Spark! Places of Innovation

Spark! Places of Innovation A traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street (MoMS) program, dives into innovation and invention happening in rural America. In small towns across America, people are creating new products, taking risks, meeting challenges together, and seizing upon exciting opportunities that change local life and sometimes reach far beyond. Spark! features stories from over 30 rural communities across the nation that reveal the dynamic relationship between place and creativity. Technical, social, cultural, artistic, or a combination of all of these—every innovation is as unique as each community. Spark! Places of Innovation is part of MoMS, a unique collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Alabama Humanities Alliance, Landmarks of DeKalb County, City of Fort Payne and Fort Payne Main Street. Explore the ingenuity and tenacity of rural Americans in Spark! Places of Innovation. Catch the Spark! February 20, 2026-March 25, 2026 Fort Payne Coal & Iron Building, 500 Gault Avenue N.
Monday-Friday 10am-4pm Evenings & weekends by appointment. For more information contact: Landmarks of DeKalb County 256-845-6888