February 19, 2015 | Lemelson Center
The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History reopened July 1, 2015! We are recruiting a new group of volunteers (called Ambassadors) to work with museum visitors in Spark!Lab, its hands-on invention space for children and families.
January 26, 2015 | Chris J Gauthier
Call for Applications to Exhibit at the 2015 Innovation Festival
September 26-27, 2015
National Museum of American History
Washington, D.C.
January 17, 2015 | ePals
Calling all kid-inventors! The official opening of the SparkLab! Invent It Challenge on January 17 celebrates Kid Inventors’ Day, which acknowledges the important role children can have in innovation worldwide.
September 10, 2014 | National Museum of American History
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History plans to transform how its audiences experience history by creating a multiplex of exhibition galleries, experiential programs and performance spaces and an education center within a 120,000-square-foot wing of its 50-year-old McKim, Mead and White designed building.
August 5, 2014 | Kate Wiley
Spark!Lab, a hands-on invention experience developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, opens at Science City in Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 5, thanks to a generous donation from the Ford Motor Company Fund.
June 24, 2014 | Berkshire Museum
In October 2014, the Berkshire Museum will open Spark!Lab, an educational, interactive work space developed at the Smithsonian Institution by the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Spark!Lab is a hands-on, creative laboratory that engages children and families in the process of innovation.
May 15, 2014 | Kate Wiley
The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation will celebrate invention and innovation in skate culture, history and art this summer through a bi-coastal collaboration with two Smithsonian Affiliate museums, the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, Fla., and the Museum of History & Industry in Seattle, as well as the International Association of Skateboard Companies.
April 24, 2014 | Kate Wiley
The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation announces six new grants, doubling participation in its groundbreaking collaborative exhibition project, “Places of Invention,” set to open at the National Museum of American History in 2015.
January 17, 2014 | ePals
January 17th, Kid Inventors’ Day, kicks off the 2014 Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge inviting students, teachers and parents to get involved, get inspired and make a difference!
August 5, 2013 |
The Spark!Lab National Network
In Spark!Lab, we believe everyone is inventive. Every day we provide opportunities for children and families to explore their inventive creativity--to create, innovate, collaborate and problem-solve. These experiences empower kids to develop the skills and confidence needed to succeed today and in the future.
June 21, 2013 | Kate Wiley
The skateboarding collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will more than double in size during a special ceremony June 22 in which Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen and other leading skateboarding figures will donate artifacts from their careers.
May 20, 2013 | Kate Wiley
The Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) will present Innoskate, a public festival located at the National Museum of American History on the National Mall, so named to reflect skate culture's widespread innovative spirit.
February 19, 2013 | Kate Wiley
The Academy Awards would be much less colorful without the innovations in 1930s and ’40s Hollywood filmmaking that the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation will showcase in its upcoming “Places of Invention” exhibition, set to open in 2015.
January 31, 2013 | Ford Motor Company Fund
Ford Motor Company Fund today announced a $500,000 contribution to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and its Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. The funds will be used to support and expand the Spark!Lab program challenging kids to create, collaborate and invent.
October 22, 2012 | Kate Wiley
Innovation in American elections has never been “politics as usual,” as audiences will learn when the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation presents “Political Machines: Innovations in Campaigns and Elections” Nov. 2 – 3 at the National Museum of American History.
August 17, 2011 | Kate Wiley
The National Museum of American History will soon be undergoing renovations to its West exhibition wing. To prepare for construction, Spark!Lab—the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation’s hands-on invention activity center—will remain open through Oct. 6.
April 5, 2011 | Kate Wiley
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History today accepted donations relating to the development of autonomous mobile robots in the United States and its Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation unveiled National Robotics Week activities taking place in Spark!Lab, the center’s hands-on invention space in the museum, April 9 through April 16.
March 30, 2011 | Kate Wiley
The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History presents NanoDays 2011, a nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering, April 1 to April 3.
March 23, 2011 | Kate Wiley
The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation is launching the Spark!Lab Outreach Kit Project, an effort to extend the reach of Spark!Lab—the center’s hands-on invention activity center—beyond the walls of the National Museum of American History.
January 7, 2011 | Kate Wiley
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will acquire a skateboard deck ridden by renowned skateboarder Tony Hawk following the closing ceremony this evening at the Quiksilver All 80s All Day Vert Challenge.
