Employees from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) have been placed on administrative leave, effective today. Staff access to IMLS systems and offices, including email, has also been suspended. For almost 40 years, IMLS has been an essential independent agency that is often the only federal source of support for work core to
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The Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota, which serves as the state’s official natural history museum, has been honored with the Impact Goals Award from the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS). The museum was recognized for Solution Studio, a recurring makerspace that showcases current science from the University of Minnesota and
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The publisher of Nature magazine—in collaboration with Sense About Science—is seeking nominations for The John Maddox Prize, which honors researchers who stand up and speak out for science and evidence-based policy, advancing public discussion around difficult topics, despite challenges or hostility, and successfully making a change in public discourse or policy. Winners will be selected
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The President issued an Executive Order (EO) on Friday, March 14 requiring several agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), to eliminate all “non-statutory components and functions” and to reduce personnel “to the minimum presence and function required by law.” It is clear that this EO directs dramatic cuts to be made
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Several ASTC members have had locations named TIME magazine’s list of “The World’s Greatest Places for 2025.” The list was compiled by TIME‘s editors from nominations submitted by the magazine’s international network of correspondents and contributors, as well as through an application process. They were especially interested in places that offered “new and exciting experiences.”
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About 50 representatives of ASTC-member organizations were among the more than 350 people who descended on Washington, D.C., for Museums Advocacy Day 2025. This annual event organized by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) is our community’s opportunity to speak with one voice about the essential value of museums when we meet with Members of
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Newsweek has named the winners of Readers’ Choice Awards, and ASTC-member institutions are, once again, well-represented. The publication convened expert panels to identify a list of candidates that were then subject to a public vote; individuals could vote once per day in each category. Best Science Museum In the Best Science Museum category, Lowell Observatory,
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Environmental Literacy Program on a funding program to use place-based education to enhance community resilience and increase environmental literacy among residents of the U.S. Gulf States. The Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience program will
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