Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Thomas Edison National Historical Park is a national park West Orange located in United States.

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    (973) 736-0550

  • Website

    nps.gov/index.htm

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    National Park

Address

211 Main St West Orange , NJ 07052 United States

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Loved this NPS Site! Have always wanted to visit. Amazing being able to wander the buildings and better understand the "Edison Process", <aclass="entity url"rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nps.gov/edis/index.htm"target="_blank" data-sig="KIRnpOkR75EhxSxN6RZzt5EU8QU=" onmousedown="fourSq.ui.OutgoingLink.mousedown($(this), event)" data-source="tip-text">http://www.nps.gov/edis/index.htm</a>

Alison Curtin

Gem of a National Park site-what Edison accomplished with his team here is just beyond belief. Work hard and innovate! Great American story!

al viciedo

Explore the 3rd floor of the Main Laboratory Building (Building 5), take a look at some of the rarest phonographs in the world. Take the free guided tour of the Chemistry laboratory . Enjoy!

James C

It's an awesome experience great exhibits and films . Really a top notch site for all to see.

Robert Accettura

Fascinating to see all the old equipment in the workshop. So well preserved it looks like they could start it right up.

Courtney♎️

If you have kids, let them complete the Junior Ranger Book to earn a Junior Park Ranger Badge!!!!

The Hub Murray Hill

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chrissy spaziano

Take the children they will enjoy it! Even the adults. It has his old movie studio on sight.

Noah DellaPietro

the library is incredible! so many books ...so many floorssss

Jacque Wickens

Everyone should see how America was founded by inventions

Maria Guralewycz

Amazing location!!

Robby Hill

Plan ahead to go tour the house

Alan Schulman

Walk the grounds and enjoy real peace and quiet close to NYC

William Álvarez

You cannot miss the chemistry lab tour with Diana, fascinating stories are told.

chrissy spaziano

Excellent place to visit!

Jonathan Oatis

Inventor Thomas Edison's grand mansion and fascinating labs make for a great day trip. Learn about the origins of the light bulb , the phonograph and movies . Read more

Lizzie Borden

Great place to visit

Ben Fitzpatrick

More than light bulbs

Dan Odomirok

Smells like old people.

Irem D.

tek kelimeyle sahane!

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