The Floating Museum's first exhibit will sail the Chicago River in August. Back in May, we learned that a floating museum housed on an industrial barge would be making its way up the Chicago River this summer, bringing art exhibitions and special programming to neighborhoods throughout the city.
Web. 13 Dec. 2012. The Significance: Who: Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell. What: The inventions they contributed to the World were: Telephone, Telegraph, Cameras, Printing Telegraph(Device to record information about the gold price), Electricity through a wire, Light bulb.
Though he is credited with its invention, Alexander Graham Bell refused to have a telephone in his study, fearing it would distract him from his scientific work. Bell, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, was educated there and at the University of London. He also studied under his grandfather, Alexander Bell, a noted speech teacher.