From the 7/22/05 Akron Beacon Journal:

 

 

Inventors hall differs from dream

At age 10, it's no tourism magnet, but it has national scope, better finances

By Paula Schleis

Beacon Journal staff writer

 

Invention is rarely a neat, orderly process.

 

The workspace is littered with signs of the creative struggle and early failures.

 

And quite often, the outcome is something entirely different from what the creator had intended.

 

Such has been the fate of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

 

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http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/12195800.htm

 

cool, I didn't even know the museum existed!

From the 10/14/05 Akron Beacon Journal:

 

 

Inventors hall finds 'perfect partner'

History Channel teams with hall to search for next great invention

By Paula Schleis

Beacon Journal staff writer

 

In recent years, the National Inventors Hall of Fame has focused on spreading its name and its message across the nation.

 

This week, it reached Hollywood.

 

The Akron institution announced a joint project with the History Channel to search for America's next great invention.

 

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http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/12899779.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_news

 

From the 10/10/06 Akron Beacon Journal:

 

 

School plans get green light

Cluster classrooms and labs for students at National Inventors Hall of Fame site

By Stephanie Warsmith

Beacon Journal staff writer

 

The new Akron school inside the National Inventors Hall of Fame will feature clusters of classrooms and labs.

 

The building will be 80,000 square feet -- 30,000 square feet of renovated space and a 50,000-square-foot addition to the museum.

 

The state and local share for the project will be about $13.8 million, though project leaders hope to raise more from private sources before the school can open in 2008.

 

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http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/education/15721413.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_news

 

From the 11/28/06 (UA) Buchtelite:

 

 

National museum hopes to draw students

by Vincent Dorsey

Buchtelite News Reporter

Staff

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Every invention has its own unique story.

 

Those stories are told in the hands-on exhibits and displays at the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron.

 

The stories combine to create a history of invention over the past 200 years.

 

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http://www.buchtelite.com/2006/1128/news_05.shtml