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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
Contact us at: Association of Science-Technology Centers 1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005-6310 USA (202) 783-7200
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