Miranda Massie is the Director of NYC’s Climate Museum, which has the mission to inspire action on the climate crisis with programming across the arts and sciences that deepens understanding, builds connections, and advances just solutions.


In 2014, Miranda left a career in social justice law to lay the groundwork for the Museum, which in 2018 had its breakout year of public programming, with three exhibitions including a NYC-wide art installation. 2019 programming included youth climate arts and a five-month action-focused exhibition. Planned 2020 programming included a traveling show on climate solutions, a public art commission for the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, and more. These programs have been adapted for online presentation, and the Museum has also developed new series of online workshops and conversations to provide constituencies with space for connection during the pandemic.


Miranda’s prior honors as a civil rights impact litigator include Fletcher Foundation, W.E.B. Dubois Institute. and Harvard Law School Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowships, as well as a Mentorship-in-Residence at Yale Law School.


Her Climate Museum guest teaching engagements include the Masters programs in Interaction Design at the School of Visual Arts, in Museum Studies at NYU, in Architecture and Landscape Architecture at RISD, and in Climate and Society at Columbia University.


Miranda is active within several emergent coalitions focused on climate-oriented work within the museum community and recently served on the jury for the international design competition "Reimagining Museums for Climate Action."