About ASTC Membership Professional Services & Field Development Advocacy Conference

Be there for the premier networking and professional development event designed especially for people who work in and with science centers and museums. Conference is October 21–24, in San Jose, California (with preconference tours and workshops October 19–20; postconference tours October 24–25). Register soon and book your hotel today.

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ASTC members include not only science centers and museums, but also nature centers, aquariums, planetariums, zoos, botanical gardens, space theaters, and natural history and children’s museums, as well as companies that offer products and services to the field and nonprofit organizations that have an interest in science education.

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The Professional Development team works with ASTC members to bring informal science learning opportunities to the field through communities of practice (CoPs), webinars, project websites, workshops, the ASTC Annual Conference, minigrant programs, and more. ASTC also advances field development through project collaborations with our members and other partners.

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ASTC's Office of Government and Public Relations is your voice on policy issues of priority interest to the science center and museum field, locally, nationally, and globally. ASTC represents the field on these issues at national and international levels, and provides material relevant to the local advocacy needs and interests of science centers and museums everywhere.

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Don’t miss the largest global networking and professional development event for people who work in and with science centers and museums. ASTC 2017 will be hosted by The Tech Museum of Innovation, October 21–24, in San Jose, California.

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Upcoming Webinars—ISCSMD 101

Walter Staveloz International Science Center and Science Museum Day

Thursday, August 17, 4:00–5:00 p.m. ET (8:00–9:00 p.m. UTC/GMT; find your local time) and Friday, August 18, 7:00–8:00 a.m. ET […]

August 9, 2017 Read More

Upcoming Workshops—Tinkering: The Series

Todd Happer Member News, Professional Development

More adventurous than the latest Hollywood superhero movie franchise and more exciting than a PowerPoint presentation on the theory and […]

August 8, 2017 Read More

The Shadow Approaches—Eclipse Ideas and Resources

Wendy Hancock Partners, Professional Development, Resources

Are you ready for the eclipse on Monday, August 21? Throughout North America, parts of South America, and even Europe […]

August 7, 2017 Read More

Finding Meaningful Audience Connections

ASTC Member Thinking Forward

This blog is part of an occasional series by leaders in the science center field, reflecting upon how they see […]

August 3, 2017 Read More

Eclipse across America

Todd Happer Member News, Partners

On Monday, August 21, all of North America will experience a solar eclipse, and anyone in the path of totality […]

July 26, 2017 Read More

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