Climate Museum

The Climate Museum
Established July 2015 (2015-07)
Location New York City (not yet constructed)
Director Miranda Massie
Website www.climatemuseum.org

The Climate Museum is a nonprofit organization preparing to launch a museum dedicated to climate change and climate solutions in New York City. Its mission is "to employ the sciences, art, and design to inspire dialogue and innovation that address the challenges of climate change, moving solutions to the center of our shared public life and catalyzing broad community engagement.”[1]

History

The Climate Museum initiative was conceived of in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.[2] Climate Museum founder and director Miranda Massie was at the time serving as the Interim Director of the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI).[3] Her work in civil rights led her to see climate change through the lens of social activism.[4] Massie left NYLPI in March 2014 to found the Climate Museum Launch Project.[5][6][7] The Museum was granted a five-year charter by the State of New York in July 2015, and received 501(c)3 nonprofit status in February 2016.[8][9]

The Climate Museum’s first exhibition, In Human Time, was presented at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons School of Design, The New School from December 2017 to February 2018.[10] It explored intersections of polar ice, humanity, and time through installations of work by artists Zaria Forman and Peggy Weil.[11][12] [13]

The Climate Museum is part of the Museums and Climate Change Working Group, a coalition of museums around the world working to incorporate climate change into their exhibitions and programming.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "About the Climate Museum".
  2. ↑ "A Lawyer Quit Her Job to Start a Climate Museum in New York". The New York Times. 2015-08-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  3. ↑ "Miranda Massie". Linkedin.
  4. ↑ Degroot, Dagomar (June 1, 2015). "A Conversation with Miranda Massie". Historical Climatology. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ "A Lawyer Quit Her Job to Start a Climate Museum in New York". The New York Times. 2015-08-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  6. ↑ "The Museum of the Future Looks to Heal the Planet | The Takeaway | WNYC". WNYC. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  7. ↑ Tabary, Zoe. "From ghost boats to water treasures, museums seek to spur climate..." U.S. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  8. ↑ Laguerre-Wilkinson, Magalie (October 18, 2017). "Miranda Massie on the Impacts of Climate Change and New York's Climate Museum". Carnegie Council of Ethics in International Affairs. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  9. ↑ Karvelas, Patricia (July 17, 2017). "Museums in the age of climate change". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  10. ↑ "In Human Time".
  11. ↑ "As the World Melts, an Artist Finds Beauty in Ancient Ice". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  12. ↑ Raskin, Laura. "A Trip to a Museum for Convincing Americans About Climate Change". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  13. ↑ "The Climate Museum Captures the Gravity of a Global Crisis". Hyperallergic. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  14. ↑ "Museums & Climate Change: A Global Response – American Alliance of Museums". www.aam-us.org. Retrieved 2018-08-17.

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