Sustainability

This is where we list resources on environmental sustainability including the Clever Custodians kit, the video and report on Sustainable lighting, plus material from Museums Association (UK). If you are looking for information on the economic sustainability of a museum, gallery or Aboriginal keeping place, take a look in Organisation management for standards and advocacy related information, or Grants and funding.

Creating New Income: a toolkit to support creative practice

Creating New Income Toolkit is a new resource to help individual creatives and small-to-medium organisations generate new income streams and increase their sustainability.

Museums and the Sustainable Development Goals

A how-to guide for museums, galleries, the cultural sector and their partners.

Environmental Sustainability Report & Toolkit for the NSW Arts & Cultural Sector

This comprehensive resource investigates ways to integrate environmental best practice into arts and cultural organisations’ strategic planning, operations and artistic programming, focusing on public museums and galleries.

Sustainability and heritage

This resource has a conservation perspective on issues such as sustainability and the built environment and the impact of climate change on cultural heritage. By the Getty Conservation Institute.

Sustainability and Museums

The Museums Association has issued this discussion paper to encourage people to think about museums and sustainability.

Museums Change Lives

This resource by Museums Association is their vision for the increased social impact of museums.

Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings

This free to download publications from Historic England includes a suite of technical advice and guidance on improving the energy efficiency of historic buildings.

Sustainable climate control and lighting

Make informed decisions around economically and environmentally sustainable methods of exhibition practice and collections care.

Clever Custodians

Quick tips and initiatives for improving the energy efficiency of small-to-medium museums and galleries.

Sustainable lighting in museums and galleries explained

Interview with Julian Bickersteth of International Conservation Services about sustainable lighting solutions.