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Month: February 2025

New Community Science Resources for Collaborating with Youth

/ Impact & Initiatives /

A participant from the GET City Collaborative which offers informal engineering design experiences for youth in Lansing, Michigan. Science centers and museums often serve youth as their primary audience but how many have considered involving them in participatory projects that invite their shared leadership? Turns out…quite a few! For instance, the Sciencenter in New York […]

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The Power of Early Investment: Funding and Time Yield Deeper Community Connections

/ Impact & Initiatives /

Launched in 2023, ASTC’s Community Science Partnership Planning Seed Grant program supported new and emerging collaborations between ASTC member institutions and community-based organizations looking to deepen their relationship and collaborate to advance local priorities. Each grantee team received $8,000 – split equitably – to enable their participation in the five-month program which included strategic training

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USA TODAY 10Best again honors best science museums, planetariums, children’s museums, and more

/ Dimensions, Issues, Policy, and Advocacy, Science and Technology Center and Museum Stories /

Once again, ASTC members were well-represented in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice awards in several museum categories (see bold, below), including another clean sweep in the Best Science Museum category. Twenty nominees in each category were chosen by a panel of experts, including a combination of editors from USA TODAY, editors from 10Best.com, and other

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“The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks” lands at Space Center Houston

/ Dimensions /

As ASTC prepares for the relaunch of Dimensions in the near future, we are pleased to share this profile of a new activity within the ASTC community. Stay tuned for more information about how you can lift up a new program, exhibit, or other activity. What is the project you would like to share with

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