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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar signs autographs for Innovative Lives guests. © 2018 Smithsonian Institution; photo by Jaclyn Nash

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2018 Lemelson Center Activities Report

July 29, 2019 by Lemelson Center

The Lemelson Center had a dynamic 2018, featuring significant public engagement ranging from Draper Spark!Lab at the National Museum of American History to the expanding Spark!Lab network to invention and innovation festivals and our Innovative Lives program series.

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The Lemelson Center engages, educates, and empowers the public to participate in technological, economic, and social change. We undertake historical research, develop education initiatives, create exhibitions, and host public programming to advance new perspectives on invention and innovation and to foster interactions between the public and inventors.

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