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Explore the playful side of invention and the inventive side of play in Invention at Play, produced at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. This is a highly interactive traveling exhibit that focuses on the similarities between the way children and adults play and the creative processes used by innovators in science and technology. You'll find links to several flash activities and also mini-biographies of inventors.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=946">Lemelson Center. Invention at Play.</a>
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Lemelson Center. (n.d.). Invention at Play. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://invention.si.edu/tags/invention-play
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Lemelson Center. Invention at Play. https://invention.si.edu/tags/invention-play (accessed 15 October 2026).
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Lemelson Center. Invention at Play. 15 Oct. 2026 <https://invention.si.edu/tags/invention-play>.
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Author = "Lemelson Center",
Title = {Invention at Play},
Volume = {2026},
Number = {15 October 2026},
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}
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