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Ecsite brings together more than 300 organisations committed to inspiring people with science.

Ecsite drives science engagement forward. It runs world-renowned professional events & excellent publications.

Through Ecsite members take part in European projects, collaborate on thematic strands and spread their news.

Science Festival “Futuro Remoto” at Città della Scienza (Naples, Italy)
Tycho Brahe Planetarium, winner of the 2018 Mariano Gago Ecsite Award (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) (Barcelona, Spain)
Visitors at Universum Bremen, Germany
Experimentarium (Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Beyond the lab" exhibition, designed by the Science Museum (London, UK) for the Sparks project (coordinated by Ecsite)
"Once upon a shape", at The Children's Museum Jordan (Amman, Jordan)
Coimbra Science Centre Exploratório (Coimbra, Portugal), winner of the 2018 Mariano Gago Ecsite Award
“STEMpowering Youth”, a program developed by Scico (Athens, Greece)
Music week organised by AHHAA (Tartu, Estonia) for the ERC=Science² project (coordinated by Ecsite)
Tom Tits Experiment (Södertälje, Sweden)
Exhibition at the Kapelica Gallery, part of the Kersnikova Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
"Let It Grow" campaign at the Natural History Museum of Toulouse (Toulouse, France)
310 members
185 Science Centres/Museums,
18 Natural History Museums,
28 Research bodies,
32 Private companies,
9 Festivals,
7 Professional networks,
and 31 other organisations
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Spokes is the monthly magazine of Ecsite, the European network of science centres and museums. Hear the latest news from European science engagement, go further with in-depth features and make the most of the good reads, events and opportunities shared by Ecsite members.

Spokes magazine #71, April 2021
Making change
All Spokes

IN DEPTH: Change-makers of tomorrow by Marie Hobson, Nikolaj Møller, Camilla Tham and Annesofie Norn

LOOKOUT: Exploring the world of immersion with Raphaël Chanay

COLUMN: Celebrating Ecsite's digital offerings by Herbert Münder

Plus a resources section containing survey results, reports, toolkits and more!

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Through Ecsite, members have the opportunity to participate in collaborative projects shaping the future of science engagement. Ecsite runs projects funded by the European Commission as well as initiatives in partnership with other organisations.

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