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Environmental Sustainability
Microclimates: A Greener Future for Collection Care
There are many options available for museums to address climate action and become more sustainable, but recent work at two institutions has highlighted the value in one particular method: …
The Peabody Essex Museum’s Climate + Environment Initiative Seeks to Create a Different Climate Future
As the director of an interactive art and nature space, I’ve included climate change as a topic in many shows and programs over the years. But until recently, I had convinced myself that …
AAM’s Environment and Climate Network Announces Six Sustainability Excellence Awards
For immediate release Arlington, VA—In a uniquely challenging year, six museums have been recognized by the American Alliance of Museums’ Environment and Climate Network as exemplars in the …
Endowments: Considering Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) Factors
Endowments are unique to institutions including museums. And today, museums are no longer limited to achieving missions through programming alone. Increasingly, investment committees look …
The Sustainability Excellence Awards Environment and Climate Network
The Sustainability Excellence Awards is a signature program of the Environment and Climate Network that educates, facilitates, and encourages green practices in museums. The Environment and …
Green Trends in Museum Retail
As a seamless extension of the museum experience and a culmination of the exhibitions on view, the museum store is uniquely poised to reinforce an institution’s mission and values. For …
Sustainability Excellence Award (SEA) 2020 – Mystic Seaport and Phipps Conservatory
Watch this recorded webinar highlighting two of the four museums that won the 2020 Sustainability Excellen…
Sustainability Excellence Award 2020 – National Nordic Museum and Spurlock Museum of World Culture
Watch this recorded webinar highlighting two of the four museums that won the 2020 Sustainability Excellen…
How the Anchorage Museum is Telling the Story of Climate Change
As the world faces the unprecedented in climate crisis and pandemics, museums are more important than ever for facilitating essential human connection and meaning-making. As a result of …
Earth Day during COVID-19: Green Tips for Closed Museums
In 2020, Earth Day falls during a time when much of the coronavirus-stricken world is staying at home. Every part of the global community is impacted, and museums have been hit particularly …
A Hawaii Museum Has Eliminated the Sale of All Single-Use Plastics
smithsonianmag.com A large, interactive sculpture built to resemble a cresting wave stands on the grounds of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu. Created by artist and marine …