Chapter in a book

Received a request to write a chapter for the upcoming book called 'Greener Museums: sustainability, society and public engagement'.

Contributors to the book include: Carole Hammond, Exhibition Manager, Immigration Museum (Australia); Aaron Pope, Manager of Sustainability Programs, California Academy of Sciences; Grant Reid, Project Director, Program and Production, Natural History Museum; and Hannah Jackson, Sustainability Project Officer, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service.

The publication is part of a wider collection of books to be published in January next year. It's a very exciting and truly international project with over 100 contributors from museums around the world. Contributors to the books include: Bonita Bennett, Director, District Six Museum, Cape Town; Kate Craddy, Director, Galicia Jewish Museum, Poland; Victoria Dickenson, Chief Knowledge Officer, Canadian Museum for Human Rights; Tracy Puklowski, General Manager, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; David Fleming, Director, National Museums Liverpool; and Gail Durban, Head of V&A Online, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

The Climate Exhibition Chapter to include:

1. Exhibition Goals
2. Description of the visitor experience
3. Description of the exhibition
4. Green practices for exhibition design
5. Green Practices for exhibition fabrication
6. 2-3 Renderings of the planned exhibition

Climate Change Exhibitions

 

Photos from the Monterey Bay Aquirium, Mark Walhimer

 Current Exhibitions related to Climate Change: 



"Hot Pink Flamingos" at Monterey Bay Aquarium 

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/storage/pressroom/presskit/pdf/Hot_Pink_Flamingos_Press_Kit_0310.pdf&sa=X&ei=kAHtS7qoLo7cswOS-ZC_Dw&ved=0CBkQzgQoADAA&usg=AFQjCNGW32TD8R9PsG_mDNgAPrHkpmRdiQ

Climate science gallery at the Science Museum, London
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/climate_science.aspx

Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront at MOMA
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1031 



Earth Under Fire at AAAS 

http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2009/1117art_exhibit.shtml

Green by Design at the Tech Museum of Innovation 

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/permanent/index.php?galKey=gd

Climate X at the Norwegian Technical and Science Museum

http://www.visitoslo.com/en/oslos-museum-of-science-and-technology-wins-leading-edge-award.49108.376058r99a.tln.html

Birch Aquarium at UCSD
http://www.aquarium.ucsd.edu/Exhibits/Feeling_the_Heat/fth_movies/fth_3min_sm.mov

Climate Change at the AMNH
http://www.amnh.org/rose/hope/climate/

Duplicate of Climate Change at PRAE in Spain
http://www.praecyl.es/exposiciones/cambio-climatico/

Bill Nye's Climate Lab at the Chabot Space and Science Center
http://billsclimatelab.org/

The Last Days of Shishmaref at LP II, Rotterdam
http://www.thelastdaysofshishmaref.com/shishmaref3/cms/cms_module/index.php

The Ancient Basin exhibit at the Washakie Museum
http://www.washakiemuseum.org/ancient_basin_11.html

INLO International Action on Global Warming
http://astc.org/iglo/c3/science-center-activities/

Grasping Climate a traveling exhibition from Teknikenshus, Sweeden
http://www.teknikenshus.se/english/exhibitions/temporary/index.html

Climate Change at the Australian Museum
http://australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/Thumbs-up-for-climate-change-exhibition/

Press Release

PRESS RELEASE
Science-Technology Center, Indonesia


Taman Mini, Indonesia Indah, Jakarta 13560
http://ppiptek.ristek.go.id

Dr. Legoh, Director of the Science-Technology Center, Indonesia announced today the planning of the new exhibition “Global Warming”. The exhibition is scheduled to open in early 2011. Dr. Legoh said “this is a critical topic for the future of Indonesia and it is our responsibility to educate the public of how they can make a difference”. The exhibition will be 235 square meters (2500 square feet) and will be a on the third floor of the Center. Hendra Suryanto; Science Officer said, “the Center is in the early stages of the planning of the exhibition and we excited to be part of a world wide effort to make a difference.

The Science-Technology Center, Indonesia is located in Taman Mini, Jakarta, Indonesia and is the largest science center in Indonesia. The Center is visited by 300,000 visitors annually and hosts 200 school groups per year. The Center is considered to be the finest science educational facility in Indonesia receiving a rating of excellent by more than 85% of the Center’s visitors. The center has a policy of social responsibility and will not turn away visitors unable to pay museum admission 15,000 rupiah. The Science-Technology Center, Indonesia is non-profit and an active member of the Association of Science and Technology Centers, the largest professional organization of science museums.

The Science and Technology Center has retained Museum Planer, LLC to assist in the planning and fund raising of the exhibition. Contact Mark Walhimer for information regarding sponsorship opportunities.