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Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Spark! Places of Innovation: Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street
The City of Newton and the Historic Preservation Commission are excited to bring Spark! Places of Innovation. The display explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities.
Spark! Places of Innovation explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. Inspired by an exhibition by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the exhibition features stories gathered from diverse communities across the nation. Photographs, engaging interactives, objects, videos, and digital stories bring a multilayered experience to reveal the leaders, challenges, successes, and future of innovation in each town. Technical, social, cultural, or artistic– every sort of innovation story is as unique as each community and will be represented in Spark! Places of Innovation.
A Museum on Main Street exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Brought to you by the City of Newton & the Newton Historic Preservation Commission. Inspired by Places of Invention, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Winter Wonderland Market
Get ready for the Winter Wonderland Market, hosted by Newton Main Street! Whether you're looking for last-minute holiday gifts or just want to soak up the festive atmosphere, join us for a delightful shopping experience.
Holiday Trivia
Get ready for a festive evening of fun and excitement at the Holiday Trivia Night, presented by Newton Main Street and sponsored by Newton Hy-Vee!
Event Details:
Date: December 7th
Location: Legacy Plaza, Building 20
Doors Open: 5 PM
Trivia Starts: 6 PM
Tickets:
Price: $25 per person
Team Size: Up to 8 people (Don’t have a team? No problem! Just let us know how many are in your group, and we’ll pair you up to form a team.)
What’s Included:
Enjoy heavy appetizers
Bring your own beverages (BYOB)
Dress & Decorate:
Get creative with your holiday spirit! We’ll have prizes for the best dressed and best table decor. Pick a holiday theme, bring your decorations, and let the festivities begin!
Silent Auction:
Cross someone off your Christmas shopping list while supporting Newton Main Street!
Don’t miss out on this chance to celebrate the season with friends, family, and fellow community members.
Grab your tickets now and get ready for a night of trivia and holiday cheer!
Small Business Saturday
Celebrate Small Business Saturday in Newton! Explore our local Small Businesses and support our community of Entrepreneurs. Get your Shop Small bags from Newton Main Street starting @ 10 AM.
Free Holiday Movie Screening at Capitol II Theatre
Get into the holiday spirit with a FREE screening of Elf at Capitol II Theatre! Bring the kids and join us at 9:15 AM on November 29th and 30th for a morning of fun. The movie starts at 10 AM
Newton Chamber of Commerce's Santa's Workshop
Santa’s Workshop will be open for visits on Saturday, November 30th, from 9 AM to 1 PM during Shop Small Saturday. Come out and celebrate the spirit of Christmas with us!