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Research Opportunities

The Lemelson Center offers research grants and training opportunities in the history of invention through fellowships, travel to collections awards, and archival internships.

 

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Lemelson Center Archival Internship

Lemelson Center Archival Interns work on invention-related collections at the National Museum of American History Archives Center.

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Lemelson Center Travel to Collections Awards

The Lemelson Center offers support in the form of short-term travel awards for researchers to come to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and use the Archives Center's 20,000 feet of archival materials.

Fellow Rachel Gross presents her research during a museum colloquium
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Lemelson Center Fellowship Program

The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program supports projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society.

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Arthur Molella Distinguished Fellowship

The Arthur Molella Distinguished Fellowship is endowed by The Lemelson Foundation and supports the work of senior scholars in recognition of Dr. Arthur P. Molella, founding director of the Lemelson Center.

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Lemelson Center Fellows 1996–Present

Meet our current and past Lemelson Center Fellows and read about their research projects.

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Lemelson Center Travel to Collections Awards Recipients, 1999–Present

Meet past Travel to Collections Award recipients and read about their research projects based on invention collections in the Museum's Archives Center.

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Lemelson Center Archival Interns, 1995–Present

Meet past Lemelson Center archival interns and read about their projects.

2015 Lemelson Fellow Gerardo Con Diaz
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Alumni Fellows Claim 2015 SHOT Awards

I was thrilled to attend the Society for the History of Technology conference and watch three past Lemelson Fellows take home awards.

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Interning at Innoskate

As a former skateboarder, Innoskate intertwined my interests for history and skateboarding, creating new perspectives that I had never before considered!

Legendary vibraphone virtuoso and bandleader Lionel Hampton graces the 2013 Jazz Appreciation Month poster.
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Perks of the Job: Up Close and Personal with the Jazz Collections

April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and we do it in style here at the National Museum of American History, with a full schedule of donation ceremonies by jazz legends, talks on jazz history, and several live performances.

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Universal Design and the Museum: Technological Developments

In her third and final post, Lemelson Fellow Aimi Hamraie discusses some of the technological features of accessibility at the National Museum of American History.

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Intern Perspective: A Summer of Real Work

Kevin Borow spent the summer of 2012 as a Lemelson Center video intern. He has since graduated from American University and moved to Hollywood!

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Universal Design and the Museum: Sensory Features

Lemelson Fellow Aimi Hamraie discusses some of the design features of museum exhibits that incorporate sensory information appealing to sight, touch, sound, and even smell!

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Universal Design and the Museum

Lemelson Fellow Aimi Hamraie looks at the mobility features—meaning how the space is designed for people with disabilities, particularly wheelchair users, to move through it—in "America on the Move."

Our fabulous Lemelson Center Fellows, left to right: Matthew Hockenberry, Hallie Lieberman, Steven Wilf, and Aimi Hamraie.
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In Residence: The Lemelson Center 2012 Fellows

One of the most rewarding aspects of my job is that I get to coordinate the Lemelson Center’s Fellows Program. The Fellows Program is one of the many ways that we fulfill the research component of our mission, “To foster an appreciation for the ce

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Words from a Lemelson Center Intern

Interning with the Lemelson Center is a great experience for history-technology nerds!

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