MCCN Members
Browse below for like-minded people, and do join us - follow this link to join the list. This list is arranged by region, then alphabetically by surname.
Africa
Diakite Bah
Technical Advisor of the Ministry of Culture
Address: Bamako, Kalabancoura ACI, Rue 549, Mali 00223
Email: bahdiakite2013@gmail.com
Lauretta Mahlangu
Assistant Curator, Herpetology at Ditsong Museums, SA
Email: mahlangu@ditsong.org.za
Work Statement:
I am a senior collection attendant, currently acting as a curator. My job is to manage the collection of herpetology, facilitate loans, documenting specimens, updating taxonomy and sorting collection.
americas & canada
John Anderson
Director of Education
Address: New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110
Ph: (617) 973-0256
Email: janderson@neaq.org
Work Statement:
John Anderson runs the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation. The goal is to establish a national network of professionals who are skilled in communicating climate science to the American public in ways that are engaging and stimulate productive dialogue. www.nnocci.org
Mark AUSLANDER
Director of the Michigan State University Museum
Address: Michigan State University Museum, 409 W Circle Dr,, East Lansing, MI 48824 US
Email: ausland5@msu.edu
Website: https://www.museum.msu.edu/directors-letter/
Twitter: MuseumMark
Work Statement:
As Director of the Michigan State University Museum, I am deeply committed to engaging members of our university community as well as community members in mid Michigan in productive conversations about the Anthropocene and climate change at global, regional, and local levels. I have specific interests in how visual artists, poets, composers, choreographers and other creative folks engage with climate change dynamics, and in promoting thoughtful, responsible dialogue about social inequality and social justice in the context of climate change. As a sociocultural anthropologist with research specialization in southern and central Africa, I also also greatly interested in creative human adaptation, primarily in Africa and the global South, to climate-related challenges. As the MSU Museum prepares to open a Science on a Sphere gallery we are especially excited in creatively adapting NOAA datasets to share effective climate science stories with visitors of all ages.
Brenda Baker
Director of Exhibits at Madison Children's Museum, Madison
Address: 100 North Hamilton Street, Madison, WI 53703 United States
Email: bbaker@madisonchildrensmuseum.org
Website: http://www.madisonchildrensmuseum.org
Work Statement:
Brenda Baker has been working at the intersection of museums, sustainability, and climate change education for more than two and a half decades. She is Director of Exhibits at Madison Children's Museum (MCM), where she has been a visionary leader in the green exhibit design field for museums. MCM's groundbreaking green early childhood exhibit, First Feats, opened in 1998 and was created using local, natural materials with low embodied energy, and created by local artisans. It was the first exhibit of its kind in the country and paved the way for MCM's Only Local Initiative, for the museum's 2010 expansion, which expanded on MCM's commitment to sustainability education and operations, by committing to hiring only local people, using only local ,sustainable products and materials, and committing to doubling down on local processes. Baker founded www.greenexhibits.org in 2004, a website dedicated to helping museums find alternative products and resources to rethink the way exhibits are designed, built, transported, and decommissioned. Baker has been the recipient of numerous awards for her leadership in sustainability, among them a Sustainability Visionary of the Year Award, a Badger Bioneer Award, and the Promising Practices Award. She is a past Noyce Fellow and board member of the Association of Children's Museums.
Amy Balkin
Co-registrar, A People’s Archive of Sinking and Melting, and Associate Professor,
California College of the Arts
Email: registrar@sinkingandmelting.org
Website: www.sinkingandmelting.org/
Work Statement:
Current projects include A People’s Archive of Sinking and Melting (sinkingandmelting.tumblr.com) and organizing public readings of the IPCC documents.
Soren brothers
Shiff Curator of Climate Change, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Email: sbrothers[at]rom.on.ca
Work Statement: I am the Shiff Curator of Climate Change at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.
Jennie Carlisle
Director, The Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, NC
Address: 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28608-8755 United States
Email: carlislejk@appstate.edu
Website: http://climatestories.appstate.edu/special-projects-events/signs-wonders-blunders
Work Statement:
I direct a non-collecting art institution at a university (The Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University), and as part of this, I co-facilitate a university wide public program and learning community called "Climate Stories." This program works with faculty to embed creative research and climate related curricula into classes (currently more than 50 annually), as well as produces art exhibitions, special projects with visiting artists, and a speaker series related to Climate themes. Our current project is with the art collective "Dear Climate" and involves installing a multi-sited public art project across campus and a series of education-as-art events.
Christine Castle
Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice
Address: 360 Watson Street West, Suite 507, Whitby, Ontario L1N 9G2 Canada
Email: chris@mccastle.com
Website: https://coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice.wordpress.com/
Twitter: Museums4Climate
Work Statement:
I am a member of the Advisory Group for the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice
Victoria Coats
Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214 United States
Email: vcoats@omsi.edu
Website: http://www.omsi.edu
Work Statement:
At OMSI I have had the opportunity to work on a number of projects addressing climate change. I was co-PI for the NSF-funded project, Sustainability: Promoting Sustainable Decision Making in Informal Education (DRL-0917595), that produced Clever Together, an exhibition about sustainable decision making in everyday life, and exhibitSEED, a toolkit of resources and practices for developing sustainable exhibits. I am currently PI of OMSI's NSF award for Hot Times in Cold Places: The Hidden World of Permafrost (DRL-1423587), a collaborative project between OMSI and University of Alaska Fairbanks. The project is exploring the role of permafrost in climate change through outreach to Native and non-Native audiences in Alaska and in a traveling exhibition, Under the Arctic: Digging into Permafrost. The OMSI venue of Under the Arctic has inspired a renewed focus on communication about climate change with our audiences.
Peter Cullen
At Ross Farm Museum, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Address: 4568 Rt.12, New Ross, NS B0J 2M0 Canada
Email Address: peter.cullen[at]novascotia.ca
Website: http://rossfarm.novascotia.ca
Work Statement: Ross Farm Museum is a living agriculture museum that depicts 19th century small farming in the uplands of southern Nova Scotia. Our mandate is to educate about our agricultural past and highlight the relevance of 19th century, pre-petroleum-based farming methods to the present and future. As such we work with museum visitors, project partners and school groups on areas of food sustainability, land management, the cultural transition to the Europeanization of the province. We teach 19th century farming, coopering, blacksmithing, carpentry, fiber production and woodworking/carpentry.
