Adult Outreach Program Showcase and Adult Program CoP Meetup Date and Time: Friday, September 5, 2025, after 7 p.m. (Keep an eye out on the Adult Engagement CoP for more details.) Location: TBD (Keep an eye out on the Adult Engagement CoP for more details.) Join us for a fun outreach program for adult audiences: […]| Association of Science and Technology Centers
The Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) is requesting proposals to host the ASTC Annual Conference in the Fall of 2028 and/or 2029. The ASTC Annual Conference is one of the premier professional development events for science and technology centers and museums, as well as the broader science engagement field. This conference brings the […]| Association of Science and Technology Centers
COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY New details about business loans for museums in the United States ASTC’s COVID-19 Resources Our Purpose & Vision ASTC’s purpose is to champion and support science and technology centers and museums and the entire science engagement field toward a vision of increasing understanding of and […]| Association of Science and Technology Centers
As community-serving institutions as well as nonprofit organizations, science centers and museums experience unique business challenges. These range from mundane and everyday issues (How can we keep all the sand in the sandbox, and out of the exhibit hall?) to fundamental questions underlying organizational purpose and operations. At the second annual Voya National Days of […]| Association of Science and Technology Centers
We know the funding landscape is tough right now. That’s why we are even more pleased than usual to share three funding and resource opportunities for Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) members*. These opportunities are exclusively for ASTC members that join the IF/THEN® Champions Network—a national U.S. collaboration between ASTC and the National […]| Association of Science and Technology Centers
Visit an ASTC Passport Program venue today! If you are a member of a science center or museum participating in the ASTC Passport Program, you are eligible for benefits such as free general admission when you travel outside of your local area. Exclusions apply and benefits vary. Download the current list of venues participating in […]| Association of Science and Technology Centers
Introduce interactive science center visitors to quantum computing concepts through a fun, collaborative game by adapting a free online resource for learning during and beyond the museum visit. Superposition, qubit, entanglement… these key terms relate to the exciting technology and opaque science of quantum computing. The field of Quantum Information Science (QIS) is rapidly evolving […]| Association of Science and Technology Centers