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Innovative Lives 2023

What kind of place stimulates creative minds and sparks invention and innovation? The answer may surprise you.

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  • Innovative Lives: Theresa Dankovich and Madison Maxey primary image

    Innovative Lives: Theresa Dankovich and Madison Maxey

    Wed, May 10 • 6:15 PM

    Free

  • Innovative Lives: Amy Prieto and Sunil Cherian primary image

    Innovative Lives: Amy Prieto and Sunil Cherian

    Wed, Apr 12 • 4:00 PM EDT

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  • Innovative Lives: Beverly Wood primary image

    Innovative Lives: Beverly Wood

    Wed, Mar 8 • 4:00 PM EST

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Organizer of Innovative Lives 2023
The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center engages, educates, and empowers the public to participate in technological, economic, and social change. Drawing on and contributing to the Smithsonian Institution’s world-leading collections of artifacts and archives, the Lemelson Center’s scholarship and programming advance the historical study of invention and innovation, encourage children and adults to apply their curiosity to real-world problems, and showcase the diversity of inventors who have shaped world history.