One of the best perks of working at the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center is the opportunity to meet inventors and innovators from a wide variety of...
When I told my friends and family that I would be out of town on a work trip in July for a skateboarding and innovation festival in South Dakota, the...
Until the skateboarders came along, Vans had no real direction, no specific purpose as a business other than to make the best shoes possible. . ....
When I first began my job at the Lemelson Center, I was most surprised by the Innoskate program. At the time I did not quite understand why the...
Sports and innovation has been a subject of great interest to the Lemelson Center that we highlight as part of our 2016-2020 strategic planning...
Editor’s note: This post is by Natalie Scavuzzo, an intern in the National Museum of American History’s Office of Public Affairs. Natalie is a junior...
This post is by Joel Pelovitz, an intern working on the Innoskate and Places of Invention projects. Joel is a recent graduate from Muhlenberg College...
In December, I shared my experiences traveling to Orlando in 2011 to begin a new Lemelson Center initiative into the exploration of invention...
In August 2012, the Lemelson Center invited Rodney Mullen, the unquestioned leader and pioneer of street skating, to visit us to discuss the role of...
In January 2011 I found myself in a rather unusual place—at the National Surf and Skate Expo in Orlando, FL. Along with my colleagues Jane Rogers, an...
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