WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has new exhibits focusing on inventions and innovations.
They open to the public July 1.
“Places of Invention” provides snapshots of times and places in which significant progress was made.
The adjoining “Spark!Lab” is a hands-on invention workshop for children and families, and the “Object Project” area features “everyday things that changed everything.”
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