About ASTC Membership Professional Services & Field Development Advocacy Conference

Thank you to all joined us in Toronto for the 2019 ASTC Annual Conference hosted by the Ontario Science Centre! We were delighted that so many members of the collaborative and diverse ASTC community took part—both in-person and online. This gathering would not have been possible without our host, exhibitors, sponsors, and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

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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 2020 will be hosted by the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Saturday–Tuesday, October 17–20, with preconference ASTC Intensive workshops on Friday, October 16.

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