Sustainability

Let there be light | The Burrell Collection, Glasgow

A multimillion pound revamp has given this museum a sustainable future while enhancing its beauty

The butterfly effect | Butterflies Through Time, Cambridge Museum of Zoology

This exhibition shows the impact of environmental change on these amazing creatures

Recycling history | Cars, Cop26 and the Climate Crisis, Dundee Museum of Transport

Museums could learn a lot from Dundee’s initiative to create an environmentally sustainable exhibition

Book review | Flourish – Design Paradigms for our Planetary Emergency

This exploration of the way we live now and ways we might live is challenging and inspiring

On my bookshelf | Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change

George Marshall’s book highlights the need for museums to be brave and ambitious

Working life | ‘Devoting a full-time role to sustainability enables conversations to happen’

Feimatta Conteh on her position as environmental sustainability manager for Manchester International Festival

Spiralling energy costs leave museums facing a bleak winter

Bills could be more than four times higher for some institutions from October

Museum staff warn of dangerous conditions as heatwave hits

One London institution has seen indoor temperatures reach 35C

Focus | Designing exhibitions for longevity not posterity

A lot can be done to reduce the impact of exhibitions on the environment

Glasgow’s Burrell Collection to reopen in March

Refurbishment to improve, extend and 'green' the museum began in 2016

Horniman Museum and Gardens begins planting micro-forest

Carbon-reducing project will provide a protective ‘green screen’ for the museum’s gardens

Profile | Climate for change

Sara Kassam talks to Rebecca Atkinson about her new role as the Museums Association’s climate champion trustee