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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Dimensions, July/August 2017—Inspiring Growth Through Mentoring

Emily Schuster 2017, Dimensions, Issue Overviews

IN THIS ISSUE July/August 2017 The science center and museum field tends to be very supportive and collaborative. There are […]

July 20, 2017 Read More

What’s Next?

Gillian Thomas Thinking Forward

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

July 12, 2017 Read More

Gaining Perspective in Free-Choice Learning: Reflecting on Practice

ASTC Member Annual Conference, Professional Development

Looking back on things helps us gain perspective, but truly reflecting on educational practices helps build a roadmap guiding us […]

July 5, 2017 Read More

Raising an Army for Science Centers and Museums

Todd Happer Advocacy

I’ve been watching The Last Kingdom, a historical fiction series set around the time of Alfred the Great and the […]

July 2, 2017 Read More

Webinar—ASTC Users’ Guide: Connecting You to Tools that Help You Succeed

Todd Happer Professional Development

How much do you know about ASTC-member benefits? Are you responsible for onboarding new employees? On July 19, ASTC staff […]

June 30, 2017 Read More

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