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The Science Festival Alliance recently completed "A First Look At Science Festivals."

If you are considering launching a science festival, this guide serves as an introduction to the festival format, provides a few festival profiles for inspiration, and includes practical advice, helpful sample documents, and an overview of Science Festival Alliance evaluation findings to date.

You may also find that the guide helps potential collaborators (or your own administration) become more familiar with the festival concept, and aware of the fact that there are proven success stories out there.

Go to a page for downloading the guide in a variety of formats by clicking here.