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Thomas Edison National Historical Park

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Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Phone:
+1 973-736-0550

Hours:
Sunday10am - 4pm
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday10am - 4pm


Thomas Edison National Historical Park preserves Thomas Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont, in Llewellyn Park in West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. These were designed, in 1887, by Henry Hudson Holly. For more than 40 years, the laboratory had a major impact on the lives of people worldwide. Out of the West Orange laboratories came the motion picture camera, improved phonographs, sound recordings, silent and sound movies and the nickel-iron alkaline electric storage battery. The history of how the site became a National Historical Park is complicated. Edison's home was designated as the Edison Home National Historic Site on December 6, 1955. The laboratory was designated as Edison Laboratory National Monument on July 14, 1956. On September 5, 1962, the 21-acre site containing the home and the laboratory were designated the Edison National Historic Site and overseen by the National Park Service. On March 30, 2009, it was renamed Thomas Edison National Historical Park, adding Thomas to the title in hopes to relieve confusion between the Edison sites in West Orange and Edison, New Jersey. Following extensive renovations of the laboratory complex, there was a grand reopening on October 10, 2009.
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