December 2019

#58

Business models

Sustaining the future of science museums

What do our pie charts say about us? by J. Kalinowska

COLUMN
Awards: it’s in your hands by Sharon Ament

From the Ecsite office
Ecsite Conference
EU news
From Ecsite European collaborations
Good reads and resources
Opportunities

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Sustaining the future of science museums

Lookout

New and supplementary business models

Sustaining the future of science museums

Alexandra Burch

Annemarie van Eekeren

Maren Krumdieck

Emily Cronin

What do our pie charts say about us?

Portfolio

Nine museums and science centres share their income sources

Awards: it's in your hands

Column

A few weeks left for peer nominations and own entries

Awards: it’s in your hands

Sharon Ament

From the Ecsite office

Welcome to new Ecsite members

Eleven new members are joining.

Echoes from the Directors Forum

65 participants met in Trondheim on 13-15 November to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals as an opportunity for developing organisations.

2019 Ecsite Directors Forum, 13-15 November 2019, Trondheim, Norway (Photographer: Maja Lindseth)

Nominate a project for an Ecsite Award

Know of a great project or organisation too shy to step forward themselves and get the recognition they deserve? Peer-nominate them by 31 December. It takes 5 min tops.

Mariano Gago Ecsite Awards

Who will be the next Beacon of the Year?

This Ecsite Award recognises innovative visionaries in our field. Know someone who deserves it? Nominate your peer by 31 January 2020.

Barbara Streicher, Executive Manager at Science Center Netzwerk, Vienna Austria won the Mariano Gago Ecsite Beacon of the Year, 2019

Ecsite Conference

Your #Ecsite2020 session proposals

The quality of received proposals was very high again this year. Thank you all! By now you have heard from the Programme Committee and if accepted, your session has been given a date & time. Check it out in your Ecsite profile.

Was your session accepted?

Great news! Now you have until the end of Thursday 23 January to edit your session page again.

Plan your stay in Ljubljana

You'll find a list of hotels & travel recommendations on our dedicated platform.

Ljubljana Panorama. Credit: ljubljana_tourism_photo_library_photo_j._kotar_

Apply for Erasmus + by 5 February

Erasmus + could pay your conference fee. Check out our simplified guide on how to apply to Erasmus + mobility programme for adult education.

Bringing in more voices

We offer free one-day registrations to speakers bringing new perspectives to the Conference. First round of applications closes on 23 January

EU news

Parliament elected the new Commission

The Von der Leyen Commission officially started on 1 December and will serve a five-year term.

President-elect von der Leyen at the Parliament ©EU 2019 - EP

EU Green Week 2020

A call for partners will be out early January. The next edition will take place from 1 to 5 June 2020.

EU Green Week 2020 animation - DG Environment

Fights over the next EU Budget

Will member states agree a spending plan that matches EU ambitions in science, digital technologies and greening the continent? Read the piece in Science|Business.

From Ecsite European collaborations

All EU-funded citizen science projects around one table

EU-Citizen.Science reports from the First Horizon 2020 Citizen Science Cluster Meeting on 12 December.

Citizen Science Cluster event, 12 December 2019 in Brussels

SISCODE's definition of co-creation

"A non-linear process that involves multiple actors and stakeholders in the ideation, implementation and assessment of products, services, policies and systems with the aim of improving their efficiency and effectiveness, and the satisfaction of those who take part in the process." Voilà.

Ideation Session at Science Gallery Dublin, SISCODE project

Co-design and data narratives

SySTEM 2020 will be sharing insights around these two topics at the 2020 Ecsite Conference next June.

Veduta Presernov in Ljubljana, Slovenia photo by Dunja Wedam

Good reads and resources

Economic recommendations for cultural institutions

In line with this issue's focus on business models, (re)discover former CEO of Experimentarium Asger Høeg's 43 recommendations for successful leadership (2017).

The Blue Book

Check out Ecsite's contribution to this report about the Copernicus Marine Service's role in the Blue Economy and sustainable growth.

Social media guidelines for museums

A set of recommendations by ICOM.

Looking for holiday reads?

Check out two lists published in Nature: the first by B. Kiser and the second one by A. Robinson.

Still relevant

Last year, Spokes published Who's afraid of the digital (learning)? by Maria Xanthoudaki. Rediscover this article.

Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash

News from Blooloop

Blooloop is an online resource for the attractions sector. Check out two recent pieces featuring ‘The Whale’ - a new Arctic attraction in Andenes, and a cover of the annual Museum Computer Network conference that took place in San Diego last November.

‘The Whale’, a new Arctic attraction in Andenes, on the island Andøya, Norway will open in 2022

Museums For Future

Museums For Future is a new global movement of museum workers, cultural heritage professionals, and many others to support the #FridaysForFuture movement with positive actions.

#TalkingClimate by Climate Outreach

A guide on how to have conversations about climate change.

Handbook by Climate Outreach

Citizen Science and SDGs

This Nature article by Fritz et al. explores the relationship between Citizen Science and the UN SDGs.

Opportunities

Selection of international conferences and courses

Upcoming international conferences, calls for papers and courses in science engagement.

Job: Senior Officer on Ecosystem Assessments

At the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France. Apply by 31 January.

Call for proposals: Science in the City

A festival part of ESOF2020, 27 June - 11 July, Trieste, Italy. Deadline: 31 December.

ESOF2020

Erasmus+ call: social inclusion & education

For transnational cooperation projects in general education & training + adult education. Deadline 25 February.

LGBTQ+ STEM Day date change

The new date is 18 November instead of 5 July. Find out more about the reasons behind this change.

New date for the LGBTQ+STEM day

Job: Administration and Communications Officer

For the ASPIRES3 STEM project, at UCL's Institute of Education (UK). Apply until 2 January.

Job: Project Officer

In public engagement & with environmental research, at the University of Reading (UK). Apply until 13 January.

Science Communication Fellowship

Applications are now open for the summer fellowship at The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria.

The deadline is 11 January.

EMYA 2021 call for applications

The European Museum of the Year Award is now accepting applications.

Deadline 27 March.

Ecsite thanks the writers who have generously contributed to this issue of Spokes. Have an idea for Spokes? Check out the contributors' guide and get in touch.

Spokes is the monthly digital magazine of Ecsite, the European network of science centres and museums. It is put together by the Spokes Editorial Committee:

Maria Xanthoudaki, Head of Education and International Relations, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy – Chairperson
Julie Becker, Communications and Events Manager, Ecsite, Brussels, Belgium – Editor
Michèle Antoine, Director of Exhibitions, Universcience, Paris, France
Andrea Bandelli, Executive Director, Science Gallery International, Dublin, Ireland
Marie Couëdic, Special Projects Assistant, Ecsite, Brussels, Belgium
Emily Cronin, Partnerships Manager, Touring Exhibitions, Science Museum Group, London, UK
Raquel da Cunha, Events and Communications Officer, Ecsite, Brussels, Belgium
Wiktor Gajewski, Events Director, Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland
Pilvi Kolk, Member of the management board, AHHAA Science Centre, Tartu, Estonia
Frank Kupper, Assistant Professor of Science Communication, Athena Institute - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jaime Valle, Events and Communications Intern, Ecsite, Brussels, Belgium

Responsible editor: Catherine Franche, Executive Director for Association européenne des expositions scientifiques, techniques et industrielles, aisbl

Frequency: monthly since April 2015 - issue 58, December 2019