Sustainability

Through a transdisciplinary internal team called GU-Zero, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao has turned environmental action from a specialist function into a shared institutional practice —...

By combining a revived community programme with time-based art and a carefully designed welcome, the Reykjavík Art Museum found a way to reach the teenagers...

What do you do when the objects you celebrate are part of the problem you’re trying to solve? That was the central challenge facing the...

From geothermal river water to annual environmental reporting, Canada’s national museum of human history is treating sustainability as a mindset, not a project. When the...

Miraikan ran a four-month campaign to encourage employees to swap disposables for reusables. Here’s what they learned about making sustainability behaviour change actually work. When...

As museums confront the realities of the climate crisis, the conversation around carbon reduction has shifted from aspiration to action. Institutions are increasingly recognising that...

Sustainable exhibition design is no longer an optional enhancement, it is an expectation shared by audiences, funders, and cultural workers who increasingly recognise museums as...

Climate change is complex, emotionally charged, and often overwhelming. Museums, however, have the power to translate this global issue into stories people can feel, understand,...

At Mark | Museum for a New Danish History, curator Anna Louise Siggaard has been experimenting with a radical idea: if museums want people to...

What happens when you move a museum exhibition from the safety of a gallery into a shopping centre, a church hall, or a public park?...

Sustainability is no longer an optional extra for museums — it’s a responsibility. But how do you turn global ambitions, like the United Nations Sustainable...

A Repair Café is a community event where people bring broken items—such as electronics, clothes, furniture, and bicycles—to be repaired for free by volunteer experts....

In 2019, a major museum in the UK wrapped up a successful temporary exhibition and tore down its walls—literally. Over 18 metric tons of building...

When you think of the effects of climate change, you probably picture extreme weather, melting glaciers and wildfires. But here’s a twist: climate change might...

Over the past three years, National Museums Northern Ireland (NI) has embarked on an exciting project called “Explore: Urban Nature,” designed to engage young people,...

When Manchester Museum reopened its doors in February 2023 after a £15m transformation, it was more than just a fresh look. The museum embraced a...

As the climate crisis intensifies, museums are stepping up as sustainability leaders. They’re reducing carbon footprints, rethinking exhibition design, and adopting environmentally conscious business models....

Since its debut in the 1960s, single-use plastic has been hailed as a modern marvel. It revolutionized shopping and convenience—light, cheap, and durable. But the...

The health of our planet is one of the defining issues of our time, and cultural institutions have an essential role to play. But how...

Overtourism has emerged as a critical challenge for travel destinations worldwide, affecting not only cities and natural landmarks but also cultural institutions like museums. Overtourism...

MuseumNext recently met with the team behind a successful community engagement initiative in the Midlands, bringing cultural organisations together to discuss the issue of climate...

Yolande Sep, founder of Design to Thrive™ and Retail Consultant for the likes of Museon-Omniversum and Naturalis Biodiversity Centre shares her expertise on how museums...

At the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), conversations about climate change are woven into exhibitions, research, and public programming. Soren Brothers, the Allen and Helene Schiff...

Every five years, the city of Kassel becomes the global epicentre of contemporary art with Documenta—an event that draws over 800,000 visitors and spans vast...