San Francisco – October 28, 2025
Swissnex in San Francisco will host one of the world’s largest digital image—a 1.6-trillion-pixel, digital version of the 1893/94 Panorama of the Battle of Murten—offering visitors a fully immersive experience from November 3 to December 12, 2026. Created by the Swiss Federal Institute EPFL under Prof. Sarah Kenderdine, the Terapixel Panorama Exhibition brings this historic 360-degree painting to life with interactive elements, sound, and scent. The installation preserves a national treasure in extraordinary detail while inviting new perspectives on its history and cultural significance.
Visitors are invited to come to Pier 17 this Fall to explore the Terapixel Panorama Exhibition, the winners of the 2024 SFNS Agora Award, and experience how technology transforms a historic Swiss masterpiece.
The exhibition combines high-resolution imaging, immersive visualization, and humanistic research, pioneering the use of high-fidelity 3D scanning, 4D volumetric video, fully dynamic spatialized soundscapes, and the first-ever real-time olfactory augmentation in cultural heritage. It reinterprets a pivotal moment in Swiss history while reimagining the 19th-century panorama format for contemporary audiences.
This exhibition is part of Layers, an event series by Swissnex in San Francisco to uncover the human stories behind scientific discovery.
For any questions, please contact Sarah Burckhardt, Academic Engagement Program Manager.
Exhibition: The Terapixel Panorama
Nov 3 to Dec 12, 2025
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Computational Museology: Exploring Heritage through Immersion
November 3, 2025 / 4pm
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Opening Night: The Terapixel Panorama
November 3, 2025 / 6pm
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Deep Fakes: A Critical Lexicon of Digital Museology
November 5, 2025 / 6pm
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