Sustainability and Ecology in Museum Practice

• About Sustainability in Museums

  

  Why should museums take a stand? How can museums respond to climate emergency?

• 2023-25 Sustainability Working Group

  

  The 2023-25 Sustainability and Ecology in Museum Practice working group consists of CIMAM Board members: Suzanne Cotter (Chair), Suhanya Raffel, Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Clara M. Kim, Kitty Scott, Leevi Happala, and Joselina Cruz.

• Toolkit on Sustainability in the Museum Practice

  

  The CIMAM toolkit aims to assist professionals in contemporary art museums to adopt sustainable practices in their institutions and personal work. It aims to facilitate the necessary changes to promote social, economic, and environmental sustainability.

• Calls for Global Action in the Arts

  

  Organizations linked to the culture and arts sector that call for action to combat climate change from the arts sector, and to which CIMAM has contributed by signing a call or with advice.

• How Modern and Contemporary Art Museums Act to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?

  

  CIMAM's survey findings on climate, social and economic aspects of sustainability in museum practices. Thanks to the collaboration of the 88 professionals from all continents who took part in the survey launched in 2022, CIMAM has updated its Toolkit on Sustainable Museum Practices.

• Sustainability: Key Concepts and Principles

  

  Sustainability is a broad and multifaceted concept that includes various initiatives, organizations, and agreements to promote the environmental, social, and economic well-being of present and future generations.

• Bizot's refreshed Green Protocol 2023

  

  The refreshed 2023 version of the Bizot Green Protocol is a science-based guiding principles, climate control guidelines and a set of handbooks to accompany the protocol, offering scientific evidence, museum testimonials, and practical tools to facilitate its seamless adoption and implementation.

• CIMAM's workshop on Environmental Sustainability

  

  This workshop provides an opportunity to hear from, and ask questions of, colleagues and allies who are championing new and innovative ways of responding to climate and ecological emergencies.

• "We can be so much more powerful if we act together, whatever our scale, or focus, or location. There simply is no time to lose"

  

  We spoke with Frances Morris, director of Tate Modern, CIMAM Board Member, and Chair of the CIMAM Sustainability and Ecology in Museum Practice working group which has led this project, to share her vision on the current situation of museums in terms of sustainability.

• CIMAM's Celebrates World Environment Day

  

  On June 5, 2024, in honor of World Environment Day, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) reaffirms its dedication to environmental sustainability.