Past Projects and Case Studies

Discover past initiatives, campaigns, and institutional experiences offering insights and lessons for future action.

Getty – PST ART Environmental Impact Report

The Getty Foundation worked with PST ART partners to measure and document the environmental impact of their exhibitions, compiling an extensive dataset on the ecological footprint of exhibition-making. The report examines practices such as testing alternative exhibition displays and donating materials to community organisations, offering lessons to inform more sustainable exhibitions and the next edition of PST ART in 2030.

Getty – PST ART Climate Impact Program

Getty introduced a Climate Impact Program as part of PST ART 2024, Art & Science Collide, which brought together more than 60 exhibiting institutions across Southern California. The programme encouraged participating institutions to collaborate, experiment with sustainable exhibition practices, measure environmental impacts and develop approaches to reducing the museum sector's ecological footprint.

Cecilia Vicuña: Spin Spin Triangulene – Carbon Emissions Calculation

A carbon emissions assessment of the exhibition Cecilia Vicuña: Spin Spin Triangulene, presented at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2022. The report was produced by Art into Acres and provides a case study of measuring the environmental impact of a museum exhibition.

Museums Facing Extinction – We Are Museums

Developed by EIT Climate-KIC and We Are Museums, Museums Facing Extinction is a programme designed to encourage systemic change towards a climate-resilient future. Through community-based action, it explores how museums can contribute to environmental sustainability while supporting the wellbeing of people and the planet.

Reduce Art Flights

Initiated by artist Gustav Metzger in 2007, Reduce Art Flights is a campaign encouraging artists, curators, critics, gallerists, collectors and museum professionals to reconsider and reduce their reliance on air travel. Its website, established in 2008, is maintained by the curatorial office Latitudes.

Acclimatize – Moderna Museet

Acclimatize is an online project initiated by Moderna Museet to encourage reflection and dialogue on climate change. Bringing together artistic contributions and perspectives on sustainability and creativity, it features work by Olafur Eliasson, Maria Friberg, Isaac Julien, Bigert & Bergström and other contributors.

Museums for Climate Action

Museums for Climate Action is a research and creative platform exploring how museums can respond to the challenges of climate change. Organised around three themes—Rethink, Reimagine and Mobilise—it brings together research, speculative proposals for future museums and resources designed to encourage transformative climate action within and beyond the museum sector.