Inventors Hall Of Fame Gets New Home
The National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum, which honors the creators of the telephone, wrinkle-free cotton, the television remote control and hundreds of other innovations, has moved to the Patent and Trademark Office's Alexandria, Va., campus. The hall of fame was founded in 1973 by the PTO and the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations and was originally housed at the PTO's old headquarters building. The museum outgrew its location and moved to Akron, Ohio where it opened to the public in 1995 and where it developed additional programs. The Akron building closed last year for construction of the National Inventors Hall of Fame School, Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Learning, which will open this fall. The organization's headquarters will remain in Ohio.
"We are delighted that the National Inventors Hall of Fame has returned to its roots at the United States Patent and Trademark Office," Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the PTO John Doll said. "The journey to induction begins here with a patent, so it is only appropriate that those innovators who have truly transformed our lives should be honored at our headquarters." The musem's opening is being celebrated with a new exhibit, "Inventive Links" -- a show that illustrates the unexpected way in which modern technology is interlinked. The museum also features an interactive kiosk with biographical profiles and information on all 390 inductees.
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