There’s a lot of good material out there for learning about greening your museum. Here are some resources:
Websites
The American Association of Museums PIC Green website (Professional Interest Committee on Green) http://www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/comm/green.cfm. In fact, it has much more of what you see here – be sure to check it out.
The Green Museums Initiative of the California Association of Museums
http://www.calmuseums.info/gmi/index.html
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s website on preservation and environmental sustainability http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/sustainability/
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums Scientific Advisory Group
http://www.aza.org/green-practices-scientific-advisory-group/
bMuse: Sustainable Museums is my website: http://www.bmuse.net/051810/greenmuseums_home.html
Greener Museums is Rachel Madan’s website for her work in the UK and abroad: http://www.greenermuseums.org/
Training
April 19th, 2011. The Green Museum (online conference) with AAM, AASLH & AAM’s PIC Green.
http://www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/learn/green.cfm
The Museum Studies programs at The George Washington University http://www.gwu.edu/~mstd/ and The Univesity of Delaware http://www.udel.edu/museumstudies/
Books
Brophy, Sarah and Elizabeth Wylie. Green Museums: A Primer on Environmental Practice. Lantham, MD: AltaMira Press. 2008. http://www.altamirapress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0759111642&thepassedurl=[thepassedurl]
Carroon, Jean. Sustainable Preservation: Greening Existing Buildings. New York: Wiley Books on Sustainable Design. 2010.
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470169117.html
Chamberlain, Gregory. Greener Museums: Sustainability, Society, and Public Engagement. London: Museum-ID. 2011. http://www.museum-id.com/books.asp
Madan, Rachel. Sustainable Museums: Strategies for the 21st Century. Contributed cases from around the world. London: Museums, Etc. 2011. http://museumsetc.com/products/sustainable-museums
If you have anything to add, please let me know and I"ll collect them for the next training update.
Hi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for this. Have you seen the webpage put together by the American Institute for Conservation's Committee on Sustainable Conservation Practices? There's some overlap with the references you've listed above, but it does include a link to Steve Weintraub's paper on LED lights.