The birth of modern industrial capitalism in the mid-18th century brought a new geological era known as the Anthropocene (Crutzen& Stoemer, 2000). This era has led to a separation between humans and nature (Loureau, 2023), reinforcing an extractive paradigm (Sanford, 2019), and is at the heart of the ongoing sixth mass extinction (Kolbert, 2014).

Global warming, biodiversity loss, desertification, climate injustice, refugee crises, deforestation, species extinction, and pollution (Merriman, 2024; BBC/NY Times, 2024 ) are major causes of social and environmental collapse (Janes, 2024), which has hugely impacted both human and non-human life (Janes, 2024).

Museums are under growing pressure to address this context, driven by demands from policymakers, activists, fellow professionals, and audiences seeking answers ina time of uncertainty (Museums Association, 2023). Also, internally, progressive museum professionals aim to transform museums into active change catalysts, reshaping their purpose in a world facing significant challenges.

Museums have embraced sustainability to reduce damage by decarbonising their operations (ICOM, 2019) and integrating their programs with the UN Sustainable Development 2030 Agenda to "do more good, and do less harm" (McGhie, 2019) through local and global solutions (Robertson, 1997). However, the acceleration of climate change and society's
demands for more efficient responses challenge this approach (NEMO, 2022).

While the sustainability agenda has positive effects, some experts argue that the current level of exhaustion in the biosphere may make it difficult to sustain our
ecosystems (Bill Reed, 2010). They suggest that economic growth may not be compatible with the time and scale constraints to reverse the damage. Instead, they propose restoration, reconciliation, and reconstruction (Regenegis, 2016; Wahl, 2016; Sanford, 2020), emphasizing the need to regenerate.

The adoption of regenerative practices in museums can be interpreted as a strategic embrace of a culture characterised by care, humanity, institutional and individual integrity, and 'radical' love (Kumar, Satish, 2024; Hooks, Bell, 2024; Maturana, Humberto, 2009), integrated to an ecological sense of the world. This strategic shift in decision-making aims to foster a more consistent and profound museum response to the intricate social and environmental challenges of our era.

Adopting a regenerative culture on a large scale in the museum sector requires capacity building, funding, and adaptation of the frameworks. However, at their core, regenerative museums require people who are genuinely committed to nature and humanity. Museums’ leaders engaged in the best possible actions to reverse damage whenever possible and work to create a generation of regenerators within their museum's workforce and among their audience capable of acting regeneratively in the present to create sustainable societies for the future, collectively.