Celine elliott
Engagement Lead, Cornwall Museums Partnership
Address: krowji, ROOM 101, redruth, Cornwall tr145aj United Kingdom
Email Address: celine[at]cornwallmuseumspartnership.org.uk
Website: https://www.cornwallmuseumspartnership.co.uk/
Twitter: celinelliott
Work Statement: As the Engagement Lead at Cornwall Museums Partnership, I see the climate emergency as being the defining issue of our time. As an organisation we exist to create positive social change with museums. It is my job to develop a strategic lead for engagement across our organisation and to support the museums, galleries and heritage organisations in our area. Climate change is an issue of social justice and as our values are integrity, innovation, inclusion and collaboration I consider it as paramount that we address this issue in all areas of our work.
Linda Erzinger
Artist, Louisville, Kentucky
Address: 1035 Ash St., Louisville, KY 40217 United States
Email: lindaerzinger@yahoo.com
Work Statement:
As an artist I have been fascinated with mass consumerism, waste, health and women’s issues. I view my activity as an anthropological study or environmental ethnography that explores our cultural values, behavior and norms. My work is rooted in an exploration of cycles, circles, connection and disconnection.
In addressing these issues, my current studio practice involves the almost exclusive use of discarded materials, including outdated electronic equipment, toys and more recently medical supplies. Working in the tradition of “assemblage” and “collage”, I use found materials alone and at times in combination with paint to creating kitschy decorative works that are meant to reflect an Americana aesthetic.
Recently I have been increasing the scale of my work moving towards large interactive installations and away from singular discrete objects. I am interested in both experiential and cognitive understanding of constructs within our society. Creating work that invites sensory experience addresses my desire to produce enhanced physical sensations in the viewer. Using iconic or nostalgic objects brings a framing of thought and emotion which is both personal and societal. I strive to highlight the consumerist nature of our culture and its disregard for the environment, social issues surrounding our health and perspectives on women.
Molly Fannon
Address: Office of International Relations, 1000 Jefferson Drive SW, Washington, DC 20013 USA
Email: fannonm@si.edu
Website: http://global.si.edu
Work Statement:
I lead global engagement for the Smithsonian Institution, effectively helping to pivot the world's largest group of museums towards a sustainable development agenda. Climate change is one of the top four areas of focus for me and my team, including scientists across 4 research organizations, including our National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
William L. Fox
Director, Center for Art + Environment
Address: 160 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501 USA
Email: wlfox@earthlink.net
Mauro Gabriel García Santa Cruz
Architect and Specialist in Landscape Planning and Environment, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
Address: 50 Street, 818. B1900ATH. La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina., La Plata, Buenos Aires B1900ATH Argentina
Email: mggarciasc@gmail.com
Website: https://www.ucalp.edu.ar/la-universidad/investigacion/institutos/inisat/
Work Statement:
The Research Institute of Architecture and Territory (INISAT) belongs to the Faculty of Architecture and Design (FAD) of the Catholic University of La Plata (UCALP). It has its offices in the city of La Plata, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its objective is to promote research that contributes to the recovery and affirmation of identity based on the revaluation of heritage assets. Currently, two research and development projects related to the theme of museums and sustainability are being developed, as well as a course on climate change and cultural heritage. The first is called "Development of the energy rehabilitation project of a pilot room at the Beato Angelico Museum of Contemporary Art (Sala Centauro)". The second is "Development of the preventive conservation project for two pilot rooms of the Beato Angelico Museum of Contemporary Art (Sala Sassone and Room of the Crucifix)". The extension course on "Climate change and risk assessment for cultural heritage" is held between March and July 2019, is organized by the Faculty of Architecture and Design (FAD UCALP) and the Beato Angelico Museum of Contemporary Art (UCALP). It is carried out with the sponsorship of the Arts National Fund (FNA Argentina), the sponsorship of the Civil Association of Directors of Museums of the Argentine Republic (ADiMRA) and of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS Argentina).
Patrick Hamilton
Director, Global Change Initiatives at the Science Museum of Minnesota
Address: Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102 United States
Email: phamilton@smm.org
Website: http://www.smm.org/climate-change
Twitter: PatrickHamilto2
Work Statement:
As Director of Global Change Initiatives at the Science Museum of Minnesota, I work on the challenges and opportunities of humanity as the dominant agent of global change. My current work includes leading the museum’s carbon neutrality project, collaborating with various partners to advance the clean energy economy in Minnesota, and partnering with the City of Saint Paul on climate change mitigation and adaptation. I am a board member of District Energy St. Paul, a fellow of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, and a member of the Leaders Circle of WE ARE STILL IN – a network of 3,700 signatories representing 154 million Americans and $9.5 trillion of the U.S. economy committed to upholding the Paris Climate Agreement and tackling climate change.
Nicole Heller
Museum fellow and curator of the Anthropocene, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Address: 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States
Email: hellern@carnegiemnh.org
Work Statement:
I work at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. I am a museum fellow and curator of the Anthropocene. My research is about how ecosystems respond to climate change and other global changes, and how to adapt human practices to increase the resilience of biodiversity and human communities to these changes.
Jonathan Hicken
Director, Seymour Centre
Address: 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 United States
Email Address: jahicken[at]ucsc.edu
Website: http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu
Twitter: jahicken
Work Statement: My vision for Seymour Center is to transform this science center/museum into a local climate action hub. We will pair the world-class marine & climate research happening at UC Santa Cruz with the most pressing, relevant climate-related issues facing our mid-sized coastal community. We will co-create exhibits, events, educational programs, and digital content with people and organizations in our region who are doing the boots-on-the-ground environmental work and whom are affected by climate change most. Our mission is to spark meaning individual and collective climate action towards building a Santa Cruz County that is prepared to equitably understand, mitigate, and adapt to life in a changing coastal climate.
Amy Howden-Chapman
The Distance Plan, New Zealand/New York
Email: info@TheDistancePlan.org
Website: http://thedistanceplan.org
Twitter: TheDistancePlan
Work Statement:
TheDistancePlan.org works for innovation in climate change communication through collaboration across the arts, sciences, policy and activism.
Based between New Zealand and New York The Distance Plan works through exhibitions, public forums and the Distance Plan Press which produces publications, including an annual journal.
Robert Janes
Founder and Co-Chair of the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice
Author and speaker on museums and climate change action.
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus - Museum Management and Curatorship
Visiting Fellow at the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester (UK)
A member of the Canadian Academy of Independent Scholars.
Address: 104 Prendergast Place, Canmore, Alberta T1W 2N5 Canada
Email: r.pjanes@telus.net
Website: https://coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice.wordpress.com/
Work Statement:
My research, writing and public speaking are devoted to encouraging museums to look at their work from the perspectives of sustainability, relevance and testing long-held assumptions. I am interested in reflecting on traditional museum practices and exploring alternate ways of understanding and doing museum work.
