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The Association of Science-Technology
Centers (ASTC) is an organization of science centers and museums dedicated to furthering
the public understanding of science among increasingly diverse audiences.
ASTC encourages excellence and innovation in informal science learning
by serving and linking its members worldwide and advancing their
common goals. ASTC provides professional development for the science
center field, promotes best practices, supports effective communication,
strengthens the position of science centers within the community
at large, and fosters the creation of successful partnerships and
collaborations.
Founded in 1973, ASTC now numbers more than 540 members in 40 countries.
Science Center and Museum Members include not only science-technology
centers and science museums, but also nature centers, aquariums,
planetariums, zoos, botanical gardens, space theaters, and natural
history and children's museums. Sustaining Members are companies
that offer products and services to science museums, as well as
other organizations that have an interest in informal science education.
Major services provided by ASTC include:
- sponsoring an annual conference and professional development
workshops
- publishing a bimonthly journal and other print publications
- maintaining a web site with resources for the field
- managing hands-on traveling exhibitions
- tracking and analyzing trends in the science center field
- representing the interests of science centers before the U.S.
Congress and federal agencies
- hosting an e-mail discussion list for informal science educators
and museum professionals
ASTC also promotes equity and diversity by helping its members to
increase the number of women, people with disabilities, and members
of underrepresented ethnic and racial groups who visit and work
in museums.
Contact us at:
Association of Science-Technology Centers
1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-6310 USA
(202)783-7200
info@astc.org
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