Visitors are challenged to create whirligigs in the Invention at Play exhibition developed by the Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian’ Museum of American History and the Science Museum of Minnesota. Museum educators were involved in all aspects of development, working with exhibit developers, designers, inventors, and historians.

Al Nappo and his son, Max, age 3, experiment and explore with Whirligigs in teh Invention Playhouse.

Smithsonian Photo by Richard Strauss

The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History, examines the playful side of invention and the inventive side play in “Invention at Play,” an interactive exhibition for the playful of all ages.

July 19-December 29, 2002