Richard Johnson
Senior Project Manager, Franklin Institute
Address: 222 West 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA
Ph: +1 (215)448-1348
Email: CUSP@fi.edu
Work Statement:
The Climate and Urban Systems Partnership is a group of informal science educators, climate scientists and learning scientists who explore innovative ways to engage residents in climate change issues.
Matt kirchman
Founder and President of ObjectIDEA
Address: 9 Naples Road, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Email: contact@objectidea.com
Website: www.objectidea.com
Work Statement:
ObjectIDEA plans visitor experiences for cultural attractions by researching content, developing exhibitions, and serving as a visitor advocate. We work directly with museums, parks and interpretive centers, and collaborate with design and architecture agencies on facility programming, interpretive planning, and exhibition design.
Matt Kirchman, Founder and President, has over 20 years of experience in the fields of experiential education and interpretive design.
Emlyn Koster
Director, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Address: 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA
Ph: (919) 707-9802
Email: emlyn.koster@aturalsciences.org
Website: http://naturalsciences.org/
ETTA KRALOVEC
Bisbee Science Lab
Address: PO BOX 1133, BISBEE, AZ 85603-2133 USA
Website: http://bisbeesciencelab.org
Email: ENDHOMEWORK@GMAIL.COM
Twitter: endhomework
Work Statement:
We are opening the Bisbee Science Lab and would like to have access to the latest information about how museums and science centers are dealing with climate change.
Jen Kretser
Director of Climate Initiatives at The Wild Center
Address: The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake, NY 12986-9712 United States
Email: jkretser@wildcenter.org
Website: http://wildcenter.org
Twitter: jenkretser
Work Statement:
Hello! I am the Director of Climate Initiatives at The Wild Center - a science museum in northern New York State, United States. Our youth climate program works to convene, engage, and empower young people on climate change. We do that through organizing youth climate summits, teacher climate institutes, public climate change education, youth climate leadership retreats, and exhibitions on climate change.
Genevieve LeMoine
Curator/Registrar, The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Address: Bowdoin College, 9500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011-8495 US
Email: glemoine@bowdoin.edu
Website: http://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum
Twitter: arcticmuseum
Work Statement:
We are currently developing an exhibit focusing on northern communities and their responses to climate change, building on a series of exhibits beginning in 2001.
Roberto Malvido
Founder and Director of the Paleontological Museum of Cuernavaca, Mexico
Address: Luna 198, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62360 Mexico
Email: robertomalvido@hotmail.com
Website: http://mapamuseum.com
Work Statement:
Ever since I started the Museum, in 1980, our main goal is to help all visitors to learn, understand, and love nature. We promote a different way to inhabit our planet. We go to schools, mount exhibitions with fossils and give conferences and workshops on Climate Change, at any level, from kindergarten to colleges. I am also President of the Museums Association in my State Morelos.
We have 4 big events every year. In 2018, we will have a lecture on the Vaquita Marina, under the framework of the International Day of Museums, May 18th.
Julie Marckel
Science Museum of Minnesota
Address: Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 West Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102 United States
Email: jmarckel@smm.org
Website: http://www.smm.org
Work Statement:
We currently bring assembly and residency programs to schools through the state of Minnesota on topics such as Energy, Electricity, Water and Engineering.
We would like to do more directly related work to address climate change education with our k-5 and family audiences.
MIRANDA MASSIE
Director, The Climate Museum
Address: 800 3rd Ave, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10022
Email: info@climatemuseum.org
Website: climatemuseum.org
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Val Masters
Student, Museum Studies and Library & Information Science, University of Toronto
Address: 140 St. George St., Toronto, ON M5S 3G6 Canada
Email Address: e.masters@mail.utoronto.ca
Website: http://valmasters.com
Work Statement:
I am a student of Museum Studies and Library & Information Science at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. I want to work as a curator or exhibition content creator in a natural science, archaeology, or anthropology museum. My ambition is to be a part of the transformation of museums from institutions that claim neutrality to institutions committed to social and environmental justice.
James Metcalfe
Designer, builder, manager of Protozone Inc. Interactives.
Address: 137 Lodge Avenue, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746 US
Email: JMetcalfe@Protozone.net
Website: http://www.Protozone.net
Work Statement:
We create interactive stories that convey information in a memorial way. Currently in the beginning stages of planning an immersive experience based on Climate change.
Marie-Claude Mongeon
Green team lead, National Gallery of Canada.
Email: mcmongeon[at]gallery.ca
Address: 257 route 105, Chelsea, Quebec J9B 1L3 Canada
Work Statement: I run the Green team at the National Gallery of Canada with aims of providing information to my colleagues on eco-sustainability, brainstorming possible ideas to implement at the NGC, and presenting aspects related to the role of heritage to mitigate climate change to key staff members.
susan neale
Director of the Peterborough Museum & Archives (PMA), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Address: 300 Hunter Street East, PO Box 143, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 6Y5 Canada
Email: sneale@peterborough.ca
Website: http://www.peterboroughmuseumandarchives.ca
Twitter: PtboMuseum
Work Statement:
As Director of the Peterborough Museum & Archives (PMA), I have the privilege of overseeing all programming, the physical plant and property, as well as collections care and preservation. The PMA is an award-winning community museum, host to Fleming College's Museum Management and Curatorship Program and a leader in conservation. The PMA is a member of the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice and is a Sustainable Peterborough champion.
Melissa Oles
Executive Assistant at miSci Museum of Innovation and Science
Address: 15 Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308 United States
Email: melissa.oles@misci.org
Website: https://www.misci.org/
Stacey Otte
Executive Director at Wildling Art Museum
Address: 1511 Mission Dr., Ste B, Solvang, CA 93463 USA
Email: stacey@wildlingmuseum.org
Website: http://www.wildlingmuseum.org
Twitter: wildlingmuseum
Work Statement:
Our museum uses art programs and exhibitions to inspire our audience to care about the natural world. Climate change is a story unfolding in front of our eyes and it behooves us to weave that reality into our exhibitions on a routine basis, balancing the bad news with stories of hope and positive change. We are a certified green museum, and we recently added solar panels in a tangible effort to reduce fossil fuels and model the behavior we hope to see in the world.
Hannah pickard
New England Aquarium
Address: 1 Central Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 United States
Email : hpickard@neaq.org
Website: http://www.nnocci.org
Twitter: _NNOCCI
Work Statement:
I manage the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation - a network of 170+ US based informal science institutions (zoos, aquariums, science museums, national parks, nature centers etc.) who are committed to changing public discourse around ocean and climate change to be positive, civic-minded and solutions-focused.
