The Ecological Turn of Industrial Museums: A Comparative Analysis Britain-China

 Artículo

Autores: Li, J.; Cano Sanchiz, J.M.

Revista: Diferents. Revista de Museus

Páginas: 26-45

Número: 9

Año: 2024

 

Fig. 2: Recycled industrial spaces in Shenyang Industrial Museum

ABSTRACT: Museums are undergoing an ecological turn aligned with current global strategies for sustainable development. This shift is also occurring in the industrial museum/heritage sector, notably in Britain and other Western countries, where new environmental concerns and actions are reshaping the way in which the industrial past is represented and used. In this paper, we analyse how this approach is developing in China. To do so, we take the British experience as a model and combine quantitative and qualitative analyses to study five British and four Chinese case studies. We claim that industrial museums have the responsibility to contribute to the healing of some of the wounds of industrialisation (in this case, climate and ecological damage), which can be achieved through sustainable planning and environmental education.

KEYWORDS: industrial museums; sustainability; environmental education, climate change; Ecological Civilization.

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