Science centres news

Simworx has appointed Paul Kent as its global business development manager. Kent joins the media-based attractions specialist from audio-visual business, Electrosonic, where he spent over ... More

The Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) has launched a new project promoting gender equity in science museums. Working alongside the National Girls Collaborative ... More

It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been there reporting the big news, good and bad, all the ... More

The Children's Science Center (CSC), an upcoming science centre in Sterling, Virginia, has received a US$10m (£7.5m, €8.9m) donation from the Northwest Federal Credit Union ... More

Ian Hetherington, former MD of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, has joined Immotion Group, a UK-based VR firm, as chair of Immotion Studios, the company's VR ... More

British astronaut Tim Peake has urged the UK government to invest more in science, education and research and development. Since 1994 players of the National ... More

Destination Space, a directive from the UK Space Agency and the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC), is aiming to get children to ... More

Unesco has reached an agreement with science museums in China to promote the exchange and sharing of science resources between them and other institutions across ... More

The Dynamic Earth science centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, is launching a new attraction that promises to "bring dinosaurs to the digital age", allowing children to ... More

As part of its efforts to encourage tourism and significantly improve its leisure offering, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced plans to form its ... More

The latest Attractions Management News Flash Video is now live! In this broadcast, we look at the US$86m financial package China's government has allocated to ... More

Ecsite – the European Network of Science Centers and Museums – has looked at how shopping centres and retail areas can be used to drive ... More

As a new year approaches, CLADglobal brings you our list of some of the most anticipated leisure buildings expected in 2018, from museums and science ... More

Three international architecture firms invited to submit designs for a new children’s museum in the Mexico-US border city of El Paso, Texas, will soon learn ... More

Linda Conlon, CEO of the International Centre for Life in Newcastle and chair of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) has announced the ... More

One of Canada’s largest science centres has signed a deal with Chinese company Grandview Enterprise to establish a major new science centre in the city ... More

Five science centres in the UK are to receive a combined £13m (US$17m, €14.2m) in funding to encourage new and different ideas that will help ... More

Science centres have a vital role to play in educating the public about “alternative facts”, fake news and the post-truth phenomenon, the chief executive of ... More

The Annual General Meeting was held at the Ecsite conference in Porto, Portugal today, with the announcement of a new president, Herbert Münder. Making a ... More

Manuel Heitor, Portugal's Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, has called on the science centre community not to waver from their missions to educate, ... More

The Ecsite Annual Conference 2017 kicked off in Porto, Portugal, with some award winners, which were unveiled during the opening ceremony this morning (15 June). ... More

More than 1,000 members of the science centre and science museums community will be arriving in Porto, Portugal, this week to attend the Ecsite Annual ... More

Alan Brien, CEO of not-for-profit Western Australian science organisation Scitech, is to retire after 17 years in the role. Scitech, which operates the Scitech Discovery ... More

The European Network of Science Centers and Museums (Ecsite) has revealed the programme for the 28th edition of its annual conference, coming to Porto, Portugal ... More

Mobile AR, New Media Education and the “Matthew Effect” have all been highlighted as potential trends affecting scientific institutions across the world, according to the ... More