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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)
322 members
194 Science Centres/Museums,
20 Natural History Museums,
27 Research bodies,
31 Private companies,
8 Festivals,
8 Professional networks,
and 34 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 #75, April 2022
Time to reflect
All Spokes

IN DEPTH: From place to space : libraries and civic engagement by A. Vanautgaerden

LOOKOUT: Tinkering for learning, equity, and social inclusion

COLUMN: Time to pause and reflect on Spokes by C. Franche & M. Xanthoudaki

 

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