The Patent: from Classical Antiquity to Modern Industry
Riza Brown, Curator Riza Brown, Curator

The Patent: from Classical Antiquity to Modern Industry

When we think of invention, often we picture the invention process– coming up with an idea, creating a prototype for that idea, patenting the invention, and then going to production. 

A patent, or a government grant to an inventor of the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention...

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NBIM Celebrates Black Innovators: The Black Dressmaker who Transformed Ironing
Black History Month, Women's History Month Riza Brown, Curator Black History Month, Women's History Month Riza Brown, Curator

NBIM Celebrates Black Innovators: The Black Dressmaker who Transformed Ironing

Sarah (Marshall) Boone was born enslaved in New Bern, North Carolina in 1832. She married very young (only 14 or 15!) and moved to New Haven after her freedom was purchased, ostensibly by her new husband, a freedman. They had eight children and had relocated to Connecticut by 1856, six years before the start of the Civil War...

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Announcing our new website!
New Britain Industrial Museum New Britain Industrial Museum

Announcing our new website!

We told you something new was coming, and…. It’s here! NBIM is proud to present our brand new website!

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