Editing National Inventors Hall of Fame (section)

== Activities ==
[[File:USPTO4000.JPG|thumb|U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Madison Building in [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]], home to the National Inventors Hall of Fame museum]]
In Alexandria, the National Inventors Hall of Fame operates a museum in the [[U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]] building at 600 Dulany Street, with a gallery of digital portraits of the honorees, interactive kiosks and a theater.<ref>{{cite web| title=Our Museum is a National Monument to Innovation| url=http://invent.org/hall-of-fame/| website=National Inventors Hall of Fame| access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> Admission is free.

In addition to the exhibits of the artifacts and documents from the collections of the Patent and Trademark Office, it also sponsors Camp Invention, Club Invention, and the Collegiate Inventors Competition.

Camp Invention, founded in 1990, is a daytime summer camp for children, with program sites in 49 states.<ref>Ali, Aman (June 15, 2006). [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_multi=AK|&p_product=AK&p_theme=gatehouse&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Camp%20demands%20creativity:%20Youngsters%20enjoy%20hands-on%20learning%20in%20one%20of%20many%20National%20Inventors%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20programs%20AND%20date(6/1/2006%20to%206/30/2006)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=6/1/2006%20to%206/30/2006)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(Camp%20demands%20creativity:%20Youngsters%20enjoy%20hands-on%20learning%20in%20one%20of%20many%20National%20Inventors%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20programs)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no Camp demands creativity: Youngsters enjoy hands-on learning in one of many National Inventors Hall of Fame programs] ''Akron Beacon Journal'' Accessed April 17, 2020, Subscription required.</ref> Camp Invention is the only nationally recognized summer program focused on creativity, innovation, real-world problem solving and the spirit of the invention.

The Collegiate Inventors Competition was created in 1990 to encourage college and university students to be creative and innovative with science, engineering, and technology for dealing with the problems of the world. Since then, with the help from the sponsors, it has awarded more than $1 million to the winning students in two categories, undergraduate and graduate. In 2012, the first places were won with a delivery therapy for treating [[cancer]] and a way to facilitate [[suturing]] in abdominal surgery. Other finalists included the use of [[CT scanning]] and [[3-D printing]] technology to replicate an amputee's lost hand, a low-profile shoulder brace that can be applied by the athletes themselves, and an electric motorcycle that runs on spheres instead of wheels.<ref>{{cite press release| title=Collegiate Inventors Honored for Innovative Science and Technology Advances| publisher=National Inventors Hall of Fame| url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/collegiate-inventors-honored-for-innovative-science-and-technology-advances-179142191.html| via=[[PR Newswire]]| date=November 13, 2012| access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>