Cultural Networks toward sustainability? Green initiatives in Copenhagen and Milan

How can a cultural network help educate experts in museum management about sustainability? Which cities are leading the way, from a sustainability standpoint, within the area? This paper aims to map network initiatives that focus on directing museums in adopting a sustainability approach that not only engages the museums’ cultural offerings, but also involves management experts in the museums themselves. The goal is to delve into sustainability-oriented cultural networking. The territories under investigation are the cities of Copenhagen and Milan. Both have a record of sustainable initiatives and both saw the rise of cultural networks which either linked art museums and directed them to include sustainability measures or united art initiatives and enterprises to promote and support sustainability projects. Both cities are promising locations for piloting the local development of cultural networks in Europe that are working toward incorporating sustainable development in the art field.