We do this through:
Training communicators with Strategic Framing® tools for communication that are proven to build self-efficacy and hope, increase knowledge, and motivate community action.
Supporting each other as a community of practice to expand our capacity to enable people of all ages, backgrounds, and experience, to understand our impact on the ocean and climate and to learn their roles as change agents.
Speaking together with one voice to influence other networks and communicators in an effort to strengthen all voices working for climate action.
Strategically partnering with allied organizations on innovative research, development and evaluation projects to expand our reach and deepen our impact.
Building bridges between the educator community and the climate science community to strengthen and sustain each field’s capacity and impact in environmental communication.
Mervin Richard
Head, Conservation Division, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
Address: National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia 20565 United States
Email Address: m-richard[at]nga.gov
Website: http://www.nga.gov
Work Statement: I am the head of the conservation division.
Ida Louise Scott
Exhibit/interpretation coordinator, Life on the Edge Exhibit, Tuckerton Seaport
Address: Cousteau Coastal Center, 130 Great Bay Boulevard, Tuckerton, NJ 08087 US
Email: idascott@marine.rutgers.edu
Website: http://www.jcnerr.org
Work Statement:
I am the exhibit/interpretation coordinator for the Life on the Edge Exhibit, housed at the Tuckerton Seaport, in Tuckerton Seaport. The exhibit highlight the importance of marshes and bays of the Great Bay and Barnegat Bay. The permanent exhibit is funded by NOAA and is maintained by the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve. Incorporated into the exhibit are interactive activities featuring Sea Level Rise, Climate Change, ocean acidification, etc
Stephanie Shapiro
Partnerships Committee lead, American Alliance of Museums' Environment and Climate Network
Address: 6705 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20012 USA
Email: stephanie@cultureforclimate.com
Website: http://www.cultureforclimate.com
Twitter: Culture4climate
Work Statement:
I have been involved with the American Alliance of Museums' Environment and Climate Network for the past ten years. I am the past chair (three years) and currently lead the Network's Partnerships Committee. I work with Sarah Sutton and Sustainable Museums to further the cultural sector's climate action by supporting Culture over Carbon Initiatives and We Are Still In Coalition.
Caitlin Southwick
Founder and Executive Director of Ki Culture and Sustainability in Conservation and the Secretary of the Working Group on Sustainability for ICOM.
Address: 85 Gray Duster Circle, Biltmore Lake, NC 28715 United States
Email Address:caitlin.southwick[at]kiculture.org
Website: http://www.kiculture.org
Twitter: kiculture_
Work Statement: I am the Founder and Executive Director of Ki Culture and Sustainability in Conservation and the Secretary of the Working Group on Sustainability for ICOM. My background is in conservation and I have worked at the Vatican Museums, The Getty Conservation Institute, The Uffizi Gallery and Easter Island. While my training is in conservation of culture, my real passion is in conservation of our planet. I quit my job to dedicate my career to sustainability. I envision culture as the key to making sustainability accessible and achievable for everyone, everywhere.
sarah sutton
LEED-AP , Sustainable Museums
Address: Waialua, Oahu, Hawai'i
Ph: +1 978-505-4515
Website: Sustainable Museums website
Facebook: latest news on museums and climate
Twitter: @greenmuseums
#museumsforparis
Work Statement:
This consultancy helps museums, zoos, gardens, aquariums, and historic sites develop strategies that foster environmental sustainability, respond to climate change, and support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Staff is based in Hawaii and works nationally and internationally.
Kate Tallman
Student of the relationships between arts and humanities exhibits and climate change perceptions.
Email Address: kate.warnement@gmail.com
Twitter: _KateTallman
Work Statement: I have worked in ethnology collections at the Museum of the North, Fairbanks AK, and with the conservationist at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. I am currently studying the relationship between arts and humanities exhibits, and climate change perception within local communities.
Aya Vegh
Museum education graduate student, City College of New York; and Assistant Curator intern, American Museum of Natural History, New York
Address: 1483 Carroll St, Brooklyn, New York 11213 United States
Email: mispetel@gmail.com
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aya-vegh-28a56b9b/
Work Statement:
I am an assistant curator intern at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. There I assist in research concerning the reinstallation of the Northwest Coast Hall. I have experience in educational and administrative internship positions at the National Museum of American Indians, The museum of Chinese in America, and the Rubin Museum of Art, New York. Currently, I am a museum education graduate student at the City College of New York. My interest include interactive and participatory art, eco-art, as well as digital and research-based art.
Independently writing on contemporary artists who deal with the theme of global warming - and intending to transform this research into an exhibition (looking for site and budget).
Would love to receive input from MCCN members concerning this process and contribute to other ongoing projects.
Douglas Worts
Researcher, writer, teacher, consultant, Toronto, Canada.
Address: 14 Earl St., Toronto, ON M4Y 1M3 Canada
Email Address: douglas.worts[at]worldviewsconsulting.ca
Website: http://Www.worldviewsconsulting.ca
Work Statement: I began my professional focus on culture, sustainability and museums in 1997, when I was invited to join Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD), which is a global, cross-disciplinary network of professionals committed to building a sustainable world. My museum career had begun about 20 years earlier, and I had spent 15 years as an interpretive planner and audience researcher at the Art Gallery of Ontario. For the past 24 almost 25 years, I have been researching, writing, publishing, teaching and consulting on the cultural dimensions of sustainability (including anthropogenic climate change). I have been an active member of the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice since it’s beginning, and am currently a coach for Ki Culture’s project to help museums world-wide develop sustainability programs.
Sarita Zaleha
Environmental Artist, Los Angeles
Address: Los Angeles, CA 90042 USA
Email Address: sarita.zaleha@gmail.com
Website: http://www.saritazaleha.com
Work Statement: Human perception of the environment—natural and mediated—affects how we understand climate change. My creative research aims to shift perceptions of natural resources and climate systems like wind and weather in order to attune viewers to the agency of the natural world. I am concerned with creating networks and patterns of connection related to climate change awareness and action. I often use the form of the net to explore these physical and abstract relationships between environmental components. How do we see the history embedded in the landscape while remaining present? How does the environment affect us and how do we physically and emotionally respond to environmental changes?
My work typically combines found objects with digital technologies (photography and video) to allow for alternative contexts and scales. As found objects are laden with personal and cultural histories, I use found objects in my work to explore our personal relationship to things that can be difficult to see and understand, in particular, the global scope of climate change. My use of video installation allows for an immersive experience that emphasizes environmental temporality. My work allows space for viewer-participants to recognize unexpected emotions related to the natural world, and to create connections and take action with these emotions.
