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Thomas Edison National Historical Park, West Orange, NJ

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Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Thomas Edison National Historical Park is a museum in West Orange, NJ, part of the New York City guide. Cost: under $25.

211 Main St · West Orange, NJ

Why you should go…

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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