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.