Museums are turning increasingly to the use of scenography to evoke the atmosphere of a particular natural or cultural  environment. Whether it is the overwhelming mass of Austria’s highest mountain, the narrowness of a gorge or the chilly atmosphere of a cave, the more the onlooker’s senses are involved the deeper and longer-lasting the memory.  

	The model of the Grossglockner and the Grossvenediger mountains were reconstructed on a scale of 1:100. They appear massive and overpowering. And yet, despite their bulk, they seem as if suspended weightlessly in space; the space beneath them is empty and they are supported solely by five metal legs. Models of Grossglockner and Grossvenediger Visitor Centre Nationalparkzentrum, Mittersill
	Salzburg Upside Down: In one of the rooms in the house where Mozart was born everything is upside down, a mirror-image of the person who was Mozart. A model of Salzburg at the time of Mozart has been worked into the stucco of one of the ceilings. Model of Salzburg House where Mozart was born, Salzburg © Lesley Leslie-Spinks
	Visitors walking through a gorge experience damp, narrowness and dim light. For the creation of this gorge, matrixes were taken specially from a real gorge in Salzburg Province.  Exhibition River Salzach Exhibition Haus der Natur/Natural History Museum Salzburg

	A  machine-gun position on Monte Cimone in World War I. The machine-gun fire in the background adds atmosphere. Special Exhibition 2005 "This is the way they went to war – Glory and Downfall of the Austrian Imperial Army" Burg Golling, Golling
	The shark-pool is lined with rocks, so creating a smooth transition from the coral reef to the aquarium in the visitor area. Shark-pool Haus der Natur/Museum of Natural History, Salzburg