Create and light a saltwater reef aquarium that is healthy and looks great too.

Investigate a variety of plants, fish and coral that can live in saltwater aquaria. Choose a few to live in your tank then decide how to light the tank so all of its inhabitants thrive.

Explore Lighting Design

For this project, you’ll first learn about how a lighting designer at the Smithsonian American Art Museum uses light to make exhibits pop!

Video. Watch this video that shows how lighting designer Scott Rosenfeld uses light, color, and spectra to enhance art on display look as good as it can at the Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery.