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Submit your ideas and examples for advancing equity in STEM to the White House

October 28, 2021 / Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion, Issues, Policy, and Advocacy / By

Earlier this month, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced the launch of a new challenge to broaden participation in science and technology. The Time is Now: Advancing Equity in Science and Technology Ideation Challenge is soliciting input on steps that can be taken to “guarantee that all Americans can fully …

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Blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List honors ASTC community

October 14, 2021 / ASTC News & Announcements, Issues, Policy, and Advocacy, Science and Technology Center and Museum Stories / By

The ASTC community is well represented among the Blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List 2021. This includes ASTC’s immediate past chair Larry Dubinski (President & CEO, The Franklin Institute) who is named to the “Power 10” list, with his service as chair of the ASTC Board of Directors among the achievements highlighted. Larry Dubinski – Power …

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DMNS receives Save America’s Treasures grant

September 20, 2021 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy, Science and Technology Center and Museum Stories / By

Congratulations to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) for receiving a $206,933 grant from the Save America’s Treasures program, one of 49 projects sharing $15.5 million in the current round of funding. According to a news release from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the grant will enable DMNS to inventory, …

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Six ASTC members receive FY 2021 NEH grants

August 23, 2021 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy / By

The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the recipients of its fiscal year 2021 grants. Among the list of 239 funded projects are six ASTC-member institutions. The announcement includes $28.4 million in grants in 14 different categories, including preservation assistance, sustaining cultural heritage collections, collaborative research, digital humanities advancement, and more. Created …

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IMLS awards ASTC members more than $7 million in Museums for America program

August 10, 2021 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy, Resources & Learning / By

The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the recipients of nearly $30 million in its largest competitive grants program, Museums for America, and its two special initiatives, Museums Empowered and Inspire! Grants for Small Museums. Included are 42 ASTC-member institutions who have received 45 awards for a total of more than $7.3 million.

IMLS awards 2021 National Leadership Grants for Museums

August 9, 2021 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy, Resources & Learning / By

Five ASTC members will receive more than $2.1 million from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, among the 17 organizations receiving fiscal year (FY) 2021 National Leadership Grants for Museums. In total, 15 projects were selected from 74 applications to share almost $6.4 million in Federal grants, which are supplemented by more than …

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ASTC calls for including museums in infrastructure investments

July 29, 2021 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy / By

ASTC joined with our fellow museums associations to call for including museums in infrastructure legislation. In a letter sent to the bipartisan House and Senate leadership earlier this month, the associations argued that our members’ institutions have infrastructure needs that align with the goals of the emerging Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework while our museums are key …

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Mississippi Children’s Museum honored with 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Service

May 18, 2021 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy, Science and Technology Center and Museum Stories / By

Congratulations to the Mississippi Children’s Museum (Jackson, Mississippi) for being named as one of six recipients of the 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Service! This award, which is bestowed by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), is considered the nation’s highest honor given to libraries and museums that make significant …

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Reclaiming our science center: Youth co-design of the Dr. Katherine Johnson Room

May 7, 2021 / Dimensions, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion / By

Educators at Impression 5 Science Center in Lansing, Michigan partnered with youth representatives across the city and with University of Michigan STEM learning researchers to re-think and re-design the Center with a focus on social justice. Together, we embarked on a project we referred to as Reclaiming the Science Center (from January 2019 to February …

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Smithsonian-led Vaccines & US Initiative launches

April 21, 2021 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy, Resources & Learning / By

Earlier today, a new Smithsonian-led nationwide initiative was launched to activate museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions in supporting efforts to provide Americans with accessible and trustworthy resources related to COVID-19 vaccination: “Vaccines & US: Cultural Organizations for Community Health.” The new VaccinesAndUS.org website includes free resources that cultural organizations can use to help their …

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ASTC members receive nearly $1 million from National Endowment for the Humanities

April 15, 2021 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy / By

The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $24 million in grants for 225 humanities projects across the country, including four awards worth nearly $1 million to ASTC member institutions. The announcement includes grants in a number of areas, including the preservation of historical and cultural collections, the creation of exhibitions and public …

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National Endowment for the Humanities offers emergency relief grants

April 7, 2021 / Issues, Policy, and Advocacy / By

The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has released details of a new funding program as a result of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. These emergency relief grants will provide direct grants to individual institutions, designed to help the humanities community—broadly defined—recover from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. (A separate …

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Learn how to grow your corporate sponsorship program

March 24, 2021 / Dimensions / By

Early in my career, I worked in a museum with a storied history of corporations’ dictating content. There were even instances of corporations creating entire exhibitions. It was a difficult introduction to corporate partnerships. Thankfully, there were a few stellar colleagues at that museum who modeled alternate paths. I spent the next decade or so …

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