This article was originally published under the title "Model, Talent, Mission: What Species Is Your Science Center?" in English in the January-February 2019 issue of Dimensions, the magazine of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC). It is reproduced here with the permission of ASTC and the article’s author(s). The translation into Arabic was undertaken by NAMES, the North Africa and Middle East Science centers network.

Click here to read the article in Arabic.