Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Tour Thomas Edison's laboratory complex, library and machine shops, then visit the grounds of his Glenmont estate.

211 Main St · West Orange, NJ

About Thomas Edison National Historical Park

This park preserves the laboratory complex Thomas Edison built in 1887 and Glenmont, his Queen Anne style home about half a mile away. In the lab buildings you see his library, the machine shops and a replica of the Black Maria, the first movie studio, which rotated on a turntable to keep sunlight on its subjects. Work here produced the motion picture camera, improved phonographs and the nickel-iron storage battery. All visits start at the Laboratory Complex.

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