Make an Invention

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Museum

Scope and Contents

During the workshop, students created three-dimensional models of original inventions or innovations after a guided tour of the museum's exhibition on African American inventors titled 'The Real McCoy: Afro-American Invention and Innovation 1619-1930.' Workshop was recommended for third and fourth grade students. The workshop was held at the Anacostia Museum on February 5, 1990.

Workshop. Related to exhibition 'The Real McCoy: Afro-American Invention and Innovation 1619-1930.' AV002113 and AV002116: dated 19900205. AV002058: undated.

Date

1990

Extent

3 Video recordings (VHS)

Type

Archival materials

Video recordings

Topic

African Americans

African American inventors

Inventors

Inventions

Technological innovations

Education -- Museums

Children

Museums and community

Museum exhibits

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Citation

Make an Invention, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier

ACMA.03-026, Item ACMA AV002113

Local Numbers

ACMA AV002116 ACMA AV002058

General

Title transcribed from physical asset and calendar of events for Jan/Feb 1990.