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Munich (dpa / lby) - Munich's Lenbachhaus wants to work on its carbon footprint with the long-term goal of climate neutrality.
In 2019, around 530 tons of greenhouse gases were emitted, the museum announced on Wednesday in Munich.
The data was collected for the nationwide pilot project “Climate balance sheets in cultural institutions” by the Federal Cultural Foundation.
The museum is now considering what conclusions it will draw from the findings.
The house is famous for its collection of works by the “Blauer Reiter” group, which included artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter.
“The results enable us to implement our cultural and socio-political goals in an ecologically more sustainable way in the future,” said managing director Hans-Peter Schuster.
Now you have to justify what you want or have to cause greenhouse gases.
However, 2019 was an exceptionally active year with almost 250,000 visitors.
There were four major exhibitions with international loans, which were also shown in Europe, Brazil and the USA.
The carbon footprint included business trips, the transport of works of art and the energy consumption of air conditioning systems.
The consumption of water, electricity or materials, for example for invitations, was also included.
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The Federal Cultural Foundation wants to evaluate the findings of the project by the end of April and work out the first steps to discuss greenhouse gas emissions.
19 institutions nationwide took part.
The Lenbachhaus is the only house from Bavaria.
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