The world is facing unprecedented social and environmental challenges that will require city administrations, policymakers, academia, artists and citizens to open up to one another and find new ways of collaborating. In this series, we explore how some cultural institutions in cities, and foremost museums, on both sides of the Atlantic, are acting as useful places for solutions. By moving their traditional boundaries beyond the static viewing of culture, they help address the societal challenges of our time.

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