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Spark!Lab

Full Color Sound

Can you hear color?

Places of Invention

Saying Goodbye to Columbia House

Columbia House introduced me to some of my favorite bands. Now, the music distribution innovator is no more.

Research Opportunities

Perks of the Job: Up Close and Personal with the Jazz Collections

April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and we do it in style here at the National Museum of American History, with a full schedule of donation ceremonies by jazz legends, talks on jazz history, and several live performances.

Places of Invention

Innovating Jazz: The Pittsburgh Sound

Our Affiliate partner in Pittsburgh is investigating how the city's geography, community, and networks shaped their distinctive jazz sound for the "Places of Invention" project.

Places of Invention

Academic Hip-Hop

Both insiders and outsiders contribute valuable perspective to courses on hip-hop music taught at colleges and universities.

Places of Invention

My Trip Behind the Scenes of NMAH's Hip-Hop Collection

It’s always exciting going into the vaults of a museum’s collection. Ok, so actually they’re rarely “vaults,” but it’s still exciting to open collection cabinets and discover what objects may lie inside.

Beyond Words

Podcast: Remo Belli, Father of the Modern Drumhead

Drummer and entrepreneur Remo Belli changed the face (and head) of an industry.

Beyond Words

Podcast: Andy Bozanic Explores the History of the Acoustic Guitar

In the age of electrification, American acoustic guitar makers didn't fret.

Invention Stories

Hip-Hop and African American Innovation

The creation of heroes has been important for American society. Heroes help define what it means to be an American, produce narratives about our collective historical past, stabilize our cultural surroundings, and represent the best of what we want our culture to be.

Archives

Elmer Gates Papers, 1894-1988 (bulk 1894-1910)

Inventor Name Gates, Elmer

Archives

Hugh Le Caine Fonds, 1943-1977

Inventor Name Le Caine, Hugh Repository Library and Archives Canada395 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0N4CANADAReference: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

Archives

Sylvester (Adrian F.) John Muir Memorial Park, Wisc. Papers, 1954-1982

Inventor Name Adrian, Sylvester "Syl"

Archives

Paul Rolland Papers, 1943-1978

Inventor Name Rolland, Paul.

Archives

Madison, Wisconsin, Inventors, 1997

Inventor Name West Field, Cyrus; Dowd, Charles Ferdinand; Munger, George Nicholas; Coe, Walter H; Schailer, Reuben; Duryea, J. Frank Repository Guilford Free LibraryGuilford, CT Physical Description 1 item (11 typewritten p.)