Be advised that the NPS has issued alerts for this park.

Glenmont Mansion Tours Closed

The Glenmont estate mansion tours are currently closed to accomodate ongoing renovation work. Grounds passes will be issued on Saturdays and Sundays for visitors to tour the estate grounds. The Laboratory Complex remains open.

New Park Hours

The park will be open to the public Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Park buildings will begin to close at 3:00 p.m. Please plan your visit accordingly.

Title Thomas Edison
Park Code edis
Description Today, the brick buildings on Main Street in West Orange, NJ seem quiet, betraying little evidence of the research, development, and innovation of their heyday. Visitors can step back in time to Thomas Edison’s home and laboratory, when machines ...
Location
Contact
Activities
  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking
  • Junior Ranger Program
Entrance fees
Timed Entry Reservation - Location
$1.00
Tickets for the Glenmont Estate tour can be purchased only on the Recreation.gov website. When booking your reservation, please remember all adults AND children must have a tour ticket. There is a $ 1.00 per ticket nonrefundable reservation fee.
Entrance - Education/Academic Groups
$10.00
THIS GUIDED WALKING TOUR IS FOR Elementary, Middle, and College Groups to learn about Thomas Edison’s West Orange Laboratory as a working invention factory where ideas became products, and those products became industries we all enjoy today.
Entrance - Per Person
$15.00
Children 15 and under free of charge. Visitors may pay the fee on the day of their visit at the visitor center, or may choose to pay it online via Recreation.gov. Visitors to Glenmont and the Edison home must also pay this entrance fee. Credit or debt card payments only.
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Places Count: 29

1914 Fire at Thomas Edison's Laboratory

Audio Description of Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex Courtyard

Birding and guests to Thomas Edison's home, Glenmont

Building 1 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Building 11 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Building 2 The Chemical Laboratory at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Building 3- The Pattern Shop at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Building 4 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Building 5 at Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Building 6 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Building 6 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Gatehouse at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Laboratory Complex Courtyard

The courtyard area of Thomas Edison's historic Laboratory Complex

Llewellyn Park

The Black Maria at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

The Blacksmith Shop at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

The Water Tower at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

The founding of Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Thomas Edison Biography: 1847-1882:  Birth to Pearl Street

Thomas Edison Biography: 1886-1931. The West Orange Years

Thomas Edison's Glenmont Back Lawn

Thomas Edison's Glenmont Mansion

Thomas Edison's Glenmont link to the labs

Thomas Edison's Laundry Yard and Pump House

Thomas Edison's Servants: "A League of Nations."

Thomas Edison's family life on the second floor of Glenmont

Thomas Edison- The second owner of Glenmont

Thomas and Mina Edison's Graves

Vault 12 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Vaults 32 and 33 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex

Visitor Centers Count: 1

Laboratory Complex Visitor Center

  • Laboratory Complex Visitor Center
  • Thomas Edison Laboratory Complex & Glenmont Grounds will be open to the public Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday. All visitors must begin at the Laboratory Complex. The park is closed to the public from January through mid-March.
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Tours Count: 2

Glenmont Grounds Self-Guided Tour

Using your cell phone, explore the grounds of Thomas Edison's Estate, Glenmont. Learn about the home he shared with his second Wife, Mina Miller Edison, as well as with their children, Madeline, Charles and Theodore.

Laboratory Courtyard Self-Guided Tour

Using your own cell phone, dial into a tour of the Laboratory Courtyard. Learn how the different buildings were used by Thomas Edison and his Company. Explore stories about the people who worked at the laboratory. You can listen to one stop or all of the stops.

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