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Environmental Sustainability
Glenstone Museum in Potomac Opens Environmental Center
Glenstone’s mission is to “seamlessly integrates art, architecture, and landscape into a serene and contemplative environment.” That integration includes a focus on …
Reflections on the Historic House Summit from Scholarship Attendee Sarah Ortiz-Monasterio
On February 3-5, 2019, AAM’s Historic Houses and Sites and Environment and Climate networks hosted a rare convening of experts at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, Florida, for …
How We Maximized Our Museum Building’s Impact on Human and Environmental Health
Abundant research demonstrates the efficacy of a building’s design to enhance and support human and environmental health. Peer-reviewed professional studies in journals such as Indoor and …
Reflections on the Historic House Summit from Scholarship Attendee Abigail Winslow
On February 3-5, 2019, AAM’s Historic Houses and Sites and Environment and Climate networks hosted a rare convening of experts at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, Florida, for …
The Mission-Driven Café: When doing the wrong thing is the right thing to do
Ask most museum directors, restaurant consultants, and other knowledgeable folks and they will tell you: “Hire an outside food-service company to run your café.” Well, that makes perfect …
The Future is Climate
Until we perfect my AI-powered digital avatar, I rely on an informal network of correspondents to cover critical events taking place around the globe. In today’s guest post, Sarah W. Sutton …
Exploring a Fragmented Future
The second installment of TrendsWatch 2018’s scenarios of 2040 is now up on the web for discussion and comment! Fragmentation is woven from some of the anxieties shared by museum people …
Science Museum under pressure to shun big oil sponsorship
Thirty people, including leading scientists, have signed a letter asking London’s Science Museum to sever its ties with oil companies BP, Shell, and Equinor. “I particularly …
We Are Still In: A look at how the cultural institutions sector has responded to the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2017 edition of Museum magazine. On June 1, 2017, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris …
The Art of Sustainable Design
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2018 issue of Museum magazine. Museums can use environmental performance to enhance mission and visitor experience. Museums have long …
What the Garden Tells Us: A new triennial’s first exhibition chronicled man’s evolving relationship with nature.
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2018 edition of Museum magazine. As the number of art museums in the world has steadily risen, so has the number of …
Change is in the air!
PIC-Green In the 2007 Application to form the Professional Interest Committee on Green Museums, John W. Jacobsen wrote, “…over at least the next decade, we have a lot of work to do, and …