Accession 10-163

Lemelson Center

Website Records, 2010

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of the Lemelson Center website as it existed on July 16, 2010. The Lemelson Center was founded in 1995 at the National Museum of American History. Its mission is to document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation; to encourage inventive creativity in young people; and to foster an appreciation for the central role of invention and innovation in the history of the United States. The website features general information about the Lemelson Center, a calendar of events, online exhibitions, the Invention at Play and Spark!Lab websites, finding aids, the MIND (Modern Inventors Documentation Program) database, podcasts, videos, and press releases.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

Name

• National Museum of American History (U.S.)
• Lemelson Center. Spark!Lab
• Lemelson Center. Modern Inventors Documentation Program
• Invention at Play (Exhibition) (2002- : Washington, D.C.)

Subject

• Inventions
• Inventors
• Technological innovations
• Inventions -- United States -- History
• Museums -- Educational aspects
• Science -- Study and teaching
• Technology -- Study and teaching
• Web sites
• Museums -- Public relations

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

• Electronic records

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-163, Lemelson Center, Website Records

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