In an age of worsening fires and floods, museums are reinventing themselves — and their mechanical rooms

Category: Environmental Sustainability
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Alejandra Peña-Gutiérrez, executive director of the Museo de Arte de Ponce, works to clean up the museum grounds after Hurricane Maria in 2017. (Museo de Arte de Ponce)

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–Sarah Sutton, principal at Sustainable Museums

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