Climate Action Museum
Addressing the Climate Emergency through education and inspiring direct action in our everyday lives
The Climate Action Museum (CAM) is an educational space and resource that centers climate mitigation through an immersive experience to stimulate critical thought and facilitate direct action.
In addition to climate mitigation, CAM focuses on the reduction of long-term risk resulting from global warming and climate change. Core strategies include greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, decarbonization, and ending fossil fuel use.
Farr Associates has been deeply involved in the making of the museum since its inception and has provided support for administration, art direction, design, development, fundraising, programming, and much more.
Plan your visit or request a tour! The museum is free, open to the public, and located at 300 S Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606.
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Alan Shortall: Photography
Ravenswood Studio: Fabrication & Storage
Revolution Workshop: Exhibit Construction
Span: Exhibit Design
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Architect Magazine: Still Climate-Depressed—but a Little Hopeful—at the Climate Action Museum
bg&d: A New Museum Hopes to Change Climate Doomsday Messaging
Driehaus Foundation: The Climate Action Museum Offers Steps to Net-Zero
Streetsblog Chicago: CNT’s Jacky Grimshaw discusses Lifetime Achievement Award from Climate Action Museum, and her work to address the transit fiscal cliff
Work Design Magazine: Someone You Should Know: Lesley Showers & the Climate Action Museum
Yale Climate Connections: Chicagoans learn how to cut pollution at new Climate Action Museum
Full-scale replica walls of three architecturally-distinguished Chicago buildings (left to right): Academy for Global Citizenship, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Monadnock Building
Demonstration walls showing construction techniques, building envelopes, and heat pump technology.
Two illuminated signs face Jackson Blvd (pictured here) and Van Buren Blvd
Climate Action Museum calling cards
The first Meeting of the Whole in January 2023. The idea for CAM was Doug Farr's brainchild with strong support from Linda Sanchez and dozens of other volunteers. Anyone who attended at least three of the bi-weekly organizational meetings held January-April of 2023 are considered CAM Co-Founders.
Meeting of the Whole featuring the working title "Chicago Climate Museum" before it was officially named the Climate Action Museum.
CAM's inaugural executive board: Doug Farr, Linda Sanchez, Alicia Ponce, Dan McLaughlin, Lesley Showers
Ravenswood Studio installing the Monadnock and 860-880 full-scale replica walls.
Revolution Workshop constructing the museum's exhibit walls.
We <3 Revolution Workshop!
Installing translucent window text with a constructed exhibit wall visible in the background.
Behind the scenes in CAM's DJ Booth
Doug giving a Climate Wayfinding tour for APA-Illinois conference attendees.
CAM’s First FUNraiser, April 2023