Thomas Edison National Historical Park

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 were run by belts and pulleys and music was played on phonographs. Discover where America’s greatest inventor changed our world forever.

What you’ll hear

29 places to explore in this park.

• 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 11 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex
• Building 1 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
• Gatehouse at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex
• Laboratory Complex Courtyard
• Llewellyn Park
• The Black Maria at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex
• The Blacksmith Shop at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex
• The founding of Thomas Edison National Historical Park
• The Water Tower at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex
• Thomas and Mina Edison's Graves
• Thomas Edison Biography: 1847-1882:  Birth to Pearl Street
• Thomas Edison Biography: 1886-1931. The West Orange Years
• Thomas Edison's family life on the second floor of Glenmont
• Thomas Edison's Glenmont Back Lawn
• Thomas Edison's Glenmont link to the labs
• Thomas Edison's Glenmont Mansion
• Thomas Edison's Laundry Yard and Pump House
• Thomas Edison's Servants: "A League of Nations."
• Thomas Edison- The second owner of Glenmont
• Vault 12 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex
• Vaults 32 and 33 at Thomas Edison's Laboratory Complex