JAIC Sustainability within Conservation and Collections Care

The AIC Sustainability Committee is pleased to announce the release of JAIC volume 64, issue 1, a special issue dedicated to Sustainability within Conservation and Collections Care.  

The research and case studies noted below include efforts in the US and abroad to lessen the fields' environmental impacts and reframe our work within a sustainable lens. We extend huge thanks to the authors for their contributions to this important topic and to the many members of the committee who contributed to it. Many thanks also to Carmina Lemare-Bertrand and Bonnie Naugle for their assistance and support.

The call for abstracts received numerous submissions, many of which we hope will be featured in later issues of JAIC. Incredible work is being done to make the conservation and collections care fields more sustainable, and we are so pleased to highlight these contributions.

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Introduction to the Special issue on Sustainability within Conservation and Collections Care (editorial) Kate Fugett
https://doi.org/10.1080/01971360.2025.2454874

Future Occurrence of Climate-Induced Extreme Heat Events in Museum Galleries: A Modeling Study under Two 21st Century Climate Scenarios at V&A South Kensington (research article)  Bhavesh Shah, Sarah VanSnick, Pedro Gaspar, Emily R. Long, and Scott A. Orr
https://doi.org/10.1080/01971360.2024.2390709

Sustainability Tools in Cultural Heritage: Life Cycle Assessment Examining Crates for Heritage Objects (research article) Sarah Nunberg, Sarah A. Sanchez, and Matthew J. Eckelman
https://doi.org/10.1080/01971360.2023.2240996

Calculating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Central Depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna – First Results of the Pilot Study (research paper) Tanja Kimmel
https://doi.org/10.1080/01971360.2023.2267263

Sustainable Practices Applied to the Environmental Management of Archival Collection Storage Spaces at the Southwest Wing in the National Maritime Museum in London, UK (research paper) Maria F. Bastidas-Spence
https://doi.org/10.1080/01971360.2023.2197106

Social Dimensions of Sustainable Collections Care (case report) Sarah Barack and Jessica Walthew
https://doi.org/10.1080/01971360.2024.2369823

Sustainable Education for Sustainable Heritage: Managing the Tension Between Professional Practice and Critical Inquiry (Open Access research article) Gustaf Leijonhufvud, Anna Karlström, and Tor Broström
https://doi.org/10.1080/01971360.2024.2415792