ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums – Longlist of eligible projects
As a global organisation, ICOM is committed to highlighting the essential role that museums play in advancing sustainable development. Through this work, we aim to inspire museums and museum professionals worldwide to begin—or to strengthen—their efforts to integrate sustainable development into their practices.
To further this goal, ICOM launched the ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums—the first global award that recognises innovative initiatives and exemplary practices that contribute meaningfully to sustainable development within the museum sector.
Following the call for applications in 2024, and with the valued support of our ICOM Bodies, the ICOM Award received 130 eligible submissions from 60 countries—a powerful demonstration of the sector’s engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals. This longlist reflects the diversity, creativity, and commitment of museums across the globe. It stands as a tribute to the professionals and institutions working to harness the potential of museums in building a more sustainable and equitable future.
Longlist of Projects
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Kuwait
ProsperityAlSadu Society
Protect and safeguard the world's cultural and natural heritage
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Taiwan, China
PlanetFo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
Zero Vision, Green Action
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Ecuador
PlanetFundación Museos de la Ciudad - Yaku Parque Museo del Agua
Laboratorio Vivo, Gestión Integral del Agua, Restauración Ecológica y Gestión de Desechos Sólidos y Orgánicos
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Colombia
PlanetMuseo Colonial y Museo Santa Clara – Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia
Mochila viajera Arhuaca
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Dominican Republic
PeopleCentro Cultural Eduardo León Jimenes
Mi Barrio Está En Navidad
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Azerbaijan
PlanetSurakhani Ship-Museum of "Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping" Closed Joint-Stock Company
Caspian Heritage
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Italy
PartnershipMuse, Museo delle Scienze
Goal Zero Area
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France
ProsperityMusée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne, Ville de Marseille
Pentathlon Antique, Pentahtlon 2024
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France
PlanetMuséAl - Département de l'Ardèche
Eco-pâturage du site archéologique du musée de site
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Singapore
ProsperityArtScience Museum
ArtScience Residency: Ocean Imagineer - Cesar Jung-Harada
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Aotearoa New Zealand
PlanetMuseum of Transport and Technology
MOTAT's Steam Tram 100 - Full steam ahead towards carbon neutrality
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Mexico
PlanetPapalote Museo del Niño
Ruta 5Rs. Reducir, Reutilizar, Readaptar, Reciclar, Reintegrar
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Sweden
PlanetSwedish National Maritime and Transport Museums
Developing a Sustainability management system (SMS)
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France
PlanetUniverscience
Exposition permanente : Urgence climatique, repenser notre manière d'habiter le monde
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Cambodia
PartnershipPreah Srey Içanavarman Museum of Economy and Money (Sosoro)
SOSORO's Banking Sector Program for Economic Literacy
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Finland
PlanetSerlachius
From Visions into Action - Serlachius' Environmental Investments 2022-24
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United Arab Emirates
PeaceDepartment of Antiquities and Museums Ras al Khaimah
Preservation of Islamic and Arabic books and manuscripts on European papers at National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah
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Iceland
PlanetThe National Gallery of Iceland
Resistance
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Mexico
PeopleMuseo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli
Pedregal del Tiempo. Sala al aire libre en el Anahuacalli
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Barbados
PartnershipBarbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS)
Shared Island Stories Between Scotland and the Caribbean: Transnational Youth Exchange
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Argentina
PeopleMuseo Batallas de Cepeda
Benítez Poblado Histórico" Proyecto de Desarrollo Sostenible en Mariano Benítez, Pergamino, Provincia de Buenos Aires
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Switzerland
PlanetMusée international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge
Refonte durable et participative des espaces d'accueil du musée selon les principes du réemploi
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Sweden
PlanetAccelerator
Promise and/or Threat
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Italy
PlanetIXDeae APS
M'illumino di meno - Growing up with eco-sustainably and shedding light on history
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Canada
ProsperityPointe-à-Callière, cité d'archéologie et d'histoire de Montréal
Le Marché public dans l'ambiance du 18e siècle : pour un événement durable
