What will you Invent?
In Spark!Lab, we believe everyone is inventive.
Every day we provide opportunities for children and families to explore their inventive creativity—to create, innovate, collaborate, and problem-solve—because these experiences empower kids to develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed today and in the future.
Spark!Lab was developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
What will you invent?
In Spark!Lab, we believe everyone is inventive.
Every day we provide opportunities for children and families to explore their inventive creativity—to create, innovate, collaborate, and problem-solve—because these experiences empower kids to develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed today and in the future.
Spark!Lab was developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Our amazing Activities
- Build a vehicle
- Design a musical soundscape
- Invent ways to clean up the ocean
- Create something that hovers in a vertical wind tunnel
- New activities will be rotated in so it never gets old!
Through Spark!Lab experience historic objects from Conner Prairie's collection through the stories of innovation.
Our Amazing activities
- Build a vehicle
- Design a musical soundscape
- Invent ways to clean up the ocean
- Create something that hovers in a vertical wind tunnel
- New activities will be rotated in so it never gets old!
Through Spark!Lab experience historic objects from Conner Prairie's collection through the stories of innovation.
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Recent News on SPark!Lab
Conner Prairie Announces Opening of Smithsonian Spark!Lab Invention Space
Spark!Lab is Developed by the Smithsonian to Bring Hands-On Invention Learning to Cultural Organizations Nationwide FISHERS, Ind. (June 8, 2022) – Indiana living history museum, Conner Prairie, announces today the…
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Recent News on Spark!Lab
Conner Prairie Announces Opening of Smithsonian Spark!Lab Invention Space
Spark!Lab is Developed by the Smithsonian to Bring Hands-On Invention Learning to Cultural Organizations Nationwide FISHERS, Ind. (June 8, 2022) – Indiana living history museum, Conner Prairie, announces today the…
READ MOREMEDIA COVERAGE
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