About the Lemelson Center
The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study
of Invention and Innovation was founded in 1995 at the Smithsonian
Institution's National Museum of American History through
a generous gift from the Lemelson
Foundation.
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Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Lemelson Center, 1996.
L to R: former NMAH director Spencer Crew, Dorothy Lemelson, Jerome Lemelson, and Lemelson Center director Art Molella. Smithsonian photo by Jeff Tinsley. |
The Lemelson Center’s mission:
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To document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation |
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To encourage inventive creativity in young people |
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To foster an appreciation for the central role of
invention and innovation in the history of the United
States |
Through public events, programs for students, publications,
research opportunities, exhibitions, and this Web site,
the Center:
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Records the past, by preserving and increasing access to records and artifacts |
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Broadens our understanding of history, through research, discussion, and dissemination of ideas |
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Looks towards the future, by engaging young people in the study and exploration of invention and innovation |
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center
for the Study of Invention and Innovation
National Museum of American History
Room 1016, MRC 604
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Phone: 202-633-3450
Fax: 202-357-4517
E-mail: LemCen@si.edu
Web: invention.smithsonian.org
NOTE: The National Museum of American
History is currently closed for a major architectural transformation.
The Museum is scheduled to reopen in fall 2008. For more
information, visit
the Museum's Web site.
Download
the Lemelson Center 2007 Activities Report
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