#UnitedforBiodiversity
The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza has joined the Global Coalition #UnitedforBiodiversity and pledges to engage its staff and communities in the common effort to overcome the nature crisis, at a time one million species are at risk of extinction. We will continue to work as we have been doing in the past years.
Related exhibitions and activities
In collaboration with Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21)
Related projects and content within our collection
A museum committed to its visitors and staff
Sustainability of products at the museum shop:
- Increase of the amount of artisanal and sustainable products.
- Elimination of all possible plastic from packaging and use of recycled materials for shop products.
- Collaboration with Ecoalf brand.
- Use of recycled and/or sustainable paper for the graphic material of the TBA21 exhibitions.
Energy saving measures:
- LED lighting in the museum galleries.
- Installation of more efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
- Control of the on and off times of lighting and installation of motion detectors.
- Installation of water saving aerators in sinks and of water heaters in the toilets.
- Reuse of shipping boxes for the works of the collection.
Awareness of museum staff:
- Within the framework of ThyssenECO, a programme aimed at raising awareness regarding protecting the environment, a number of workshops have been carried out
- Eco Health Week in 2019: included the distribution of fresh fruit along with various workshops and talks, among them a workshop titled “The Route of the Senses” where staff learned about alternative eating habits related to a healthy diet, both from a nutritional and environmental perspective.
