Bonnie Styles, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Association of Science Museum Directors (ASMD). She oversees the ASMD headquarters in Springfield, IL. Dr. Styles is the Director Emeritus of the Illinois State Museum System and an Adjunct Professor in Anthropology at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
We will convene our 2.5 day ASMD 2027 Directors Forum in Fort Collins, Colorado from February 8-11, 2027. Plan to travel on February 8 and arrive in time for an evening reception from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Sunset Lounge in the conference hotel (The Elizabeth Hotel in the Fort Collins historic district). Plan your departure … More ASMD 2027 Directors Forum in Fort Collins, CO
ASMD convened the 2.5 day ASMD 2026 Directors Forum in St. Paul, MN from February 10-12 with travel on February 9 (in time for an evening reception at the conference hotel, the Courtyard Marriott Downtown St. Paul) and February 12 (late afternoon/evening) or February 13. ASMD members Alison Rempel Brown and Holly Menninger hosted us … More 2026 Directors Forum in St. Paul
ASMD served as a co-convener for Museums Advocacy Day (February 23-24, 2026 in Washington D.C.) for the 14th consecutive year! ASMD members advocated for all museums at this event and participated in training for museum delegates. Executive Director Bonnie Styles met in the offices of senators and representatives who serve on appropriations subcommittees that fund … More ASMD 2026 Museums Advocacy Day
ASMD convened the ASMD 2025 Directors Forum in Salt Lake City, Utah in February. Our 2.5 day meeting started on February 2 with our traditional informal reception in the evening at the conference hotel. ASMD Secretary-Treasurer Jason Cryan, Executive Director of the Natural History Museum of Utah, was our host. Sessions took place in the … More 2025 Directors Forum in Salt Lake City
ASMD served as a co-convener for this event for the 13th consecutive year! An ASMD delegation of members advocated for all museums at this event. Executive Director Bonnie Styles met in the offices of senators and representatives who serve on appropriations subcommittees that fund agencies, including IMLS, NEH, NSF, NASA, and NOAA, that provide crucial … More 2025 Museums Advocacy Day
ASMD convened the ASMD 2025 Directors Forum in Salt Lake City, Utah in February. Our 2.5 day meeting started on February 2 with our traditional informal reception in the evening at the conference hotel. ASMD Secretary-Treasurer Jason Cryan, Executive Director of the Natural History Museum of Utah, was our host. Sessions took place in the … More 2025 Directors Forum in Salt Lake City
The ASMD 2024 Directors Forum convened in Washington D.C. Our co-hosts were Kirk Johnson, ASMD member and Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History, and Christofer Nelson, President and CEO of the Association of Science and Technology Centers. We had sessions in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), the NMNH’s Museum Support … More ASMD 2024 Directors Forum
The Association of Science Museum Directors is a proud supporter of national Museums Advocacy Day, spearheaded by the American Alliance of Museums, in Washington D.C. ASMD again served as a co-convener for the 2024 event, which was held in person on February 26 with congressional meetings on February 27. In 2023, ASMD Executive Director Bonnie … More Advocacy for Museums
We held our ASMD 2023 Directors Forum on January 31, 2022-February 3, 2023 in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio. Elizabeth Pierce, President & CEO of the Cincinnati Museum Center, and Tracey Tomme, President & CEO of the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, co-hosted the meeting. A day trip to Dayton featured the National Museum of the United … More ASMD 2023 Directors Forum
We convened in Seattle for the 2022 ASMD Directors Forum (February 1-4, 2022). The Program Committee chaired by Vice Presidents William Harris (Space Center Houston) and Tracy Calogheros (The Exploration Place + Science Centre), and including other ASMD Board members (President Joe Keiper, Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Pierce, and Immediate Past President Todd Boyette), and Host Committee … More 2022 ASMD Directors Forum in Seattle
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