The Design Museum, in partnership with Art Fund and the Exhibitions Group, has developed a new tool to help reduce the environmental impact of touring exhibitions.
This tool was created to support museum professionals to ask the right questions at the right time when developing touring exhibitions and displays, said Elise Foster Vander Elst, head of exhibitions and environmental impact lead at the Design Museum, in a Teo article.
Additionally, the new tool signposts various resources for museum workers to gather data and access additional research to make informed decisions.
It was created for UK-based cultural institutions developing or co-producing touring exhibitions, but can be adapted for other projects.
In an interview with blooloop, Vander Elst said: “I lead quite a large team focusing on the production of exhibitions. We do a lot of temporary exhibitions. We do massive environments and immersive exhibitions.
“Because they’re temporary, we often have a vast amount of set works, plinths, walls, and things like that. Unfortunately, because of the way the arts and museum sector is structured, those things tend to get wasted at the end of the exhibition.
“That inspired me to explore how we can look at more circular economy solutions.”
Touring exhibitions tool for UK museums
Also, the Design Museum has been supporting UK-based charity Gallery Climate Coalition with the introduction of the new GCC carbon calculator in museums.
The new user-friendly tool is free to use and can help arts and cultural organisations to measure and reduce their carbon emissions.
In more news, the Design Museum’s new exhibition on Tim Burton has smashed the institution’s record for advance ticket sales.
Images courtesy of the Design Museum
