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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One Planet: Building a Better World

ASTC Member 2018, Dimensions

By Maarten Okkersen From Dimensions July/August 2018 One Planet at the Museon, Netherlands’ premier museum for science and culture in […]

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A Daring Vision

Cristin Dorgelo 2018, Dimensions, From the CEO

By Cristin Dorgelo Our global community is three years into an ambitious agenda. On September 25, 2015, the 193 countries […]

Upcoming Webinar—Putting a New Career Tool to Work

Wendy Hancock Annual Conference, Professional Development

Looking to progress your career pathway in the science museum field? Or deepen your expertise? Find out about […]

July 9, 2018 Read More

Webinar—Exploring the Universe with NASA Tools

Wendy Hancock Annual Conference, Professional Development

On July 11, this webinar provided an opportunity to take part in an interactive light and filter activity that […]

July 6, 2018 Read More

Dimensions, July/August 2018—Are You Ready for 2030?

Susan Straight 2018, Dimensions, Issue Overviews

IN THIS ISSUE July/August 2018 The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals) are the […]

July 5, 2018 Read More

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