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[Clockwise] Lisa Cook, Cathleen Lewis, and Rayvon Fouché opened Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives.

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Facts and Figures

March 9, 2021 by Lemelson Center

In 2020, the Center pivoted much of its work to the digital realm to serve our audiences.

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Except where noted, all figures are for calendar year 2020.

In-Person Engagement, January–early March 2020

Participants at Lemelson Center public programs: 2,646

Visitors to Draper Spark!Lab: 25,522

Visitors to Places of Invention and Inventive Minds exhibitions: 78,000

Docent interactions with visitors to Places of Invention and Inventive Minds: 500 (January–February only)

 Visitors to all Spark!Lab Network Sites: 140,000

Digital Engagement

Lemelson Center website total visitation: 746,380 pageviews

Lemelson Center blog page views: 42,631

Lemelson Center YouTube: 34.9K views, 4.8K hours (200 days), 38 new subscribers

Digital Spark!Lab activities: 8,500, views

Social Media

Facebook: 2.7K total fans; 84 new fans in 2020; 227 engagements including 209 reactions, 80 shares; 35 original posts; 11.8k impressions; 4.2k users reached

Twitter: 4.1k total followers; 327 new followers in 2020; 113 original tweets; 732 engagements; 349 mentions;  234.3k impressions

Instagram: 1,770 followers; 27 posts;  1,278 engagements;  21,104 impressions;  16,201 users reached

Lemelson Center Budget

Endowment revenue: $1,525,000

All other support: $350,000

Spending on salary & benefits: $ 1,675,000

Spending on education, fellowships, programs, and public engagement: $225,000

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