Michelle DevaneyJean-Jacques PerrierBruna ValettiniMichelle DevaneyLUDOVIC FRERE ESCOFFIERMarzia Mazzonetto
In order to imagine new solutions, we must bring together different actors (researchers, stakeholders, societal actors) with complementary knowledge and experiences and forge new partnerships using a participatory approach.
Environment...
Strategy & vision
Susan Greenfield
Susan Greenfield is a neuroscientist at the University of Oxford and delivered a speech entitled “ The neuroscience of creativity – Making the most of 21st century technology”. Watch the...
Collections
Esther DugdaleLubov Strelnikova
The Polytechnic Museum in Moscow is one of the oldest museums of its kind in the world and the largest technical museum in Russia. The modernization project that began in 2010 aims to create a new museum and education centre with advanced museum...
Collections
Annika JoyDidier LavalClara Lim
Science is no longer perceived as a series of instantaneous innovations, but as a gradual evolution, involving lengthy experimentation and huge numbers of people. How do science museums and science centres present the process of change in science...
Science in Society
Ann-Marie PendrillVasilia ChristidouAmy Seakins
Visitors to our science centres and museums are often presented with the opportunity to ‘meet a real scientist’ through our programmes, events and activities. But what do our visitors really think about scientists? Do these experiences of meeting...
Marketing & communication
Denise AmyotNathalie Caplet
Most of our institutions have a Facebook and a Twitter account, and sometimes a blog. But these can be set up to work in different ways: one or several official accounts, a person or two hidden behind anonymous accounts; accounts that are...
Ed Sobey
Step into the Grand Bazaar to see the mysteries of hands-on science unfold. Wander among the various “action shops” where you can join the building and experimenting. Catch the excitement as science learning accelerates when you...
Marketing & communication
Looking to rent or buy travelling exhibitions? Preview current and upcoming travelling science exhibitions across Europe. This rapid-fire session will give you a glimpse of the enormous range of exhibitions on offer, leaving it up to you to make...
Science in Society
Didier LavalCATHERINA VOREADOUClaudia GorrGildas VéretAlex FairheadSara Bagge
“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat,” said Thomas Edison.
Environmental science issues, such as climate change, sustainability and biodiversity often project a nightmarish vision of the...
Strategy & vision
Dominique Pestre
Dominique Pestre is a social and political historian.Hos speech was entitled "What kind of innovation for the Anthropocene?". Watch the keynote on the Ecsite YouTube...
Exhibit development
Michèle ANTOINEAnne CharpentierPia ArebladMaarten OkkersenSophie Boitsios
Our body allows us to explore the world and builds our relationship with the self, to others, and to our environment. It affirms our physical presence in the world. Yet the majority of exhibitions forget the body as a whole, and often separate...
Education
Beth HawkinsRachel RobertsRichard PeringStephen ShawJane Dowden
Science is part of everything and we dream of a society where science is fully embraced as part of everyday culture and not exclusive to a science museum, classroom or interactive science centre. In pursuit of this we have begun a series of...