Creating a hub for climate science, art and dialogue:a beacon for solutions.

From: http://www.climatemuseum.org/

Approach

A center for shared immersion in the breakthroughs of the present and future.

The Climate Museum will use interactive design and storytelling to inspire a climate–educated and engaged public. Its mission of kindling solutions-focused civic engagement will build on traditional museum strengths—signaling legitimacy, memorably conveying complex information, and providing a forum for community experience.

The Climate Museum will catalyze public discourse and spark the optimism, ambition, and teamwork needed to ensure, in the decades to come, leadership in a climate-safe, vibrant world.

The power of museums

Audience

A compelling opportunity to create a sustainable institution with impact.

The audience for the Museum is robust. The market for museum visitation is large, and museums focused on science and technology in particular generate great and growing public interest.

The American public wants to learn more about climate change, an interest that will grow. And we see museums as trustworthy sources of information on this vital subject. Nevertheless, climate change is insufficiently represented in existing museums. The Climate Museum will fill that market gap.
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Leaders from numerous fields have responded to the Museum initiative with enthusiasm and generosity.

Pathway

Continual growth of programming will build the Museum’s audience and lead the way to a beautiful permanent institution.

Endorsements

Eddie Bautista

“The Climate Museum will be a tremendous resource for Environmental Justice communities in New York City and beyond—the communities that have contributed least to climate disruption and stand to suffer most. I’m proud to have been part of this initiative from the beginning.”

Executive Director, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance; Climate Museum Advisory Board Member

Serene Jones

“Creating a climate-safe world is a moral imperative. Faith communities—and all communities—need institutions like The Climate Museum to learn and move forward together.”

President, Union Theological Seminary; Climate Museum Advisory Board Member

Cecilia Lam

“A wise man once said: ‘We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors: we borrow it from our children.’  It’s up to all of us to protect our world, and the more we can do to educate society about the reality of climate change, the better.  Best wishes from all of us at the Chinese University of Hong Kong!”

Programme Director, Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change, Office of CUHK Jockey Club Initiative Gaia, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

James Stewart Polshek

“The Climate Museum presents the exciting challenge of creating responsive public design to serve an imperative cause: fostering community and responsibility on a grave global challenge.”

Founder, Polshek Partnership; former Dean, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture; Founding Trustee of the Climate Museum

Cynthia Rosenzweig

“Climate scientists will continue to play our critical role, but we need the public at large to participate, too. That’s the well-strategized aim of The Climate Museum—and why I’m proud to be a founding Trustee.”

Senior Research Scientist, Columbia University Earth Institute; Co-Chair, NYC Panel on Climate Change; and Founding Trustee of the Climate Museum

Gus Speth

“By serving as a center for public engagement, The Climate Museum will play an important role in the massive suite of efforts we must undertake as a society to address climate risks.”

Founder, World Resources Institute; former Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Climate Museum Advisory Board Member.