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 ...
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Contact
973-736-0550, 973-736-6567
edis.interpretation@gmail.com
Activities
  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking
  • Junior Ranger Program
Entrance fees
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.
Campgrounds Count: 0
Places Count: 26
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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