Invention Stories

Build a LEGO Light Bulb

Detailed instructions included!

Explore it!

During National Inventors’ Month 2009, the Lemelson Center and LEGO Systems, Inc., hosted a two-day collaborative build of an eight-foot-tall lightbulb made entirely of LEGO bricks at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The universal symbol of a big idea, the lightbulb was assembled by Museum visitors with the help of LEGO master builders. It weighed 400 pounds and was made up of 300,000 LEGO bricks!

See cool photos from the event!

Create it!

Use these instructions to build a mini-model of the lightbulb using your own LEGO bricks!

Instruction sheet for building a LEGO light bulb

Build your own LEGO light bulb!