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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ASTC Member 2018, Dimensions

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Susan Straight 2018, Dimensions, Issue Overviews

IN THIS ISSUE September/October 2018 The articles in this issue feature organizations and individuals who have worked to broaden participation […]

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By Cristin Dorgelo The theme of this issue is “Broadening Participation.” What we at ASTC mean when we talk about […]

September 7, 2018 Read More

2018 CEO Forum at the ASTC Annual Conference

Todd Happer Annual Conference

The CEO forum is designed for chief executives of science centers, museums, and institutions. Preregistration is required. Friday, September 28, 9:00 […]

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