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Lithuania
PeaceKaunas Ninth Fort Museum
The Exile Memory Project 2023
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Belgium
PlanetDesign Museum Gent
Gent Waste Brick for DING
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Portugal
PlanetEcomuseu Municipal do Seixal - Municipal Ecomuseum of Seixal
Plano de valorização da biodiversidade da Fábrica de Pólvora de Vale de Milhaços (Biodiversity Enhancement Plan of the Vale de Milhaços Gunpowder Factory ) (PVBFPVM)
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Denmark
PeopleTrapholt - Museum of Modern Art, Craft and Design
Data Mirror
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Germany
PlanetDeutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (AdöR)
Special exhibition: "Simple - complex - alive - how matter became life"
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Portugal
PeopleMAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
Roadmap for Mental Health
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Spain
PlanetFundación Díaz-Caneja
Fd-C: Museo Diverso, Inclusivo Y Sostenible
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Belgium
PartnershipMuseum Voor Schone Kunsten Gent
The Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, Belgium, in collaboration with GRACE
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Greece
Planet, Prosperity, PeaceHellenic National Archaeological Museum
Curating today for tomorrow: Sustainability and Accessibility for All at the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum
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Switzerland
PlanetMuseum of Communication
Planetopia
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Slovakia
PlanetSlovak Mining Museum
Haraburdy - bazaar of (un)necessary things
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Lithuania
PartnershipNational Museum of Lithuania
Marta: Museum Skills Development Program
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Bonaire
ProsperityStichting Terramar Museum
Bonaire and It's People
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Brazil
ProsperityMuseum of the Brazilian Exchange - MUB3
MUB3 Visit Program
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Pakistan
ProsperityThe Dawood Foundation- MagnifiScience Centre (TDF MSC)
Expand STEM Education in Low-income Schools in Karachi
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Italy
ProsperityFondazione Ranieri di Sorbello ETS
Towards an inclusive and sustainable museum centre Transitions at Palazzo Sorbello
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Singapore
PlanetAsian Civilisations Museum
Final Exhibition of #SGFASHIONNOW: Runway Singapore
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Spain
PeopleMuseu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
El arte de caminar. Paseos sonoros de artes en salud por los caminos de Montjuïc
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Switzerland
PeaceMEG (Musée d'ethnographie de Genève)
Ancrer la responsabilité sociétale au coeur des activités du MEG
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Brazil
PeaceMuseu do Diamante
Recuerdos De Costura
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Japan
PeaceNational Museum of Ethnology
International training course "Museums and Community Development" for museum staff from developing countries
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Switzerland
PlanetJardin botanique de Neuchâtel (JBN)
Muséologie de la réconciliation - Exposition Business Plantes
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Brazil
PeopleInstituto Inhotim
Saberes e Memórias
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Belgium
PlanetHouse of European History (European Parliament) (Maison de l'histoire européenne (Parlement européen))
Throwaway. The History of a Modern Crisis
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Belgium
PeopleAfricaMuseum- Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
CAMPUS (Sensitisation programme for the AfricaMuseum)
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Austria
PlanetKunstHausWien. Museum Hundertwasser
Klima Biennale Wien 2024
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Kenya
PeopleNational Museums of Kenya
MakavaziGo Digitisation Project
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Benin
PartnershipEthnographic and Open Air Museum Parakou, Benin
Trees Day Celebrations at Open Air Museum
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Greece
PlanetPiraeus Cultural Foundation
An Environmental and Energy Management System tailormade for a network of nine thematic technological Museums in Greece
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Bulgaria
ProsperityBoris Christoff Museum
Festival of Arts "Boris Christoff'
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Bulgaria
ProsperityRegional Ethnographic Open Air Museum Etar
Museum Etar, place for creative tourism - the transformation
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Netherlands
PlanetHet Scheepvaartmuseum
Becoming an eco-positive museum in 2030
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Canada
PartnershipMusée McCord Stewart
Wampum : perles de diplomatie / Wampum : Beads of Diplomacy
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China
ProsperityHebei Museum
"Cloud Viewing of Treasures" - Hebei Museum's "Digital Linlang" Relic Exhibition System
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Austria
