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POSTAL ADDRESS Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation National Museum of American History Room 1016, MRC 604 Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012		PHYSICAL ADDRESS FOR DELIVERIES Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation National Museum of American History Room 1016, MRC 604 Smithsonian Institution 14th Street & Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20560-0604

The Smithsonian's Lemelson Center is dedicated to exploring invention in history and encouraging inventive creativity in young people. The Center is supported by The Lemelson Foundation, a private philanthropy established by one of the country's most prolific inventors, Jerome Lemelson, and his family. The Lemelson Center is located in the National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C.

The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except on Dec. 25. Admission is free.