Environmental Sustainability

Museums & Climate Change: A Global Response

At the first International Symposium on Museums & Climate Change*, held April 10 – 13 in Manchester, UK, seventy-five or more attendees gathered to explore how museums can and should …

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Art Museums in Puerto Rico Face Long and Expensive Recovery

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Material Matters 2018 Papers were solicited that demonstrate the impact of material studies – or studies of materials – on the conservation profession, including the emergence of innovative …

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Difficult but Necessary

Laura Lott

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

I am privileged to be part of many special museum events—openings, re-openings, milestone anniversaries and the like. Each is special—for the museum; for the hardworking boards, staffs, and …

Call for Nominations: Zero Project 2019

Elizabeth Merritt

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

I love to see museums and museum people winning awards and recognition outside our sector. Such accolades demonstrate the ability for museums to good in world-changing ways, and buffs the …

Taking Museums to Where the People Are

Elizabeth Merritt

Center for the Future Of Museums Blog

Today’s guest post is by Charles Philipp, co-founder of MICRO, a nonprofit that creates free standing “mini museums” for public places. MICRO caught my attention for several reasons. Their …

Museums & Climate Change: A Global Response

Art Museums in Puerto Rico Face Long and Expensive Recovery

Sustainability at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

When Leaders Won’t Lead: Taking Action on Climate Change

Wordless Wednesday: Benthic Museology

Future-Oriented Paleontology at the La Brea Tar Pits

Worldwide applause for museums and their role in addressing climate change!

Futurist Friday: An Anthology of Climate Fiction

Wordless Wednesday: Augmented Anthropocene

Wordless Wednesday: Cows Fighting Climate Change

Futurist Friday: Cognitive Museum Buildings

Keeping History Above Water

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American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Annual Meeting

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Live and Learn: Collections Emergency Lessons and Training

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Latest Stories from AAM

Difficult but Necessary

Call for Nominations: Zero Project 2019

Taking Museums to Where the People Are