Once again, ASTC members were well-represented in the USA TODAY 10Best Reader’s Choice awards in several categories (see bold, below), including a 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 relevant contributors—and were put to a public vote.
Congratulations to all of this year’s recipients!
Best Science Museum
As usual, all of the top science museums are ASTC members, including the new #1: The Wild Center, last year’s runner-up, which dethroned COSI, the top vote-getter for the previous four years.
- The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, New York
- COSI (Center of Science and Industry), Columbus, Ohio
- Michigan Science Center, Detroit, Michigan
- Tellus Science Museum, Cartersville, Georgia
- Saint Louis Science Center, Missouri
- Discovery World, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio
- The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Exploratorium, San Francisco, California
- The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Best Children’s Museum
Once again, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is the top vote-getter for best children’s museum, followed by several other ASTC members:
- The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana
- Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Mississippi Children’s Museum, Jackson
- Kohl Children’s Museum, Glenview, Illinois
- The Children’s Museum, Cincinnati Museum Center, Ohio
- Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Children of Gettysburg 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- City Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
- Chicago Children’s Museum, Illinois
ASTC members were also recognized in three other categories:
Best Free Museum
#3. Saint Louis Science Center, Missouri
Best History Museum
#3. Cincinnati History Museum, Cincinnati Museum Center, Ohio
#6. Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California
Best Open Air Museum
#9. Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware
Additional Information:
- USA TODAY 10Best
- “USA TODAY 10Best lists recognize ASTC members,” February 24, 2023.
- “ASTC members named to 10Best lists for top museums,” March 28, 2022.