Science museums news

The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) has urged both Republican and Democratic leadership in the US to support the nonprofit museum sector by providing emergency ... 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

A programme of "authentic reconstruction" of 11 historic sites in India, and the setting up of 100 experiential museums, are among ambitious plans reportedly under ... More

A collection of nearly 50 scientists has urged the London Science Museum to end three oil company partnerships, with the collective arguing the sponsorships are ... 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

China's government is allocating CN¥545m (US$85.8m, €72.2m, £63.2m) in an effort to make some of the country's top science museums free-to-visit. The money, allocated by ... More

An aquarium in New Orleans, Louisiana, has become the first in the US to be certified as sensory inclusive, with specific programming and training aimed ... 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

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

Astronaut Tim Peake has announced his return to space as the Russian capsule that carried him to and from the International Space Station has gone ... More

Jean-François Clervoy, one of the world’s most experienced astronauts, has said that the next generation of scientists and engineers are being inspired at science centres ... More

One of Africa’s leading scientists has called for science centres across the world to address a Eurocentric model excluding many young black people from pursuing ... More

Leading Danish scientist Tina Ibsen has called for planetariums and science museums to use a re-emerging popularity in space to draw young people into STEM ... More

The European Network of Science Centers and Museums (Ecsite), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) are teaming ... More

Peter Slavenburg, director of Dutch design agency NorthernLight, has suggested several ways to future-proof science centres, including invisible technology, serious play and co-creation. NorthernLight, specialists ... More

Michiel Buchel, the incoming Ecsite president, has said he hopes to develop stronger relatonships with other attractions and museums sectors. With a better connected network, ... More

The online phenomenon known as Minecraft has been highlighted as a method of getting more children interested in museums and galleries. Adam Clarke of The ... More

As part of the European Union (EU)-funded Inprofood project – which aims to bring together research, industry and civil society to figure out how to ... More

The governor of the Indian state of Goa has called for the creation of more science museums, especially in rural areas, in order to give ... More

India’s National Council for Science Museums (NCSM) has announced plans for 18 more science centres, taking the total in the country to 66. Work on ... More

Culture minister Ed Vaizey has told the House of Commons that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) would not be dissolved. In a ... More

Museums in three northern cities that faced the threat of closure are safe despite recent cuts, according to the culture minister. The Department for Culture, ... More

Museums in three northern cities that faced the threat of closure are safe despite recent cuts, according to the culture minister. The Department for Culture, ... More