Scott Rosenfeld
Lighting Designer
Scott Rosenfeld is the Exhibit Lighting Designer at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery, where he studies how the qualities of light and luminaires shape successful lighting design. He is especially interested in comparing the insights of lighting measurements with the judgment of a designer’s eye. To explore this, Scott has worked with scientists to study appearance, engineers to create better lighting controls, conservation scientists to assess light’s potential for damage, and the U.S. Department of Energy to test LED products in museum settings. He contributed to the 2025 revision of the definitive text on cultural heritage preservation, The Museum Environment Revisited, and as a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society, he leads the development of RP30:2025, The Recommended Practice for Museum Lighting.