City Sponsors Summer-Long Scavenger Hunt in Celebration of 10 Millionth U.S. Patent
The City’s Office of Historic Alexandria will coordinate participation by the following City museums: Alexandria Black History Museum, Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, The Lyceum, Fort Ward Museum, and Friendship Firehouse Museum.
The scavenger hunt opened June 2, and runs through Labor Day (September 3). Participating museums will have engaging new exhibits featuring historical patents. In addition to the exhibits, each participating museum will have different USPTO inventor trading cards. Each card features a caricature of a real inventor and information about one of their significant patents. The goal of the scavenger hunt is to collect all of the trading cards from the participating museums. Participants are encouraged to make sure to stop by each spot on the map to collect all of the trading cards.