Kate Bennett Appointed President of ASMD
June 05, 2009
IN BRIEF
Title: Rochester Museum & Science Center President Kate Bennett Appointed to Presidency of the Association of Science Museum Directors
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Rochester Museum & Science Center President Kate Bennett Appointed to Presidency of the Association of Science Museum Directors
Rochester, NY — At their 2009 Annual Meeting, the Association of Science Museum Directors (ASMD), a multi-national membership organization of science museums, named Rochester Museum & Science Center President Kate Bennett to lead their organization.
Membership in ASMD is open to all science museums that
-- hold substantial natural history collections
-- foster and support research programs in the fields of the physical or natural sciences or anthropology
-- or that hold exhibits and conduct substantial educational programs relating to the physical or natural sciences, technology, or anthropology
-- and that have a minimum staff of five or more full-time paid museum positions.
The ASMD Annual Meeting provides an opportunity for frank discussion of issues current in the world of science museums and encourages conversation among members regarding challenges faced by science museum CEOs. Guest speakers provide a broad, informed perspective in areas of interest to science museums, and act as a catalyst for meaningful dialogue. The 2009 meeting took place earlier this year at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) receives major funding from Monroe County. RMSC includes a planetarium, nature center and science/regional history museum. The mission of the RMSC is to stimulate broad community interest and understanding of science and technology, and their impact—past, present, future—on our lives. For more information about RMSC, see . ###
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