Climate activists have recently made news headlines by throwing soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, aiming to draw attention to the climate crisis by posing a threat to cultural objects that we collectively hold dear. There is clearly no future heritage in a burning world, but equally it is hard to accept that the very principle of saving our heritage is in conflict with saving the planet.
But while actions like these have only recently made the headlines, conversations have been ongoing for the past decade about how to develop a more environmentally sustainable museum practice. At the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture we are committed to doing our bit to reducing energy consumption in order to tackle the climate crisis and rising fuel costs.
Over the course of 2023 we’ll be taking active steps to reduce the environmental impact and carbon footprint of museum activities, and we’ll be sharing our progress here.
Launching the DREEMS project
MoDA's DREEMS project is our response to the challenge of reducing energy consumption in our museum collections store
University Museums tackling the Climate Emergency
MoDA's Preventive Conservation Office, Emma Shaw, is contributing to discussions about how to tackle the climate emergency