Learning
Anna SchaefersEsther HamstraMaria ServetaIan SimmonsLorna Williams
This workshop focusses on a very concrete topic: the text label or panel accompanying usually interactive exhibits. This panel commonly displays an exhibit title; some background (scientific) information; an instructions or challenge; and in many...
Equity & Inclusion
Carmen FenollosaIan BrunswickTobias WolffÅsa LindgrenClaire GarraudDick van Dijk
It is not always easy to co-produce an exhibition with colleagues from another institution, but with visitors…! Isn’t it a nightmare (espacially with children or teenagers!)? How do you go about it? What are the benefits? What are the pitfalls?...
Marketing & communication
Kathrin KöstersWalter LunzerMonika HaasKlaudia KozmaHelene HeissMartina ZodlMie KleinschmidtMelanie Ballieul
Imagine carrying a science exhibit on you. Not like a businesscard or in a bag - we mean literally wearing it on your body. Welcome to the Science Fashion Boutique!
Fashion means an interplay of garments, accessories, jewellery and...
Look forward to a relaxed party in the heart of the city centre, concluding the intense conference week in an artistic atmosphere.
Had no time to visit the Kunsthaus during the conference days? This is your opportunity. Enjoy a delicious (...
Learning
Malvina ArtheauKate Knealealexandre vaugouxDaniel RosqvistMatthieu VernetIsabelle Chabanon-PougetAdrien SchwarzMelissa Richard
After two full days of play and games, the GameLab team invites you to stop by and reflect a bit in this mid-wrap-up session.
For the whole conference duration, the GameLab will have been beta testing new ideas, sharing works in progress...
Science ♥ society
María MenéndezJean-François Clervoy Marc MoutinAna NoronhaTina Ibsen
International Cooperation is a key for space: from the study of the Universe to the first permanently inhabited, international outpost in Earth orbit - the International Space Station (ISS). In this session, we will invite experts from the...
Learning
Ed SobeyEd SobeyIan RussellJohn Downey
Colour-related hands-on science activities that beg active participation will be presented by science centre and museum experts from seven countries. Participants will be able to test their colour vision, see how to break white light into a...
Exhibit development
Audrey O'ConnellJeanette Schuppe-KrahnRifat BAKANIlaria ValotiAmina DarwishLisa R TucciMonika PaczkowskaUwe MoldrzykMichael BradkeGail SymingtonTina Siehofffabio frachtenbergOscar FrachtenbergKaterina ChabovaOlivier Retout
Preview current and upcoming touring science exhibitions across Europe. This fast-paced session will give you a glimpse of the enormous range of exhibitions on offer, leaving it up to you to make contacts and find out more.
You will also...
Learning
Raphael ChanayJessica BradfordAnnekathrin RanftAnnette Scheersoi
Are dioramas old-fashioned, outmoded, quaint and even embarrassing? Or do they embody everything that is engaging and memorable about a museum visit: the opportunity to be transported to a different time and place and to learn through immersion...
Learning
Nicolas DidierJohn FalkAndy LloydGuillaume TrapJoanna KiersztejnNicolas Didier
Encouraging youngsters to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related studies and careers is a challenge faced by most European countries.
If science centres and museums are good at exciting STEM curiosity among...
Equity & Inclusion
Luis Azevedo RodriguesSara MiraIvone FachadaHanaa Hosny Ewa Janowska
Developing science programmes for adults is a true challenge for most of science centres and museums.They think they know almost everything, they will come only as accompaniers, and they think they're too old to have fun!
It is a priority...
Learning
Nils Petter HauanJustin DillonAsger HøegBronwyn BevanKrista LeusinkIda Marie Bøe
In this reverse session, we will present five different cases where practitioners and theorists are working together. These cases exemplifies creation of a common ground and understanding. Common for all these innovative activities, is that they...