International Symposium on the future of Museum Climate seen in the context of Global Climate Change

How can we create exhibitions and expose our common cultural heritage in a sustainable way which is also acceptable for future generations? How can museums be run in a more CO2 neutral way while simultaneously guaranteeing an adequate indoor climate? These, and other crucial questions and issues, will be discussed and scrutinized during this one day symposium.

The symposium will offer information and food for thought to stakeholders from ministries of culture, heritage organisations and partners within the European museum organisations. But the symposium also aims at informing those who are in the process of creating new museum buildings or rebuilding old ones – how do we accommodate current demands and future expectations in the building process? CO2 neutral museum The National Gallery of Denmark will present an inspiring case-history of how regulating their seasonal indoor climate resulted in considerable energy savings as well as minimising their CO2 footprint – with the aim of becoming totally neutral within the near future. On top of this the dangers to art works caused by increasing levels of ozone, nitrogen oxides, and other malign gaseous emissions within the museum climate will be touched upon. Lending activity and European standards Another main topic of the symposium will be how tomake the right decisions about attaining a realistic up-keep and presentation of our cultural heritage without compromising its physical fragility. European standards for museums and transport as well as political desires for a larger international lending activity will be addressed. New challenges Unilateral changes that effect institutional requirements for museum climate (RH, temperature and light) may also effect international loan procedures for temporary exhibitions. The symposium will address some of the questions which are inherent to these new challenges: Can we gather the museum field nationally and/or internationally around new acceptable climate requirements for exhibition galleries and storage? Can we envision Green Museums as role-models for society? And lastly, how does a global movement such as Cradle-to-Cradle see the function of the museum as keepers of the past and torches for the future? The symposium will take place on Monday March 1, 2010 at the National Gallery of Denmark. This is simultaneous with the current temporary exhibitions ‘Nature Strikes Back’ and ‘RETHINK’, both offering the public tantalizing food for thought. The symposium is organised by the National Gallery of Denmark in collaboration with The Association of Danish Museums (ODM) and made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Agency of Denmark (KUAS) Register here See program Hotel booking Ibsen’s Hotel is CO2 -neutral and offers the participants of the ‘International Symposium on Museum Climate’ room’s at a reduced price. In order to benefit from this when you book the hotel room at the Ibsen’s Hotel please refer to block number 180356. Please send the following information to Helene Hansen hha@brochner-hotels.dk or call +45 3395 7702: Name Check-in date Check-out date Room type (Single or double room) Number of persons in the room Credit card number + exp date for guarantee Brochner Hotels is going CO2-neutral - visit www.CO2neutral-hotels.com

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