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Blog posts tagged: ‘green’

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0Building Museums and sustainability: Moving outside the box

Posted on: 11-20-2010

Over the past 7 years MAAM has hosted an annual Building Museums symposium on the topic of building and renovating museums. It has featured hundreds of case studies and the lessons learned from our colleagues not only in the Mid-Atlantic region, but nationally and internationally. We have looked at the vision or impetus for a building project, examined planning systems, considered design solutions and green practices, explored funding, detailed project implementation, and delved into the community relevance of the museum, …

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4Sustaining historic houses

Posted on: 10-26-2010

More than ever historic houses are struggling to sustain and be relevant to their surrounding communities. Three case studies presented by museum experts are examples of thinking outside the box and generating unique ideas in order to keep these wonderful pieces of history open to the public. Historic houses attempting to maintain a relevant place in the 21st century was the topic of discussion in this session presented by: Nancy Moses, Nancy Moses Planning and Development Sarah DiSantis, Executive Director, …

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0Green and museums: Stalled, but revving the engines

Posted on: 10-12-2010

Today’s post is by Sarah S. Brophy, LEED – AP O&M and co-author of The Green Museum. The Green Museum Movement seems to have found a place of rest partway to the goal.  Much like dieters who make good progress at the beginning only to find they reach a point where previous efforts just aren’t enough to make a difference, it seems greening museums has reached a plateau. At the beginning of the Recession I thought this evolution from Green …

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