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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News from Near the Kilauea Volcano

Todd Happer Member News

Volcanic activity around the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has been an ongoing fact of life for […]

May 16, 2018 Read More

The Royal Wedding at The Rangos Giant Cinema

ASTC Member Member News

The Rangos Giant Cinema at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh is the city’s most technologically advanced motion picture experience, […]

May 3, 2018 Read More

ASTC Seeks ISE Session Proposals for NSTA 2019 Conference

Margaret Glass Opportunities, Professional Development

Call for Session Proposals: ASTC Strand at the 2019 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference Due Date: Monday, […]

May 1, 2018 Read More

Welcome Billie McGrane and Christofer Nelson to the ASTC Team

Cristin Dorgelo ASTC News

By Cristin Dorgelo, President and CEO In this year of renewed strategic planning, I’m excited to announce two new members […]

April 30, 2018 Read More

Q&A with Caitlin O’Connell Rodwell: Communicating Elephant Science to a General Audience

Susan Straight 2018, Dimensions, Q&A

Interviewed by Susan Straight This interview appeared in the March/April 2018 issue of Dimensions magazine. Caitlin O’Connell Rodwell is a […]

April 27, 2018 Read More

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