2011 ASTC Annual Conference and Exhibit Hall
October 15–18, 2011
Hosted by the Maryland Science Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Theme: Knowledge That Works—From Theory to Practice
Baltimore has evolved
from a blue-collar, industrial city into a healthcare, biotech, and
tourism hub. Looking both inward and outward, it identified its
strengths and leveraged them to remain vital. While holding true to its
working-port, working-class legacy, it thrives today by evolving and
transforming, distinguishing itself from larger neighboring cities, and
staying relevant to its community.
In many ways, science centers face the same challenges every day. Legacy
programs and services remain part of our core missions, yet science
centers also must understand the process of evolving not only to exist
perpetually, but also to grow. How can this evolution and adaptation
happening at the local level benefit the science center community as a
whole? And how do we know we've succeeded? The work begins with sharing
the process from theory to practice as science centers apply our
collective knowledge to practical problems.