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cecilia lam
Director, Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change
Director, Campus Planning and Sustainability Office
Address: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
Website: www.mocc.cuhk.edu.hk , www.cuhk.edu.hk/cpso
Work Statement:
The Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change (MoCC) was established in December 2013 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. It is the first museum of its kind in the world, offering an interactive, multimedia exhibition that showcases valuable collections and information about climate change. It is the ideal venue for the public, especially students and teachers, to champion the cause of environmental stewardship and keep themselves abreast of the latest developments on environmental conservation and sustainability.
Ying-Shih Hsieh
Address: 6F-1, No.88, Section 2, Xinyi Rd. Da-an District, Taipei, Taiwan 10641 台灣
Email: yshsieh@gmail.com
Website: http://eqpf.org.tw
Work Statement:
We are working on the establishment of "children and climate change museum" in Taiwan from non-governmental organization.
Kyungsuk Youk
Director-General, Seoul Energy Dream Center (SEDC), Seoul, Korea
Address: 14, Jeungsan-ro, Seoul, Mapo-gu 82 Korea
Email: jiwoo@seouledc.or.kr
Website: http://www.seouledc.or.kr
Work Statement:
I'm a director general of Seoul Energy Dream Center (SEDC) in Seoul, Korea. SEDC is a leading Zero Energy Building in Korea, and energy and climate change exibition center.
Anuually, over 100,000 people visit on SEDC, we are organizing various environmental education programs and events.
Australia & aotearoa nz
Brett Adlington
Chief Executive Officer of Museums and Galleries NSW
Address: Level 1, 10 Hickson Rd, The Rocks NSW 2000, Australia
Email: bretta@mgnsw.org.au
Website: http://mgnsw.org.au
Work Statement:
Museums & Galleries of NSW is a peak body supported by Create NSW. We work to support the primarily small to museum and gallery sector by providing a range of capacity building programs, including touring. Our organisation is starting the journey investigating our own climate impact, while seeking to do develop resources for the sector to commence theirs.
Katherine Aigner
PhD candidate National Centre for Indigenous Studies (NCIS), Australian National University
Associate of the Centre for Historical Research at the National Museum of Australia
Associate Curator, Vatican Ethnological Museum
Ph: (+61) 0422719464
Email: katherine.aigner@anu.edu.au
Heather Bleechmore
Manager, Collection Care and Conservation, Australian Museum
Address: Australian Museum, Gate 2, 1 William Street, Sydney, 2010 Australia
Email Address: heather.bleechmore [at] austmus.gov.au
Work Statement: I work in collection care and conservation of museum collections. Our industry is small, but extremely conscious of the effects climate change is having on the natural world and world communities. This impacts the future value and significance of the collection items we are lucky enough to with and inspires our own endeavour to seek sustainable solutions to caring for these collections.
Jessica Brainard
Curator New Museum Project, New Museum
Address: Level 14, 140 William Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000 Australia
Email: jessica.brainard@museum.wa.gov.au
Website: http://museum.wa.gov.au/newmuseum
Work Statement:
I curate engaging museum exhibitions, programs and interactive experiences focused on climate change and sustainability that aim to bridge the gap between awareness and action. I am currently working as lead science curator for the Western Australian Museum's New Museum Project.
Emma Burns
Curator, Natural Sciences Collection, Otago Museum
Address: Great King Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
Ph: +64 |03| 479 3276419
Email: emma.burns@otagomuseum.nz
Website: otagomuseum.nz
Work Statement:
Emma’s background is in zoology, psychology and biological anthropology and her work focuses on exhibition content development, collections research and interpretation, implementing collection development strategy, and on projects that that seek to revive indigenous Māori aspects to natural science. Broadly, she is interested in history, ecology, human, and nature interactions including climate change. Currently, she is a trainee taxidermist and anatomist.
Gary Crockett
Curator, Sydney Living Museums
Address: Sydney Living Museums, The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia
Email: garyc@slm.com.au
Website: http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/
Work Statement:
Nearly three decades as a museum and exhibition curator has shown me that museums can, although are rarely brave or up to speed enough, to be a powerful voice of awakening.
Cameron Curd
Kaitiaki Pukapuka-a-Rohe/District Archivist, Aotea Utanganui Museum of South Taranaki, New Zealand
Address: 39 Mill Road, Lower Vogeltown, New Plymouth, Taranaki 4310 New Zealand
Email: cscurd@gmail.com
Work Statement:
I'm currently working on a Winston Churchill application looking at examining sustainability in the USA. I'm aiming to bring this knowledge back to New Zealand, and our museum, to help New Zealand cultural institutions become more sustainable and 'green'. I'm also aiming to bring this knowledge home to both New Zealand and the Pacific (our closest neighbours) so they can have some strategies for dealing with these issues.
Katie Dyer
Katie Dyer, Senior Curator, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Address: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, 500 Harris St, Ultimo, NSW 2007 Australia
Email Address: katie.dyer [at] maas.museum
Website: http://maas.museum
Twitter: katiedyer2014
Work Statement: I am a Senior Curator with many years experience working with contemporary artists and with historical multi-disciplinary collections. My research focus has been on interdisciplinary collaboration and creative practice as a response to our contemporary conditions. Over the past five years this work has had a particular focus on the potential of collaborative cultures and aesthetic experience to deepen knowledge across the fields of art and science. In my role at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences I am engaged in research, collection development, exhibitions and programming that addresses climate change and social justice.
Nina Earl
Curator and Science Communicator, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and National Council Member for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association.
Address: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007 Australia
Email Address: nina.earl[at]maas.museum
Website: http://maas.museum
Twitter: NINjAitsu
Work Statement: I am a Curator and Science Communicator currently employed at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. I have extensive experience in STEM education and community outreach and have recently begun working with the Museum's Health and Medical Collections. In my more recent work, I have been involved in exploring how interdisciplinary exhibitions can help new audiences access complex scientific information and build trust in the research process. I am also currently a National Council Member for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association and in this capacity hope to think strategically about how the sector can adapt to the social, environmental, and political changes that may result as a consequence of Climate Change.
Carole Hammond
Team Leader, Environment and Heritage, Strathbogie Shire Council, Australia
Email: carolehammond@outlook.com
Work Statement:
Carole is the Team Leader Environment and Heritage at Strathbogie Shire Council, Australia, and is responsible for environment, sustainability, arts, museums, heritage and culture. Carole has a rich career background of interdisciplinary collaboration, drawn from both the environmental and cultural sectors. Carole has worked in the local government sector for over five years and specialises in climate resilience and energy equity – particularly focusing in rural areas.
