Imagine, build, test, and invent in Spark!Lab, a hands-on maker space where creativity takes center stage. Designed for children, families, and curious minds of all ages, Spark!Lab invites visitors to experiment, solve challenges, and bring their ideas to life through open-ended exploration.
Unlike traditional craft activities, there are no step-by-step instructions or “right” answers. Instead, you’ll tackle real-world problems, brainstorm creative solutions, and discover what it takes to think like an inventor. Along the way, you’ll learn about groundbreaking inventions and innovators from American history while exploring the ideas and technologies shaping our world today.
Whether you’re designing, building, testing, or reimagining something entirely new, every visit to Spark!Lab is a chance to create, collaborate, and see where your imagination can take you.
Project Supporters
Beveridge Family Foundation
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
Eversource
Hologic, Inc.
Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation
Donald and Francine Pratt
Originally opened at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 2008, Spark!Lab is the flagship educational initiative of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
