVERY

Museum of History and Art of Bormes-les-Mimosas (MHAB)

Location: Bormes-les-Mimosas, France
Completion: 2022
Client: City of Bormes-les-Mimosas
Mission: Full scenographic design and production
Exhibition surface: approx. 400 m²

Project overview

Located in a 17th-century building in the medieval village of Bormes-les-Mimosas, the museum renovation aimed to completely renew the permanent exhibition to highlight both local history and art collections while offering a contemporary visitor experience.

The project presents over 2,400 years of local history alongside art collections from the late 19th century to the present, combining architecture, museum design, and augmented reality technologies to modernize the visit.

The renewed museum opened in October 2022 and represents the most ambitious cultural project undertaken by the municipality.

Scenographic concept

The historic five-level building was reorganized to accommodate the new visitor route while preserving architectural heritage elements such as stone walls and traditional structures. Contemporary materials and exhibition devices were carefully integrated to enhance the existing architecture, and certain levels now offer panoramic views over the village and landscape.

The visitor journey includes 15 main stations covering the town’s history from Antiquity to modern times. Each station combines:

physical scenography through furniture, displays, and graphic interpretation,
digital experiences using HistoPad tablets providing augmented reconstructions and interactive content.

Both physical and digital layers are combined to create an immersive and accessible experience, including interactive family-oriented activities such as digital treasure hunts.

Visitor experience

The exhibition design prioritizes clarity, fluid circulation across levels, and balance between heritage preservation and contemporary interpretation.

The HistoPad allows visitors to “travel through time” via 3D reconstructions and augmented reality experiences, positioning the museum as one of the first permanent exhibitions in France structured around augmented mediation.

Project values

The project reinforces several objectives:

strengthening local cultural identity,
making the museum accessible to families and younger audiences,
preserving and revitalizing historic architecture,
transforming visitors into active participants through immersive interpretation,
and positioning the museum as a major cultural attraction for the region.

Impact

The renewed museum combines heritage, technology, and tourism appeal, attracting broader audiences while enhancing the presentation of local collections and reinforcing community memory.

By linking 2,400 years of history with contemporary scenographic tools, the museum presents a renewed and dynamic cultural identity.

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2020

CENTRE INTERPRETACIO PLATJA CASTELLDEFELS
SPAIN
AYMERICH COMUNICACIO

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2019

OBSERVATOIRE DU PIC DU MIDI. Le vaisseau des étoiles
FRANCE
PIC DU MIDI

Pic du Midi Museum — Permanent Exhibition Renewal

Location: Pic du Midi de Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Completion: 2019
Client: Syndicat Mixte du Pic du Midi
Mission: Full scenographic design and production
Exhibition surface: approx. 400 m²

Project overview

Located at 2,877 meters above sea level, Pic du Midi is both a major international scientific site and an iconic natural landmark of the Pyrenees.

As part of a broader modernization of visitor facilities, the permanent museum exhibition was fully redesigned to offer an immersive and accessible visitor experience.

The scenographic project places visitors at the center of a scientific and poetic narrative, revealing both the beauty of the site and the century-long astronomical research conducted at the summit.

Scenographic concept

The exhibition route is organized into thematic sequences:

the mountain and the ascent, introducing visitors to the site and its environment,
the observatory and scientific research,
the sky and light, offering a sensory experience of observation,
and the universe, opening onto contemporary astronomical questions.

Interactive multimedia devices, panoramic projections, historical objects, and custom-designed exhibition furniture combine to create a fluid dialogue between scientific content and emotional experience.

Architectural and technical approach

The project was developed in response to the constraints of a high-mountain environment, including extreme weather conditions, limited accessibility, and complex logistics for installation.

Materials such as raw steel, solid wood, and mineral finishes echo the robustness of the site and integrate with existing architecture.

Lighting plays a key role, with controlled atmospheres enhancing projections and creating intimate visitor spaces. Audiovisual and interactive content was developed in collaboration with scientific teams to ensure accuracy and clarity.

Scope of work

Complete scenographic and museographic design
Graphic identity and exhibition visual design
Design and production of exhibition furniture and signage
Integration and coordination of multimedia and interactive systems
Production supervision and on-site installation

Impact

The renewed exhibition offers visitors an immersive journey through the scientific and human history of Pic du Midi, strengthening both its cultural and tourism appeal.

Since reopening, the museum has seen increased attendance and is recognized as a successful model combining science communication, landscape, and emotional experience.