Since Carole commenced at Strathbogie Shire Council 15 months ago, she has been focused on designing programs and projects that create a hybrid mitigation-adaptation impact, are scaleable, and give something positive back to the whole community. This includes a rural solar and battery bulk buy, a low income energy efficiency bulk buy, and the emerging Rural Sustainability Foundation.
Prior to entering the environment sector, Carole spent over a decade as a manager leading talented interdisciplinary teams to create award winning, environmentally responsible exhibitions and publications in two State museums in Australia. Carole regularly writes and presents on museum sustainability topics within the cultural sector, and now leads arts, heritage and culture in Strathbogie Shire, with a dedicated team of staff and community.
Sophie Harrington
Head of Public Programming at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Email Address: sophie.harrington[at]tepapa.govt.nz
Website: https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/
Work Statement: As the Head of Public Programming at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa I am responsible for audience engagement across the interdisciplinary areas of arts, science and matauranga Maori. I am responsible for managing the strategic conception and development of a programme that allows audiences to engage with experts, research and ideas for debate and behaviour change. Climate change is pressing and permeates all we do from the ways in which we work to how we are listening to audiences to empower them through our programming.
Megan Harvey
Collection manager, Collection Care, Auckland Museum
Address: Maunsell Road extension, Parnell, Auckland 1010 New Zealand
Email: mharvey@aucklandmuseum.com
Twitter: _mharvey
Work Statement:
I am a collection manager at Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, based in the Collection Care department. I am responsible for monitoring the environmental settings within collections spaces at the museum. I am also a member of the museum's Green Team, a group focused on reducing the impact which the museum has on the global environment.
These two roles can conflict with each other - as the power requirements of our HVAC system are one of the largest contributors to the museum's electricity usage. I am very interested in understanding more about how environmental settings can be relaxed, in order to preserve collection objects while decreasing the museum's carbon footprint.
Elly Holland
Public programming specialist, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Address: Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington 6011 New Zealand
Email Address: ellly.holland[at]tepapa.govt.nz
Work Statement: I am a public programming specialist at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, working on our Te Taiao | Nature (Natural History) exhibition
Emily Jateff
Curator, Ocean Science & Technology, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia
Email Address: emily.jateff[at]sea.museum
Website: https://www.sea.museum/
Work Statement: The Australian National Maritime Museum is currently developing a program of exhibitions, activities and events to tie-in with the UN Decade of Ocean Science & Sustainability.
As the Curator, Ocean Science & Technology, I have been sourcing and acquiring climate research and activism related objects for the Museum's collection and for new environmental exhibitions.
And researching, promoting and (when possible) implementing sustainable musuem practices.
Bliss Jensen
Creative Director New Museum project, New museum, Western Australia
Address: Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC. WA 6986
Website: http://museum.wa.gov.au/newmuseum
Luke Keogh
Senior curator | National Wool Museum, Arts & Culture Department, City of Greater Geelong
Address: 26 Moorabool Street, PO BOX 104 Geelong VIC 3220 Australia
Ph: +61 (0)3 5272 4864
Mobile: +61 435 846 158
Email: lkeogh [at] geelongcity.vic.gov.au
Website: www.nwm.vic.gov.au
Madison kuras
Project Officer, Climate Solutions Centre, Australian Museum
Address: 1 William St, Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
Email: madison.kuras[at]australian.museum
Work Statement:
Cherie McNair
Deputy Chair and Head of Exhibitions Development for the Pure Antarctica Foundation.
Address: PO Box 446, Waverley, NSW 2024 Australia
Email: cheriemcnair@gmail.com
Website: https://pureantarctic.com
Work Statement:
I am Deputy Chair and Head of Exhibitions Development for the Pure Antarctica Foundation.
We are a collective of scientists, artists, designers, theatre, events and exhibition practitioners. Because Antarctica is so important to all our lives; it drives the oceans, influences our weather and deep in our hearts, we know it’s a place to put aside for peace and science, we uses it as our main theme to connect us all.
Our activities, events, exhibition and destinations aim to connect us closer to the Earth. We build a better future through the pursuit of arts, science and knowledge.
Jessica Mio
Art curator, MTG Hawke’s Bay Tai Ahuriri
MTG : Museum Theatre Gallery - Hawke's Bay
Address: 1 Tennyson Street, PO Box 248, Napier 4140 Aotearoa/New Zealand
Pg: +64 (0)6 833 9796
Email: jmio@mtghawkesbay.com
Website: www.mtghawkesbay.com/
Blog: mtghawkesbay.wordpress.com/
Work Statement:
Working to make MTG more environmentally sustainable.
cameron muir
Writer and historian, National Museum of Australia (Canberra ACT) and Sydney Environment Institute (University of Sydney, NSW)
Email: cameron.muir@nma.gov.au
Website: www.cameronmuir.me
Twitter: @cimuir
Work Statement:
Dr Cameron Muir is the author of The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress: An Environmental History(Routledge 2014), which was shortlisted in the 2015 NSW Premier’s History Awards. His research interests include histories of food, place, violence and emotions. He won the Griffith Review Emerging Writers’ Prize for non-fiction. In 2013/14 he was a Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center in Munich. Read some of his essays at Griffith Review: ‘The remixing of peoples’, ‘Powering Asia’, ‘Feeding the world’, ‘Marrying health and agriculture’, and in The Guardian and Inside Story.
He helped complete Tony McMichael’s posthumous book, Climate Change and the Health of Nations: Famines, Fevers and the Fate of Populations (OUP 2017).
He is working at the National Museum of Australia and Sydney Environment Institute on an exhibition about ‘Localising the Anthropocene’.
Jenny newell
Manager, Climate Change Projects, Australian Museum
Address: 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
Email: jenny.newell@austmus.gov.au
Website: australianmuseum.net.au
Project website: https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/climate-change/
Work Statement:
Dr Jenny Newell convenes the Museums and Climate Change Network. She is the manager of Climate Change Projects at the Australian Museum, and works in the environmental humanities, as a curator, researcher and writer. With a background working with Pacific communities and collections, she has been working in the field of galvanising engagement in the issues of climate change through museums since 2011. She co-edited Curating the Future: Museums, Communities and Climate Change (Routledge, 2017), and Living with the Anthropocene: Love, Loss and Hope in the face of Environmental Crisis (NewSouth, forthcoming, 2020). She hopes that before too long all museums will say something about climate change within their walls and within their communities, to support the paradigm shifts and action we urgently need. As Greta says, ‘we need everyone, everywhere’.
