Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
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.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Invention at Play (Exhibition) (2002- : Washington, D.C.)
- Lemelson Center. Modern Inventors Documentation Program
- Lemelson Center. Spark!Lab
- National Museum of American History (U.S.)
Subject
- Inventions
- Inventions -- United States -- History
- Inventors
- Museums -- Educational aspects
- Museums -- Public relations
- Science -- Study and teaching
- Technological innovations
- Technology -- Study and teaching
- Web sites
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-163, Lemelson Center, Website Records