History of Ecsite

Ecsite – the European Network of science centres and museums – is a non-profit collaborative of science centres and museums. Its objective is to promote public engagement of science and technology, and to facilitate co-operation between science-technology centres, museums and related institutions in Europe and around the world. Ecsite offers its members projects, programmes and services, sharing resources and information, aiming to improve and co-ordinate their activities.

For those of you who are not very familiar with our network, you can download a special feature published at the occasion of our 50th edition of our Newsletter.

Walter Staveloz, Executive Director of Ecsite until January 2006 looks back over more than ten years, and John Durant, the President of Ecsite during the period 2001-2002 looks towards the next ten years. Science centre directors well known in the European arena join them to mark the occasion with personal comments on Ecsite’s role. Sit comfortably, enjoy – and prepare to be surprised!

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