68 wearemuseums.com/museums-facing-crisis Museums Facing Crisis [We Are Museums (graphic: Alina Holtmann)] Museums Facing Crisis Renovating Historic Buildings Towards Zero Energy Project Leader: We Are Museums Time Duration: 2019 – ongoing Countries Involved: United Kingdom Keywords: Arts for Climate, Cultural Activities, Engagement, Participation Description With climate change bringing about uneven and irregular weather conditions, humanrelated disasters changing the heritage landscape and the pandemic transforming the way we function, museums need to work together to safeguard humanity’s heritage, promote peace and build resilience. This concerns new regenerative models of systems. This impacts the ways and means through which museums can address, react and respond to social tensions such as those tied to social and health tensions, political pressures, military conflicts and natural disasters. It is also how museums champion the ideals and aspirations of their societies, meaning that museums cannot and should not remain neutral. The project aims to activate museums as catalysts of the processes that bring the issues of climate change and ecology to the fore, recognising the highly topical issues that must be addressed daily in museum planning and management. Output The project involved the implementation of different webinar actions and cycles, such as: Dialogues on Museum Resilience in collaboration with UN Live – Museum for the United Nations (May 2019 – February 2021); Community Support Meetups #MuseumsFacingCrisis (April 2020 – June 2020). The programme is periodically updated and implemented.
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