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.

• Research Projects and Initiatives

  

  Explore the different research projects and initiatives that the CIMAM Sustainability Working Group has initiated or contributes to.

• 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.

• Webinars on Sustainability in Museum Practice

  

  Explore CIMAM’s Rapid Response Webinars dedicated to sustainability in modern and contemporary art museum practice.

• 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.

• "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.