Building Climate Resilient Spaces for the Humanities: UIC’s Jane Addams Hull-House Museum & Gallery 400 as Sites of Heritage Justice

FAIN: CLI-293582-24

Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Chicago, IL 60612-4305)
Omur Harmansah (Project Director: January 2023 to present)

Comprehensive operational assessments and utilities audits for University of Illinois at Chicago’s National Landmark Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and Gallery 400.

This project is a Strategic Climate Action Plan proposed by the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Art & Art History (SAAH), intended to build a pathway for mitigation and adaptation for climate risks for its two public-facing units: Gallery 400 and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. The School of Art & Art History at UIC, an academic humanities unit within a public research university in Chicago, will initiate a comprehensive organizational energy assessment and strategic plan with the concrete objective of reducing its environmental impact in alignment with UIC’s campus-wide Climate Action Implementation Plan. This strategic planning process will inform and support the humanities curriculum and educational programs in SAAH and offer a climate-resilient and climate-conscious generation of students with potential careers in humanities organizations such as museums, archives, libraries, and institutions of higher education.