How can museums remain resilient in uncertain times? How can they thrive under changing economic, legislative and cultural conditions? In Sustainable Museums: Strategies for the 21st Century, museum sustainability expert Rachel Madan covers new territory for any museum that is interested in becoming more sustainable. This is not a book about changing light bulbs…Sustainable Museums provides a system enabling you to start making changes that are both transformational and lasting. It will help you create a museum that is resilient, confident and secure in its sustainability approach. (And as well as lots of advice, it provides a host of international case studies along the way.)
Among the key topics covered in the book’s information-rich 380-plus pages are:
- Developing a sustainability vision for your own museum
- The importance of leadership – and achieving it at every level
- Finding and bringing your sustainability team together
- Undertaking your sustainability audit and discovering where you are
- Determining where you want to get to
- Developing a sustainability strategy for your museum
- Setting and achieving critical targets and milestones
- Developing the policies and plans which will support your strategy
- Letting the world know – communicating your sustainability
- Overcoming the inevitable implementation problems
- Where do you go next?
About the author
Educated in New York and London, Rachel Madan is a leading international expert in museum sustainability and founder of Greener Museums. She has worked with Tate, the Department of Culture Media & Sport, National Museums Liverpool, National Library of Scotland and many other organisations large and small in the UK and USA. "She [Rachel Madan] engenders fresh thinking and applies new solutions that are helping us achieve real change…" Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate
Publication contents
Strategies:
Introduction
A Short History of Sustainability
Your Vision
Developing a Foundation for Leadership
Get Your Team Together
Assess Your Impact
Developing a Sustainability Strategy
Targets and Milestones
Developing Policies and Plans
Communicating Sustainability
Implementation
Conclusion
Case studies
01. Heritage Lottery Fund
02. Ruskin Museum
03. Balboa Park Cultural Partnership
04. National Museums Liverpool
05. Massachusetts Audubon Society
06. Connecticut Science Center
07. The Beacon Museum
08. Lakeland Arts Trust
09. John G Shedd Aquarium
10. Manchester United Museum and Tour Centre
11. Smithsonian National Zoo
12. The Harris Museum, Preston
13. Minnesota Historical Society
14. Manchester Museum
15. Manchester Art Gallery
16. Ball State University Museum of Art
17. Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
18. Heide Museum of Modern Art
19. Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
20. Detroit Zoo
21. Musée de la Civilisation
22. RETHINK
23. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
24. Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
25. Abbot Hall Art Gallery
26. Manchester Art Gallery
27. British Library
28. Warrington Museum
29. The Design Museum
30. Walker Art Center
31. Renaissance South East
32. North Carolina Museum of Art
33. Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center
34. Chabot Space & Science Center
35. National Museums Liverpool
36. Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
37. Abasuba Community Peace Museum
Publication details
Title: Sustainable Museums: Strategies for the 21st Century
Author: Rachel Madan
ISBN: 978-1-907697-09-8 [paperback] | 978-1-907697-10-4 [hardback]
Pages: 382
Publisher: MuseumsEtc
Price: £44.95 (paperback), £89.95 (hardback)
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