ProsperityInstitut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark am Universalmuseum Joanneum
OPEN FIELDS - Art and Agriculture
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Türkiye
ProsperityKenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum
Cultural Heritage and Reversed Migration
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Iran
PlanetCultural institution of Bonyad Museum- CIBM
Tar o poud museum,The collection of historical Carpets and textiles of Iran
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Iran
PeaceMuseum of Iranian Dolls and Culture
The Role of Women in Iranian Mythology: Bridging Historical Narratives and Contemporary Movements
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Argentina
PlanetMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo Beato Angélico, Universidad Católica de La Plata
Conservación preventiva y sustentabilidad en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Beato Angélico UCALP
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United Kingdom
PlanetThe Design Museum
Working to make change: Towards a new model of exhibition making
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China
PeopleShanghai Memorial Hall of Zou Taofen
Digital and Intelligent Guide Service System for People with Disabilities at the Museum of China Press and Publication
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Montenegro
PartnershipMunicipal Public Institution Museums of Kotor
"Pacienca" ("Patience")
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Belgium
PlanetGhent city museum (STAM)
Ghent's Land
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Spain
PartnershipMuseo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Memorias Anuales De Actividades Y Sostenibilidad Del Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Paraguay
ProsperityMuseo del CEL, Museo de Todos
Museo 360°Capítulo Plaza Boquerón
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Netherlands
PlanetWorld Press Photo Foundation
Creating Sustainable Traveling Exhibitions
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Singapore
PlanetDefence Collective Singapore
Singapore Discovery Centre's Greenest Plan
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Brazil
PeopleCentro Cultural Banco do Brasil Rio de Janeiro
CCBB Educativo - Places of Cultures
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Paraguay
PlanetMUSEO DE ITAIPU Tierra Guaraní
Lectura y Arte para el Desarrollo Sostenible
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Australia
PlanetNational Gallery of Victoria
Achieving Sustainability: the National Gallery of Victoria's Adaptive Climate Control Strategy
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China
PlanetBeijing Auto Museum
Science Communication and Popularization Project of 'Green Power for a Lighter Life'
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China
PlanetSuzhou Silk Museum
THE GEN WE PROJECT
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China
PlanetZhejiang Museum of Natural History
Research, Conservation and Public Education on Abies beshanzuensis (Baishanzu fir), a Rare and Endangered Plant
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Belgium
PlanetProvinciale Erfgoedsite Ename
The heritage trees project. Counting on the past to meet the challenges of the future
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Türkiye
PlanetIstanbul Museum of Modern Art
Eco Art Lab
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Croatia
ProsperityFortress of Culture Šibenik
Croatian Coral Centre Zlarin
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Republic of Korea
PlanetLeeum Museum of Art
Sustainability Management Implementation Project for the Museum (2022-2024)
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Mauritius
PlanetL'Aventure du Sucre (Sugarworld Ltd)
Labellisation Made in Moris
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China
PartnershipChina National Silk Museum
Sustainability for Silk Road Week Program
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France
PlanetMusée muséum départemental des Hautes-Alpes
Adaptation de l'exposition Nuit du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle au Musée muséum Départemental des Hautes-Alpes
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Paraguay
PlanetMuCi - Museo de Ciencias
Cháke Bicho - Una nueva mirada al gran mundo de los insectos.
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Colombia
ProsperityCOOPMENTE
EXPEDICIÓN BOGOTÁNICA
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China
ProsperityShanghai Science and Technology Museum
Sci-Tech Innovative Education Activity
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China
ProsperityZhejiang Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Museum
ICH Transmission and Promotion Initiative and Its Implementation
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China
ProsperityPalace Museum of The Manchurian Regime, Changchun
Brighten the future of SMM, the overall improvement project for small and medium-sized museum (SMM) in Jilin Province
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Sweden
PlanetArkDes
Reimagining ArkDes
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China
PeopleShaanxi History Museum
"A Golden Age on the Walls" Educational Program of Shaanxi History Museum
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Egypt
ProsperityZafaran Palace Museum
Digital heritage exhibition in Zafaran museum".
