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“Engaging Audiences of all Ages” When: June 8-9, 2017 Host: Treworgy Planetarium, Mystic Seaport Museum Contact: Brian Koehler, Planetarium Supervisor, Brian.koehler@mysticseaport.org […]
“History of Astronomy” When: May 19-20, 2017 Host: Suits-Bueche Planetarium at miSci Contact: Megan Norris, Planetarium Director, Megan.Norris@misci.org […]
“Seeing Light in the Darkness: Educating the Audience in the Year of the Eclipse” When: May 19, 2017 Host: Indiana University Planetarium (IUP) Contact: Ken Coles, kcoles@iup.edu […]
“Teaching and Learning Under the Stars” When: May 19-20, 2017 Host: Howard B. Owens Science Center Contact: Patty Seaton, Planetarium Specialist, pxts13@yahoo.com […]
This spring, join your fellow MAPS members at one of our Armand Spitz Regional Meetings, an established tradition of 1 or 2 day gatherings for sharing activities on various themes. As you know, MAPS is officially joining the rest of the country in the Pleiades National Planetarium Conference at St. Louis, MO next October 10-14, [...]
Congratulations to the new officers coming on board to MAPS. President-Elect April Whitt, Secretary Amie Gallagher and Treasurer Talia Sepersky are excited to start in their new positions and will be looking forward to your support as members. Thanks also to all the other candidates that ran. It is great to have a strong slate [...]
ABOUT US: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, about an hour's drive east-northeast of Pittsburgh, is a campus of the PA State System of Higher Education. It enrolls 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The planetarium is operated by the Geosciences Department, which has undergraduate programs in Geology and Earth and Space Science Education. AIR TRAVEL: Pittsburgh airport [...]
ABOUT US: The Mystic Seaport Museum is located in Mystic, Connecticut, a popular tourist destination situated halfway between the cities of Boston, MA and New York, NY. ADDRESS: 75 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic CT 06355 AIR TRAVEL: Two airports provide travel to the Mystic, CT area. T.F. Green Airport (PVD) is located near Providence, RI and [...]
Thursday, 8 June Friday, 9 June
ABOUT US: The Howard B. Owens Science Center is located in Lanham, Maryland, approximately one mile from the Goddard Space Flight Center. We’re about halfway between Annapolis and Washington, D.C., so there are plenty of attractions for a weekend stay! ADDRESS: 9601 Greenbelt Road Lanham, MD 20706 AIR TRAVEL: We have three airports convenient to [...]
Friday, 19 May Saturday, 20 May
