Caitlin Southwick

Caitlin Southwick is the Founder and Executive Director of Ki Culture and Sustainability in Conservation (SiC). She holds a Professional Doctorate in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the University of Amsterdam. Before founding Ki Culture, Caitlin worked in the conservation field for eight years in museums and sites around the world, including the Vatican Museums, The Getty Conservation Institute, The Uffizi Gallery, and Rapa Nui.

She is the Secretary of the Working Group on Sustainability for the International Council of Museums (ICOM), a member of the Steering Committee on Climate for Europeana, and a Climate Reality Leader for the Climate Reality Project.

At NEMO’s European Museum Conference 2022, Caitlin Southwick will join the session "Agility in Crisis" on Monday 10 October.

It's all relevant

Presentation abstract

As ever-increasing social and environmental crises become the new normal, the cultural sector must re-examine its role. We are no longer houses of collections or didactic monologues - but must change our position within our communities and for our audiences to become relevant to contemporary issues. Our role must focus on being leaders for sustainability - from practicing to advocating. The only way to prevent museums from becoming a thing of the past is to start connecting them to the future.