Kate Phillips
Senior Curator, Science Exhibitions, Museums Victoria
Address: GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001 Australia
Email: kphillips@museum.vic.gov.au
Website: http://museumsvictoria.com.au/
Twitter: Kateinmelbourne
Work Statement:
I develop content for exhibitions, talks and public activities on a range of themes relating to science and the environment, for Museums Victoria a multi-campus, multidisciplinary state museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
As a highly experienced museum communicator on projects relating to science, technology and society, my work is about the future, nature, humans and change on our dynamic, connected planet.
On exhibitions, public events and publications, I work with creative teams, providing a bridge between specialist content and public audiences. I have wide-ranging experience developing the content in media such as interactive multimedia, immersive environments, physical interactives, models and museum objects, in the context of large exhibition projects.
I facilitate museum-based research with University Partners focused on understanding the role of museums in contemporary life with local and international relevance.
Catherine Polcz
Science producer, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.
Address: Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007 Australia
Email: catherine.polcz@maas.museum
Twitter: CatherinePolcz
Work Statement:
As the science producer at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences I create space for dialogues around climate change and environmental justice across diverse programs at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory and the Sydney Science Festival. Prior to my position at MAAS, I worked as a botanist and ecologist across government and academic institutions in Southern Ontario.
Libby robin
Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society ANU,
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities
Australian National University College of Science
Address: Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
Ph: +61 (0)26125 5016
Email: libby.robin@anu.edu.au
Twitter: @LibbydeQ
Work Statement:
Libby is an historian of science and environmental ideas. She is Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University and Senior Research Fellow at the National Museum of Australia's Centre for Historical Research. She is Guest Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm in the Division of History of Science and Technology (2011-2014). Libby has published widely in the history of science, international and comparative environmental history, the ecological humanities and museums.
She has won national prizes in History (How a Continent Created a Nation),in Zoology (Boom and Bust), and in literature (Flight of the Emu).Libby also coordinates the Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Network, and is vice President of the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations.
She is co-editor of Curating the Future: Museums, Communities and Climate Change.
KIRSTEN WEHNER
Research Associate, Sydney Environment Institute
Address: University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia
Website: http://sydney.edu.au/environment-institute/person/kirsten-wehner/
Work Statement:
Dr Kirsten Wehner is a curator, anthropologist and spatial storyteller. Her practice traverses exhibition, film, writing and place-making to create experiences that foster culturally and ecologically rich futures. Kirsten was Head Curator, People and the Environment, at the National Museum of Australia from 2011-2016 and from 2005-2011 was Content Director for the National Museum’s gallery development program. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from New York University, and her recent publications include Curating the Future: Museums, communities and climate change (co-edited/authored, Routledge, 2017).
jemimah Widdicombe
Content developer, Melbourne Museum
Address: 10 Cameron Street, Coburg, Melbourne, VIC 3058 Australia
Email: jwiddicombe@museum.vic.gov.au
Work Statement:
Content developer for the Melbourne Museum Pacific redevelopment project.
europe & uk
Ami Bouhassane
Director, Farleys House & Gallery
Address: Farleys House & Gallery Ltd, Farleys House, Farley Farm, Muddles Green, Chiddingly, East Sussex BN8 6HW UK
Email: ami@leemiller.co.uk
Website: www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk , www.leemiller.co.uk
Twitter: FarleysHG
Work Statement:
Farleys House & Gallery Ltd, who are also managing agents for the Lee Miller Archives. We hold a surrealist art collection and a photography collection of 80,000 prints and negatives along with ephemera and original manuscripts. We also care for and open our artists house to the public.
We strive to be environmentally minded as much as we can . Approx 80% of the electricity we use in the house, gallery, offices and archival store is offset by our solar panels, we use local wood from conservation managed woods for fencing and we compost all raw food waste, coffee and tea bags from our cafe and offices which is then used in our sculpture gardens flower beds. As well as having a very active recycling policy we are in the process of converting to not using any plastic in our own packaging. We are also moving towards only stocking fair trade, locally sourced where possible and environmentally conscious products in our shop. We have started to grow our own vegetables for the cooking workshops we run in the house to help promote the idea of low food miles. Above all we are constantly looking for new ideas that we can implement and that will to raise environmental awareness and responsibility.
Delphine Capdepuy
Deputy director of Orangerie museum and sustainable and responsible development manager of Orsay and Orangerie museums.
Address: jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France 75001 France
Email: delphine.capdepuy@musee-orangerie.fr
Website: http://musee-orangerie.fr
Twitter: MuseeOrangerie
Work Statement:
I am the deputy director of Orangerie museum and sustainable and responsible development manager of Orsay and Orangerie museums.
Museums try to develop workable solutions, build information and technical guidance for internal and external partners. Teams have to develop sustainable solutions that combat the effects of climate change by avoiding or reducing impacts and modifying their way to think and work on their projects in order to enable a sustainable and social environment for actual and next generations, in all their diversity.
Hannah-Lee Chalk
Learning Manager at Manchester Museum
Address: Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester M139PL United Kingdom
Email: hannah-lee.chalk@manchester.ac.uk
Website: http://museum.manchester.ac.uk
Twitter: McrMuseum
Work Statement:
My role as Learning Manager at Manchester Museum is concerned with supporting the museum's mission; to build understanding between cultures and a sustainable world, and as an issue that is as much cultural as it is scientific, climate change and, more broadly, environmental justice, cuts across these two principles that drive the museum's work. My work as Learning Manager involves the development of programmes that use the collections as a source of curiosity and imagination and draw from cutting edge research to explore and create new narratives and ideas about our place in the world. Working with colleagues and partners, these opportunities are delivered to the public, schools, families, adults, and communities through our learning and engagement programmes and exhibitions.
I am currently working to develop a new flagship programme for young people that will seek to use the museum - its collections, spaces, people and partners - as a catalyst for imaginative and radical thinking and action against the backdrop of global scale environmental change. I am particularly interested in how the museum can draw from its strengths - as a trusted and safe space, our collections and collections-based expertise, our convening power, and our supporters and partners - to establish a niche within the existing landscape of provision so that our work enhances and extends the opportunities that already exist in the city region.
My personal interests draw from my background in the earth sciences, my doctoral research into object-related practices and a broad and varied range of research interests. As such, I am particularly keen to explore how research and theory, such as Cameron's 'ecologizing experimentations' and 'post-human museum practices', and the growing interest and discussion around the Anthropocene concept, may be directly applied to the museum's work, and how / if these may contribute to the development of transdisciplinary, authentic, creative and collaborative programmes and practices.
