C2C Care Course: Sustainability Plans for Small and Mid-Sized Cultural Heritage Institutions
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- Non-member - $89
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This self-study program is presented as a series of recordings of a live course offered March - April 2025. Please note that any assignments are designed for enrichment only and will not be reviewed.
Sustainability initiatives are linked to cost-savings, reduced carbon footprints, improved community relationships, and future resilience, along with the opportunity to optimize the preservation of collections. Doing so can be critical for small and mid-sized institutions with substantially limited resources to survive and thrive going forward. However, the time and financial resources to develop such a plan have meant that these efforts have previously been limited to larger institutions. By adapting and applying what has been learned about sustainable preservation at larger institutions, the field can also more substantially address the need to meet sustainability goals.
The learning objectives for this course include:
• become familiar with the tools and resources available to implement sustainable practices specifically in the cultural heritage field
• understand sustainability terms and practices, and how they can apply to collecting institutions
• begin assessing current institutional practices through a sustainability lens and realize how to develop this practice into an actionable plan
Course Schedule
Webinar 1: Green Terms and Tools
Presenter: Lorraine Finch, Director, LFCP
This introductory webinar will go over commonly used sustainability terms and metrics, and what resources are available to implement sustainable and resilient practices in the cultural heritage field.
Webinar 2: Examining current operations
Presenter: Christopher Dunbrack, Associate Building Manager for The Metropolitan Museum of Art- Cloisters
While focusing on identifying measures to reduce energy and carbon, this webinar will also explore ways of benchmarking and fundraising to support addressing these concerns.
Webinar 3: ET Developing a Green Vision
Presenter: Patrick Hamilton, Manager, Climate & Sustainability Initiatives
Division of Mission Infrastructure, Science Museum of Minnesota
This webinar will present the Science Museum of Minnesota’s approach to examining institutional practices through a sustainability lens as a case study, along with practical tips for other institutions learned from these experiences.
Webinar 4: Creating a Plan
Presenter: Lorraine Finch, Director, LFCP
In the final webinar, participants will learn how to "write a sustainability plan in an hour", which can then be implemented at their institutions.
Course Coordinator: Kelly McCauley Krish, Preventive Conservator
Live captioning in English and Spanish is available. The program will be held using Zoom Meeting.
Registration Fee
• $89
Connecting to Collections Care courses are made possible in part by generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Kelly McCauley Krish (Moderator)
Preventive Conservator
Kelly McCauley Krish is the Preventive Conservator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where she helps implement preventive practices in the historic houses and fine arts museum. Prior to joining CW, she was the Senior Preventive Conservator at the National Museum Cardiff and a Preventive Conservation Specialist at the Image Permanence Institute, where she offered consulting services, research, and educational opportunities to support sustainable preservation practices. Kelly holds an MS from the University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and a BA in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington.
Christopher Dunbrack
Associate Building Manager
The Metropolitan Museum of Art- Cloisters
Patrick Hamilton
Manager, Climate & Sustainability Initiatives Division of Mission Infrastructure
Science Museum of Minnesota
Lorraine Finch (Moderator)
Director
LFCP
Lorraine is director of LFCP, which is accelerating the cultural heritage sector’s climate and environmental actions through research, knowledge sharing and resource creation.
Lorraine is a sustainability leader who advocates on the international stage for sustainability in cultural heritage participating in conferences, leading workshops and training, publishing books and articles and collaborating with leaders in the field in the USA and Europe.
Lorraine is founder and Chair of the Institute of Conservation’s Sustainability Network. In recognition, she was presented with a David Middleton Sustainability Award. Lorraine is a Director of Climate Museum UK and an accredited conservator of archives, photographs, film and sound.
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