Essays about: "museum sustainability"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words museum sustainability.

  1. 6. The influence of passive measures on the highly demanding room climate requirements of a museum building in terms of sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Jasmin Jost; [2021]
    Keywords : museum; museum climate; conservation requirements; climate risk assessment; indoor environment; thermal comfort; thermal mass; moisture buffering; hygroscopic materials; life cycle assessment LCA ; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In the exhibition space of a museum, a compromise between the requirements for the preservation of cultural goods and thermal comfort criteria for visitors has to be applied. Such a high level of control without allowing fluctuations in temperature and relative humidity poses a big challenge to the air conditioning systems to maintain these very specific hygrothermal conditions. READ MORE

  3. 7. Perspectives on Sustainability in Cultural Heritage Conservation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Ida Holden Langemark; [2020-08-05]
    Keywords : Agenda 2030; sustainable development; heritage sector;

    Abstract : In the last few years, ‘sustainability’ has become one of the greatest and most inevitable topics of discussion. Investigating contemporary approaches to sustainability in the cultural heritage sector shows how current development needs are perceived in order to better address the future. READ MORE

  4. 8. Museum Exhibitions, Cultural Heritage and Visitors : A communication study on visitors’ experience in the context of museum exhibitions using the Raffles exhibition at the British Museum

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturvård

    Author : Tzu-Yu Liu; [2020]
    Keywords : cultural heritage; museum exhibition; communication; British Museum; visitor study;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of how communication takes place in museum exhibitions. The curatorial teams send themessages and the visitors are the receivers. The author uses the British Museum’s free admission special exhibition, Sir Stamford Raffles: collecting in Southeast Asia 1811-1824, as the case study. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Role of Arts in Nordic Society: Health and Lifestyle

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Soledad Zamora; [2019]
    Keywords : Arts; Education; Lifestyle; Society; Sustainable development; Welfare;

    Abstract : The role of arts in both formal and non-formal education has been scientifically demonstrated to create positive outcomes in people to deal with all kinds of social problems in daily life. At present, there are international public and private institutions that support this view, such as the International Arts Education Week, celebrated for the first time by UNESCO on 21-27 May 2012 when not only artists participated, but also educators, researchers, NGO actors, and international associations. READ MORE

  6. 10. Death Sells: Thanatourism Theming as a Sustainability Strategy at Gotlands Museum

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Katherine Uziallo; [2019]
    Keywords : sustainable destination development; destination development; sustainable tourism; tourism; heritage tourism; dark tourism; thanatourism; museums; new museology; Gotlands Museum; Gotland; Gotlandic history; sustainability;

    Abstract : Over the past century the phenomenon of thanatourism, or dark tourism, has become increasingly popular, with tourists now able to encounter death at a wide range of sites across the world. While much scholarship has focused on tourism at sites of disaster and atrocity, less research has taken place into thanatourism in a museum context. READ MORE