SECOND Runoff Election - Check your Email for your Electronic Ballot starting April 17, 2020. Second Runoff Election Ends April 30, 2020 at Midnight. Dear MAPS Colleagues, The runoff election results have been tallied and we have another tie. One candidate had a majority and we congratulate Lee Ann Hennig who will be seated as [...]
Constellation Spring 2020 It Takes a Universe: SEPA / MAPS / WAC 2021 President’s Message Skylore - Orion in Fulldome, Free!
Dear MAPS Colleagues, Many of us are experiencing closures and schedule changes due to the COVID-19 situation. After much discussion among us all, and in an abundance of caution, your MAPS Board and the conference host, Kerri Kiker, have decided to cancel this year’s conference at the Cradle of Aviation museum in New York, that [...]
Runoff Election Happening Now - Check your Email for your Electronic Ballot. Runoff Election Ends April 6, 2020 at Midnight. On behalf of the MAPS Executive Committee and the MAPS Election Committee, I’d like to bring you up to date about our election results for the three positions of MAPS Board. At the conclusion of [...]
Greetings, fellow MAPS members! On behalf of the MAPS Executive Board and the MAPS Program Committee, I wanted to reach out to you all with an update regarding our 2020 Conference next month. I’m sure that by now, all of us are monitoring the development of the COVID-19 situation across our region, our country, and [...]
Dear MAPS Member, The staff of the Jet Blue Sky Theater Planetarium at The Cradle of Aviation would like to invite you to join us from April 22 – 25, 2020 for the MAPS 2020 conference. The gathering, as always, is a great time for MAPS Members to re-connect, brainstorm ideas for education programming, and [...]
Constellation Winter 2019 An International Planetarium Educator in the United States President’s Message Holiday Traditions along the Mystic River First Light for World’s Largest Solar Telescope Read the Newsletter
As a member of the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, you have the privilege to vote for colleagues who will serve as your representatives on the MAPS Board. This year we have many wonderful candidates to choose from that will take three seats that are available. MAPS members – check your inbox for your online voting [...]
This event has been canceled “Reaching Beyond the Stars” Delegate Registration due by April 1, 2020 […]
AIR TRAVEL Several airports provide travel to the New York metro area. The most ideal option is JFK (John F. Kennedy International Airport), which is 45 minutes away from the Museum. […]
Proposal to Present due April 1, 2020 Please note that presenters must be MAPS members registered for the conference. […]
Michael McConville, Spitz, Inc. We are pleased to announce that Michael McConville will be our Margaret Noble Address speaker this year. […]
The Cradle of Aviation is a part of Museum Row in Nassau County. The Cradle’s collection is housed in the hangers of historic Mitchel Field. […]
Dear MAPS Supporter, The staff of the Jet Blue Sky Theater Planetarium at The Cradle of Aviation would like to invite you to join us from April 22 – 25, 2020 for the MAPS 2020 conference. The gathering, as always, is a great time for MAPS Members to re-connect, brainstorm ideas for education programming, and [...]
Conference Host: The Cradle of Aviation Museum is an aerospace museum located in Garden City, New York on Long Island to commemorate Long Island’s role in the history of aviation. Over the course of 150,000 square feet, the museum contains 75 air and spacecraft, a dozen cockpits, and 30 hands-on exhibits. The all-digital JetBlue Sky [...]
As a “nod” to this year’s conference host and their theme of aviation, our 2020 Sponsor levels are named after constellations that can FLY! […]
Dear MAPS Members, The Officers regret to inform you that we have failed to meet our deadlines for requesting and accepting bids for nominations for the Executive Board positions. According to the By-Laws, Article V, Section 2, all nominations were to be received by November 1, and the slate of candidates presented to the Executive [...]
A survey by Derrick Pitt, Imiloa Astronomy Center We would like to invite you to help inform how a group of storytelling and planetarium specialists develop cultural astronomy shorts that share stories from Canada, China, India, Japan, and the U.S. With the end in mind (shorts you will want to have for your planetarium!), we [...]
