Operations & finance
Liz DeanStine FergusonAnne Tove Koldal
Most science centers increase their income by offering their facilities for meetings and events. Some centres arrange more targeted events for companies and organizations such as team building and holding entertaining competitions in the...
Explainers & visitor services
Heather King
How do we present the nature of sciences and maths in our institutions? Do our visitors see what we want them to see? Do they understand the workings of science in the ways that we do? What do our staff think?
In this Pecha Kucha-...
Exhibit development
Tim Holdsworth
A group from different science centres is getting together for a week of collaborative hands-on learning focused on exhibit development and fabrication in June 2012. Before we start building our exhibits, we are seeking your critiques and advice...
Exhibit development
Michèle ANTOINELaurent CarrierMaja WasylukGrichka RedjalaJörg Ehtreiber
The methodology used in the development of exhibitions is strongly tinged with the “word culture”, language and literacy. The starting point is usually a scientific text (lato sensu), usually embodied in articles, which leads to...
Equity & Inclusion
TOMMASO NASTASIShana TurakhiaDominique JongenTOMMASO NASTASIElodie TouzéStéphanie Kappler
Are museums prepared to welcome visitors with special needs at the same time or in the same spaces as other visitors? This challenge is met by some museums where the tools developed for that aim could be relevant for all. Some experiences...
Research, theory & evaluation
Jen DeWittSandra MartellPaola RodariKirsten EllenbogenHeather King
This session will explore and explain how key ideas and findings emerging from academic research can inform practice in museums and science centres. Summaries of contemporary research will be offered, including a look at their implications, and...
Science ♥ society
Michèle ANTOINEManuel CiraMichele LanzingerIlse van Zeeland
Scientific research is undergoing a slow transformation characterized by openness to civil society and transparency of its methods and findings. This is being driven by a growing commitment to sustainable development and society’s...
Operations & finance
Erik JacquemynOle WeberJennifer MartinAntonia Caola
Renewing a permanent exhibition in whole or in part is a common task for employees in science museums and science centers. To tap the full potential of a reopening and avoid the associated pitfalls different issues should be considered: How can...
Networking & Partnerships
Maria Xanthoudaki
What is Europe 2020 Strategy? And what is Horizon 2020? The European Union has launched a new strategy that impacts the work of organisations involved in science communication. This workshop will give an insight on the new objectives of the EU,...
Research, theory & evaluation
Holly HastedHolly HastedEmily DawsonJin A KimTessa van SchijndelMarianne AchiamAmy SeakinsMarie Hobson
The development and implementation of innovative approaches in research and evaluation is essential for improving the experience of our visitors. How can we think outside-the-box? How can we collaborate with colleagues from different departments...
Equity & Inclusion
Naomi HaywoodHolly HastedEmily DawsonAndrea Bandelli
Why do some people visit science centres and museums while others do not? How can science centres and museum be inclusive in their own governance? What do visitors and non-visitors have to say? This panel session examines whether science centres...
Marketing & communication
Pär MauritzsonKatrina NilssonZuzanna LigowskaLuigi Amodio
The core age groups that visit our institutions are younger than 14 or older than 20. Visitors between 14 and 20 are notoriously hard to reach. It is imperative that we do reach them, however, because they are on the cusp of deciding what...