Innovative Lives

Innovative Lives is one of several “virtual exhibits and explorations” available on the web site of the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. The Lemelson Center is part of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. Founded in 1995, 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 invention and innovation play in the history of the United States”. The Lemelson Center began its “Innovative Lives” program for middle school students in 1995....