The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and InnovationThe Lemelson Center promotes the public understanding of invention through a variety of outreach programs, including Innovative Lives, a series of interactive lectures for middle-school children. The Center’s 1999 theme is Invention at Play. The Lemelson Center Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, MRC 604 Washington, DC 20560 Tel: 202-633-8090 Fax: 202-357-4517 E-mail: lemcen@nmah.si.edu Web: www.si.edu/lemelson