Display case

As a showcase ( from Latin vitrum, "glass" ) is called a container, at least on one side of a glass wall ( vitre of French, glass '; Latin vitreum, glass ' ) or has a glass lid and thus the view of allows stored inside objects. A synonym German designation for the showcase is the showcase.

The function of the protective container is usually to employ selected and often demanding presented objects for exhibition purposes. The purpose of protection aims to preserve the exhibits from unauthorized access, damage by unintentional mechanical influences, damaging climatic influences, dust and excessive light radiation.

Special cabinets can be made for outstanding individual objects or for groups of objects. In public institutions, such as museums, they form the central part of exhibition installations. Authorities of all kinds use wall cabinets for publication of official notices. This is comparable to the wall boxes of associations that serve for the attack messages to the members or the special case of flags and trophy boxes of representative storage of selected objects from the possession of the institution.

In the area of ​​private sector showcases have a great importance in the presentation of properties for sale and product samples. Unlike showcase these are located in the interior of a shop and serve the protection and presentation of the display. Display cases provide protection against infections (eg, sneezing ), often also climatic characteristics as in a refrigerated display case or a hot food counter as a bain - marie.

Formally, the mobile display cabinets firmly anchored on the ground and such associated with a building exhibition facilities are to be distinguished. Your design may include pedestal of different material and integrated lighting systems. The show room of any size contained may be fully or only partially made of glass walls. Showcases can be equipped with fuses of various kinds, to prevent the theft of the objects shown.

Showcase

In the public space showcases used, inter alia to unmount public announcements, schedules and event announcements. Even in the private sector cases are widely used for storage of items in the collection.