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Switzerland
ProsperitySwiss Finance Museum (Schweizer Finanzmuseum)
Promoting Financial Literacy for Youth
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Austria
PartnershipKHM-Museumsverband/ Theatermuseum
Digital Exhibition "ART-ES. From real life into the world of art" (https://www.artes-exhibition.digital/exhibition/)
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Austria
PlanetArs Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG
Climate Fit Ars Electronica Center
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South Africa
PeaceThe Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP)
Beyond Mayibuye: Co-Creation with the Public (A Toolkit for Museums and Cultural Centres on the Southern African Liberation Movements)
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France
PlanetRéunion des musées métropolitains de Rouen Normandie
Prototype de caisse de transport en matériaux biosourcés
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Netherlands
ProsperityHomeComputerMuseum
Refurbishing laptops (for Ukrainian refugees)
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Netherlands
PlanetForteiland Pampus (Fortress Island Pampus)
Fortress Island Pampus: writing a new sustainable and fossilefree chapter to the history of this unique Unesco Worldheritage
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Turkey
PeaceDirectorate of Gallipoli Historic Site
Seddulbahir Fortress Museum Project
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Brazil
PlanetMuseu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow) / IDG
Unesco Chair on Futures Literacy: Planetary Wellbeing and Anticipatory Regeneration
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Namibia
ProsperityMuseums Association of Namibia
CONFRONTING COLONIAL PASTS, ENVISIONING CREATIVE FUTURES
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Nigeria
PeopleNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR MUSEUMS AND MONUMENTS
SOLARISATION TREATMENT OF INSECT-INFESTED WOODEN ARTEFACTS
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China
PlanetSuzhou Museum
Relying on Science and Technology + Fine Management--Building Green and Low-carbon Museums
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Republic of Korea
ProsperityYoungeun Museum of Contemporary Art
Reinterpreting Land Art as Public Art
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Japan
Prosperity21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Museum Practice as Resilience and Curation
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United Kingdom
PlanetManchester Museum
Roots and Branches
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Brazil
ProsperityPortuguese Language Museum
Exhibition Nhe'ẽ Porã: Memory and Transformation
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Brazil
ProsperityMuseum of Modern Art of São Paulo - MAM São Paulo
Contacts with Art
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Burkina Faso
ProsperityMusée National du Burkina Faso
Le musée, l'affaire des communautés; les communautés, l'affaire du musée.
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Brazil
PlanetBotanical Garden Museum (Museu do Jardim Botânico)
Botanical Garden Museum - conception and implementation
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Thailand
PeopleResearch Institute for Languages and Culture of Asia, Mahidol University
"Vivid Ethnicity: Advancing Cultural Sustainability through Education, Community Engagement, and Social Innovation"
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Brazil
PlanetMuseu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
MASP Waste Management
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Burkina Faso
PeaceMusée de la musique Georges OUEDRAOGO
Identification, documentation et diffusion des expressions/valeurs culturelles en voie d'extinction
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USA
Prosperity, PartnershipPhipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden
The Climate Toolkit
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Pakistan
PeaceThe Citizens Archive of Pakistan
National History Museum, Lahore
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Nigeria
PeopleEducation Department National Museum of Unity Enugu
Children/Youth skill acquisition training on waste Recycling
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Albania
PeaceDorina Xheraj-Subashi, MuZEH Lab
Movable Carpet-Toward youth education and inclusion.
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Sweden
PlanetThe Kivik's Museum & Archives Foundation
(1) Cooperative Network for The Baltic Sea; (2) Biosphere Area Österlen and (3) Resilience research on overtourism, gentrification and climate changes in coastal areas.
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Italy
PeaceFondazione Brescia Musei
Arts and Civil Rights. Contemporary Artists in Brescia
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Pakistan
PartnershipThe Lahore Museum & Together4Heritage
Future of the Museums vs Museum of the Future
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Republic of Korea
PlanetJeongok Prehistory Museum
고기(MEAT)
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Ukraine
PeaceThe Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts
Meanwhile at the Khanenkos'
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USA
PlanetWorld Bank Group
World Bank Group Children's Art Prize: Livable Planet Exhibition
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Italy
PlanetFondazione CariPerugia Arte
NATURE/UTOPIA-RIGENERA/RENEW Art betweenEcology, Reuse, and the Future - Not Just Waste
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Iran
PlanetOpen-Air Museum of Lenj Building and Traditional Sailing in Gauron, Qeshm Island
The Floating Carbon Sink: Protecting the Reef of Sarzurzuma at Gouron Open-air museum
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Bosnia And Herzegovina
PeacePublic institution City Museums Sarajevo_ Ars Aevi Museum of contemporary art Sarajevo
Ars Aevi Nucleus Kyiv - Solidarity Exhibition of Contemporary Art
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Pakistan
People, Planet, PartnershipFakir Khana Museum
Reimagined Contemporary Art and Ecology; Exploring Museum for Research and Education
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Nepal
ProsperityBed Upreti Trust
Another Learning Place for Students