Velo Dart Grant Helps Students Build Solar-Powered Velomobile
In December 2022, the Alexander and Mabel Bell Legacy Foundation proudly awarded a grant to Munro Academy’s Production Technology STEM course, giving students the green light to prototype a human/solar-powered, four-season velomobile. Munro Academy, a private preparatory school that fosters highly engaging and transformative learning experiences for its students, is located less than an hour […]
RCM Releases Alexander Graham Bell Circulation Coin
The Royal Canadian Mint celebrated Canada’s spirit of innovation with a commemorative Alexander Graham Bell circulation coin: here’s what you should know. In 2022, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) celebrated Canada’s tremendous spirit of innovation with a commemorative Alexander Graham Bell circulation coin. The release comes just in time to honor Bell’s 175th birthday. Though […]
“Hear My Voice:” Bell’s Earliest Recordings Go Public in 2023
Between 1880 and 1881, Alexander Graham Bell quietly delivered three loads of sealed tin boxes from Volta Laboratories to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. Patent fights loomed on the horizon, and Bell, who held the Smithsonian in high regard, trusted the institution to keep evidence of his experimental recordings and devices safe. Over the […]
Alexander Graham Bell: Spirit of Innovation 100 Years Later
A century after his death, we want to take a deeper dive into the remarkable man behind the spirit of innovation–Alexander Graham Bell.
The Legacy of Mabel Gardiner Hubbard’s Gardens Continues
“The old-fashioned perennial flowers that come up year after year in the same places and are always happy looking and vigorous—They have become to me like old friends, and I should feel very badly to miss them and their greeting.” – Mabel Hubbard Bell Mabel Gardiner Hubbard: Historic Female Scientist Mabel Gardiner Hubbard is frequently […]
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard: 155th Wedding Anniversary
Here’s why we continue to celebrate the love and lasting contributions of Alexander Graham Bell and his Mabel Gardiner Hubbard. You’ve probably heard of the renowned inventor Alexander Graham Bell. But how much do you know about his wife, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard? Here’s a look into the journey of their lifelong partnership. Who Was Mabel […]
World Hearing Day Marks 175th Birthday of Alexander Graham Bell (2022)
Today we celebrate the 15th anniversary of World Hearing Day. But did you know Alexander Graham Bell shares a special connection to this important day? March 3 marks a special day for millions of people across the world. World Hearing Day, a day devoted to raising support and awareness for hearing health, will be commemorated […]
Mabel Bell Documentary
Excerpts from family interviews conducted in Baddeck, August 2017, by Amy DeLouise and Jennifer Schwerin, executive produced by Sara Grosvenor. Edited by Caroline Allnutt. (subtitles coming soon!)