Sustainability Toolkit update: July 2025

Action Plans, Guidelines and Protocols

The Faculty of Fine Arts - Belgrade & MoCAB presents the Inclusion on Museums: A Collection of Best Practices (2024). This comprehensive multisensory-access toolkit was developed by the Faculty of Fine Arts (Belgrade) and Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade (MoCAB), in partnership with the Union of the Blind in Serbia. It provides concrete design protocols (tactile, auditory cues, accessible descriptions) to make exhibitions and artworks more inclusive for visitors with vision impairment. This resource is ideal for institutions seeking actionable, sensory-based inclusion strategies.

BC Museum Association presents the Gender and Sexuality Inclusion Toolkit for Museums, Heritage and Cultural Institutions: Museums and cultural institutions tell the stories and preserve the histories of an area, aiming to be representative of the local region and foster a strong sense of community. How does gender and sexual orientation inclusion align with these goals? This toolkit aims to support museums, galleries and heritage organizations in their journeys to increase 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusivity and representation in an empowering manner, particularly smaller organizations who may not have abundant resources.

Readings & Podcasts List

Why ‘devastating’ climate control rules for museum collections need a rethink: Researchers and conservators have found one-size-fits-all standards to be both ineffective and inefficient—and now they're looking for better ways to preserve works. Article written by Annabel Keenan for The Art Newspaper on July, 11, 2025.

Reimagining climate change futures: A review of arts-based education programs: This study, authored by Shelley Hannigan, Danielle Hradsky, Robin Bellingham, Jo Raphael, and Peta J. White, presents a systematic literature review exploring how arts-based approaches are being used in climate change education, with a particular focus on fostering futures thinking among young people.

Climate Action in the Art World, by Annabel Keenan, published in May 2025, by Lund Humphries in association with Sotheby's Institute of Art, as part of the prestigious "Hot Topics in the Art World" series.