Social Relevance: Environmental Sustainability in Museums

Social Relevance: Environmental Sustainability in Museums

Instructors: Sarah Sutton
Course Date: ?, 2021
Cost: $400
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The public discussion of the environment and climate change is an important opportunity for museums to connect more deeply with their communities. It is also an opportunity to protect and strengthen their institutions.

 

Join Instructor Sarah Sutton author of Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums, The Green Nonprofit and Co-author of The Green Museum for this course which will be a survey of the practical aspects of interpretation and public programming, operational changes, building construction, and community engagement in service to the message of how changes in our museum work can deepen museums’ connections to their communities and increase museums’ charitable value.


Learn more about this course from the instructor Sarah Sutton in this video introduction.

Required Text:

Sarah Sutton. Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums. Rowman & Littlefield, AASLH, + 228 pages.

or

Sarah S. Brophy and Elizabeth Wylie, The Green Museum: A Primer on Environmental Sustainability, AltaMira Press, 320 pages.

Museum Study students can take advantage of a special offer from Rowman & Littlefield to purchase the books at a discount.


Social Relevance: Environmental Sustainability in Museums addresses the American Association for State and Local History's Audience, Interpretation and Stewardship of Historic Structures and Landscapes Standards.


Comments from participants:

Wow, what a great course! Look forward to the various ways the lessons learned will impact my office.

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