Connecting to Collections Care

Sustainability initiatives are linked to cost-savings, reduced carbon footprints, improved community relationships, and future resilience, along with the opportunity to optimize the preservation of collections. Doing so can be critical for small and mid-sized institutions with substantially limited resources to survive and thrive going forward​. However, the time and financial resources to develop such a plan have meant that these efforts have previously been limited to larger institutions. By adapting and applying what has been learned about sustainable preservation at larger institutions, the field can also more substantially address the need to meet sustainability goals.

The learning objectives for this course include:

• become familiar with the tools and resources available to implement sustainable practices specifically in the cultural heritage field
• understand sustainability terms and practices, and how they can apply to collecting institutions
• begin assessing current institutional practices through a sustainability lens and realize how to develop this practice into an actionable plan

Course Schedule

• Webinar 1: Thursday March 27, 2025 1-230pm ET Green Terms and Tools
  Presenter: Lorraine Finch, Director, LFCP
• Webinar 2: Tuesday April 1, 2025 1-230pm ET Examining current operations
  Presenter: Christopher Dunbrack, Associate Building Manager for The Metropolitan Museum of Art- Cloisters
• Webinar 3: Thursday April 10, 2025 1-230pm ET Developing a Green Vision
  Presenter: Patrick Hamilton, Manager, Climate & Sustainability Initiatives, Division of Mission Infrastructure, Science Museum of Minnesota
• Webinar 4: Thursday April 17, 2025 1-230pm ET Creating a Plan
  Presenter: Lorraine Finch, Director, LFCP

Course Coordinator: Kelly McCauley Krish, Preventive Conservator

Captioning in English and Spanish is available. The program will be held using Zoom Meeting. 

Registration Fee

• $99 Early Bird through March 20, 2025
• $149 Regular Fee

To register: https://connectingtocollections.org/sustainability_plans/