ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
*****************************************************************************

These numbers are incredible to me... I remember when I
attended my first ASTC meeting at the Ontario Science Center
in the late 1970's there were only 40 ASTC member museums
and only 140 people at the conference.

It's great how this business has grown.

Dave Taylor

========================

> From: Wendy Pollock <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: ASTC Member Numbers
>
> Martin,
> There are 337 science centers and museums in the United States among
> ASTC's current membership (altogether, there are 414 member museums in
> 39 countries). At the time of our last member survey, 99 U.S.
> institutions reported total attendance of 34.5 million; extrapolating
> (using median figures for different sized institutions), we estimated
> total U.S. attendance at 70.2 million. The attendance data is in the
> ASTC Sourcebook of Science Center Statistics 2002. Member numbers are as
> of December 2003.
> Wendy
> ___________________________
> Wendy Pollock
> Director Research, Publications, and Exhibitions
> Association of Science-Technology Centers

***********************************************************************
More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the
Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org.
To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the
message  SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to
[log in to unmask]