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. The 2018 ASTC Annual Conference will be September 29–October 2, in Hartford, Connecticut, with ASTC Intensives on Friday, September 28. 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 2018 will be hosted by the Connecticut Science Center, September 29–October 2, in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Math is Sexy!

ASTC Member Member News

The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) is the only museum in the United States focused solely on math. Its mission […]

June 20, 2018 Read More

Making and Tinkering on Capitol Hill

Carlin Hsueh Events, Member News

by Lesley Markham and Carlin Hsueh The Capitol Hill Maker Faire has become a yearly fixture for the maker […]

June 18, 2018 Read More

Science Rocks!

ASTC Member Member News

Harmonious Harbor-mates Great Lakes Science Center in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is in an enviable position. Situated overlooking North Coast Harbor […]

June 14, 2018 Read More

Q&A with Ellen Stofan: New Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

Susan Straight 2018, Dimensions, Q&A

Interviewed by Susan Straight This interview appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Dimensions magazine. Ellen Stofan, the former chief […]

June 11, 2018 Read More

Risky Business

Alejandro Asin 2018, Dimensions

By Charlie Trautmann and Dean Briere From Dimensions May/June 2018 Ask a dozen people what “risk” means, and you’re likely […]

June 6, 2018 Read More

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