Accession 12-586

Lemelson Center

Exhibition Records, 1996-2006

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records that document the Lemelson Center exhibitions Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize and Invention at Play. Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize explored the motivation and vision of Nobel laureates and the history of Alfred Bernhard Nobel and his prize. Invention at Play was structured as an interactive exhibition that examined the similarities between the ways children and adults play and the creative processes used by innovators in science and technology. Opening in 2002, Invention at Play (IAP) was both a traveling exhibition and permanent exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) until it closed in 2011. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, permissions, proposals, publicity records, and clippings.

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Restrictions

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2022; Transferring office; 8/8/2003 memorandum, Johnstone to Oswald; Contact reference staff for details.

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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

• Invention at Play (Exhibition) (2002-2011: Washington, D.C.)
• National Museum of American History (U.S.)
• Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.)
• Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896

Subject

• Adulthood
• Children
• Inventions
• Inventors
• Museum exhibits
• Nobel Prizes
• Science
• Technological innovations
• Technology

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

• Clippings
• Manuscripts

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 12-586, Lemelson Center, Exhibition Records

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