Tricia Edwards

Tricia Edwards is the Head of Education for the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History. She develops the conceptual framework for the Center’s educational programs and activities, including Spark!Lab, a hands-on invention workspace for children and families.

She recently led the design and development of the renovated Spark!Lab which opened at NMAH on July 1, 2015. She is also working to broaden Spark!Lab’s impact beyond the National Mall, and has overseen installations of Spark!Labs in Anchorage, AK; Pittsfield, MA; Kansas City, MO; and in Reno, NV. She also managed temporary Spark!Lab installations in Gurgaon, India (2014) and Kyiv, Ukraine (2012), and will oversee the installation of additional Spark!Labs in the U.S. in 2016 and beyond. She is also co-chair of an NMAH committee charged with developing the intellectual framework for the renovation and redevelopment of the exhibitions in the museum’s East Wing.