Zoe Christensen
European Ambassador, Sealegacy
Address: Taarbaekstrandvej 105G, 2930 Klampenborg, Klampenborg, Copenhagen 2930 Denmark
Email: zoe@sealegacy.org
Website: http://www.sealegacy.org
Work Statement:
Working as the European Ambassador for sealegacy, main job is to build the emotional connection to the viewer through exhibits, museums, books and fundraising.
charlotte connelly
Museum curator, Polar Museum, Scott Polar Research Institute
Address: Lensfield Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1ER UK
Website: http://www.spring.cam.ac.uk/museum
Email: Cec81@cam.ac.uk
Twitter: curatorconnelly
Work Statement:
I'm the Museum Curator at the Polar Museum, part of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. We tell stories about the Arctic and the Antarctic using our nationally significant collections of art, archive and objects relating to both polar regions.
Arne Dunker
Director, Klimahaus Bremerhaven (German Climate Center)
Address: Am Längengrad 8, Bremerhaven, Bremen 27568 Deutschland
Email: dunker@klimahaus-bremerhaven.de
Website: http://www.klimahaus-bremerhaven.de
Twitter: Klimahaus_Brhv
Work Statement:
Since 2009 Klimahaus Bremerhaven (German Climate Center) is successfully conveying knowledge and involvement in climate issues to wide public.
More than 5.3 million visitors have come to Bremerhaven ever since in order to see and literally sense the way climate is shaping our planet, human culture and our children’s future.
A journey around the globe to 9 different hot (and cold) spots of climate change and through five different climate zones are only two of a number of exhibition galleries. A wide range of educational programs as well as our own scientific department have contributed in making Klimahaus a pioneer in climate communication.
Come and see! We are looking forward to interchanging ideas.
Céline Eidenbenz
Directrice (Director), Musée d’art du Valais, Sion Kunstmuseum Wallis, Sitten Valais Art Museum, Sion
Address: Place de la Majorie 15, CH – 1950 Sion, Switzerland
Ph: +41 27 606 46 79
Fax: +41 27 606 46 74
Website: www.musees-valais.ch
Work Statement:
Collaboration on an interdisciplinary exhibition project about the Anthropocene (2016) directed by Dr. Nicolas Kramar, Valais Nature Museum, Sion.
celine elliott
Engagement Lead, Cornwall Museums Partnership
Address: krowji, ROOM 101, redruth, Cornwall tr145aj United Kingdom
Email Address: celine[at]cornwallmuseumspartnership.org.uk
Website: https://www.cornwallmuseumspartnership.co.uk/
Twitter: celinelliott
Work Statement: As the Engagement Lead at Cornwall Museums Partnership, I see the climate emergency as being the defining issue of our time. As an organisation we exist to create positive social change with museums. It is my job to develop a strategic lead for engagement across our organisation and to support the museums, galleries and heritage organisations in our area. Climate change is an issue of social justice and as our values are integrity, innovation, inclusion and collaboration I consider it as paramount that we address this issue in all areas of our work.
Henry Evans
Director | Magnificent Ocean
Address: Copenhagen, Denmark
Ph: +44 (0) 7807012256
Email: henry@magoce.com
Website: www.magoce.com
Work Statement:
I'm a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen researching sustainability education in museums, aquariums and zoos located across Denmark and internationally. I also run a science education organisation called Magnificent Ocean, which works in schools worldwide to carry out interactive workshops to students of all ages on topics such as sustainability, climate change, marine biology and exploration.
Josefine Floberg
Head of Exhibitions | Malmö Museer
Address: Malmöhusvägen 5-8, Malmö, Sweden
Email: josefine.floberg@malmo.se
Website: https://malmo.se/Kultur--fritid/Kultur--noje/Museer--utstallningar/Malmo-Museer.html
Twitter: malmomuseer
Work Statement:
At Malmö Museer you can see everything from the Nordic region´s oldest surviving Renaissance castle to a real submarine, a new aquarium and fantastic vehicles. The museum´s permanent exhibitions focus on history, natural history, technology and seafaring. There are also about a dozen temporary exhibitions every year. Malmö Museer is responsible for preservation of the cultural environment and has extensive collections, including those of textiles and photography.
The Science Center Malmö Museer links together a number of exhibitions and activities at Malmö Museum! With the focus on sustainability we hope to arouse curiosity and interest in technology and science
Steph Hachey
MSc Museum Studies student, University of Glasgow
Address: Glasgow, Scotland
Email: stephachey@gmail.com
Twitter: stephhachey
Work Statement:
I am currently studying MSc Museum Studies at the University of Glasgow. I am interested in how Canadian museums are engaging with issues of climate change and environmental protection/conservation – particularly of the Arctic. I am interested in the vital role of Indigenous knowledge and perspective when considering the impacts and solutions of climate change.
Katherine Hauptman
Director, Swedish History Museum
Address: Narvavägen 13-17, Box 5428, Stockholm, Stockholm SE-114 84 Sweden
Email: katherine.hauptman@shm.se
Website: http://www.historiska.se
Twitter: historiskamuse
Work Statement:
I'm the museum Director for the Swedish History Museum. The museum encompasses the long time period from the Stone Age until contemporary history. Today our work on climate change is not very developed, but we want to improve and learn. We do work with the global goals for sustainable development in our organisation and in the public activities, e.g. all school programs are connected to relevant goals no matter what time period or theme.
Sarah Hemstock
Artist/practitioner
Address: Bishop Grosseteste University, Longdales Road, Lincoln, Lincs LN1 3DY UK
Email: sarah.hemstock@bishopg.ac.uk
Website: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJCCSM-03-2017-0058
Work Statement:
Artist / practitioner - climate change and environmental change are issues I explore in my practice.
Liisi Jääts
Researcher-curator, Estonian National Museum
Address: Veski 32, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
Ph: +37 2 7350 408
Email: liisi@erm.ee
chris jarvis
Public engagement, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Address: Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3PW England
Email: Chris.jarvis@oum.ox.ac.uk
Website: http://www.oumnh.com
Twitter: Baculumboy
Work Statement:
I am the member of the museum's public engagement staff responsible for adult and primary school programmes and develop and deliver workshops, debates and events linked to issues in contemporary science.
Hilary Jennings
Director, Happy Museum Project
Email: happymuseumproject@gmail.com
Website: http://happymuseumproject.org
Twitter: happymuseum
Work Statement:
I am Director of the Happy Museum Project which looks at how the museum sector can respond to the challenge of creating a more sustainable future. It supports museum practice, in the UK and beyond, that places wellbeing within an environmental and future-facing frame, rethinking the role that museums can play in creating more resilient people, places and planet. Through action research, academic research, peer networking and training it supports institutional and community wellbeing and resilience in the face of global challenges.