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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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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Azerbaijan
PlanetSurakhani Ship-Museum of "Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping" Closed Joint-Stock Company
Caspian Heritage
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France
PlanetMuséAl - Département de l'Ardèche
Eco-pâturage du site archéologique du musée de site
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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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Finland
PlanetSerlachius
From Visions into Action - Serlachius' Environmental Investments 2022-24
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Iceland
PlanetThe National Gallery of Iceland
Resistance
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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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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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Germany
PlanetDeutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (AdöR)
Special exhibition: "Simple - complex - alive - how matter became life"
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Spain
PlanetFundación Díaz-Caneja
Fd-C: Museo Diverso, Inclusivo Y Sostenible
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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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Singapore
PlanetAsian Civilisations Museum
Final Exhibition of #SGFASHIONNOW: Runway Singapore
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Switzerland
PlanetJardin botanique de Neuchâtel (JBN)
Muséologie de la réconciliation - Exposition Business Plantes
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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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Austria
PlanetKunstHausWien. Museum Hundertwasser
Klima Biennale Wien 2024
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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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Netherlands
PlanetHet Scheepvaartmuseum
Becoming an eco-positive museum in 2030
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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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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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Belgium
PlanetGhent city museum (STAM)
Ghent's Land
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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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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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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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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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Sweden
PlanetArkDes
Reimagining ArkDes
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Austria
PlanetArs Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG
Climate Fit Ars Electronica Center
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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
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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Brazil
PlanetMuseu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow) / IDG
Unesco Chair on Futures Literacy: Planetary Wellbeing and Anticipatory Regeneration
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China
PlanetSuzhou Museum
Relying on Science and Technology + Fine Management--Building Green and Low-carbon Museums
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United Kingdom
PlanetManchester Museum
Roots and Branches
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Brazil
PlanetBotanical Garden Museum (Museu do Jardim Botânico)
Botanical Garden Museum - conception and implementation
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Brazil
PlanetMuseu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
MASP Waste Management
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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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Republic of Korea
PlanetJeongok Prehistory Museum
고기(MEAT)
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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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Pakistan
People, Planet, PartnershipFakir Khana Museum
Reimagined Contemporary Art and Ecology; Exploring Museum for Research and Education