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Start planning now to join your colleagues in celebration of the first International Science Center and Science Museum Day (ISCSMD) on November 10! See how you can prepare and participate in a range of activities on that day to highlight how we can support global sustainability and the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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ASTC members include not only science center 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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Want to connect with other professionals with a similar interest, discuss issues, and share resources to improve the field? ASTC's Communities of Practice (CoPs) are groups of people who share a concern or passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact. CoPs allow museum and science center professionals to share knowledge and provide mutual support in advancing the field.

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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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