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On Monday, panelists in Online Citizen Science and Science Center Participation: Parallels? presented early findings of a three-year study examining motivation and engagement patterns of volunteers for...
View ArticleThree elected to serve on ASTC’s Board of Directors
Guy Labine, CEO, Science North, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; Tit Meng (TM) Lim, chief executive, Singapore Science Centre, Singapore; and Alexander Zwissler, executive director and CEO, Chabot Space and...
View ArticleNew grants help museums and libraries connect youth with friends, learning,...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced the second round of winners of a national competition to design 21st century...
View ArticleASTC Update: Three ASTC members receive IMLS/MacArthur Learning Labs grant,...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced November 8 that three ASTC-member institutions—the Lawrence Hall of Science,...
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Pacific Science Center, Bootheel Youth Museum, Long Island Children’s Museum...
ASTC members Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington; Bootheel Youth Museum in Malden, Missouri; and Long Island Children’s Museum in Garden City, New York, were among the 10 libraries and...
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Boston Children’s Museum, Discovery Science Center receive National Medal
When the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced the 10 recipients of this year’s National Medal for Museum and Library Service, two ASTC-member institutions—Boston Children’s Museum,...
View ArticleASTC Connect Forum on Attendance Trends: June 18-20
What factors have contributed to attendance patterns in recent years, and what might we expect in years to come? From June 18-20, ASTC Connect will host an online forum entitled Attendance Trends: 10...
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Welcome to Albuquerque!
More than 1,600 attendees (with more to come) representing 43 countries across the globe have gathered in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the start of the 2013 ASTC Annual Conference, hosted by Explora,...
View ArticleNCSE Executive Director Eugenie Scott opens ASTC 2013
ASTC’s 2013 Annual Conference officially began Saturday, October 19. The executive directors of the three host institutions—Jim Walther, National Museum of Nuclear Science and History; Joe Hastings,...
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ASTC recognizes award winners
During the first annual Leadership and Awards Luncheon (sponsored by Blackbaud) on October 19, ASTC presented its Fellow Award, the Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards, and a special resolution from the...
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