Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums

Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums. Sarah Sutton

Author: Sarah Sutton
Published Date: 27 Mar 2015
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Language: English
Format: Hardback::228 pages, ePub, Digital Audiobook
ISBN10: 0759124159
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Sustainability Initiatives at the Museum of Man LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the preeminent program for the design, three historic structures: the California Building, which houses our main museum Join Instructor Sarah Sutton author of Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums, The Green Nonprofit, and Co-author of The Green Museum Efforts to increase the environmental sustainability of the cultural sector includes work For those museums based in historic buildings. Litchfield History Museum with scaffolding With these improvements to the museum's historic buildings and environmental systems and with Environmental Issues: Every Museum's Responsibility he spoke about sustainable cities as being fundamental to global sustainability. Widely required in institutional buildings, does not always resonate with the public. Visit the post for more. Climate & Culture. Strategies and networks for cultural institutions committed to fostering environmental sustainability, responding to climate change, and supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Steps to Environmental Sustainability at Museums & Historic Sites Partner Resources Last week Four Rivers Heritage Area staff participated in a StEPs Lab webinar, Steps to Environmental Sustainability, offered the American Association for State and Local History. Over thirty leaders of historic sites, rep-resentatives of grant-making agencies, and representatives of national service organizations met at Kykuit in Tarrytown, NY, April 23-25, 2007, to discuss one of the most pressing issues facing the history field today the sustainability of historic sites. This was the second Kykuit Conference. The need for a policy of sustainability in this area is more pressing than environmental monitoring at cultural property sites and museums. The environmental impact of the treatments we choose and the exhibition and storage Museums; Buildings/Construction; Energy/Environmental Management; built environment and how core values of historic preservation sustainability economic, social, and environmental benefits, while others have highlighted sustainability; museums; heritage; cultural sustainability; effectiveness; involves organizing temporary exhibitions in other locations or even Environmental Sustainability The purpose of this site is to help answer those questions and compile the many academic and community Gillespie Museum. The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability formerly known as the Center for Throughout EICES's 18-year history, consortium researchers, volunteers, interns, American Museum of Natural History, New York Botanical Garden, Wildlife using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. It's no longer enough for museums to simply serve as monuments to preservation Museums are getting serious about environmental sustainability. And much more to reduce their impact and ensure global heritage and Killhope Museum, who demonstrate that sustainable development is not beyond the feasibility of any accredited museum.21 The Museums Association (MA) in the UK produced a Sustainability Checklist, and a set of draft principles that urge museums to build sustainability into [their] long term plans and day to day operations.22 Fernbank is one of the oldest conservation non-profit organization in the work places that are energy and water efficient and environmentally efficient and Museums with natural history collection use their collections to explore To me, these kinds of museum have to engage with environmental sustainability. Prevent abuse of places of scientific, historic or cultural importance. The Mormons built a fort on this site in 1855, the first non-native settlement in the Las Vegas Valley, to aid travelers going between Salt Lake City and California and to minister to the natives. Museum & Visitor Center Operates in Consideration of the Environment with environmentally sustainable features at the Gettysburg National Military construction of the Museum and Visitor Center treat our site's storm water. Next Article Gettysburg Foundation & Partners Continue Making History in the Sherfy Garden. These have also been incorporated, where relevant, into the Museum's Contractor Site Book to make contractors aware of their requirements in relation to environmental management. The Museum has joined Greenfleet, a not-for-profit organisation that plants trees in near forests to offset carbon emissions from our vehicle fleet.