Green Museums & Green Exhibits: Communicating Sustainability through Content and Design

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2008-12

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Byers, Rachel

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The goal of this master's project was to investigate the dynamic relationship between sustainability and museum administration in order to define what it might mean for a museum and its exhibitions to be green. Through an extensive literature review and three case studies of leading green museums, I set out to understand how sustainability might be integrated into museums, how the roles and characteristics of museums defined their role in a sustainable society, how exhibits could communicate sustainability to museum visitors, and how to produce exhibitions using green design. The findings of this master's research project informed a set of recommendations that provide practical instruction for museums, or any other arts or cultural organizations, to consider while developing green exhibits.

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165 p. Examining committee chair: John Fenn

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Sustainability, Green museums, Green exhibits, Exhibits, Museums, Environmental impact, Environmentalism, Green buildings, Green design

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