Experience the world's best known inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, in this well-preserved laboratory complex and the home he shared with his wife, Mina Miller Edison.
Address: Edison National Historic Site, Main Street and Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052-5612, United States
Phone: 1 (973) 736-0550, Fax: 1 (973) 736-6567
Hours:
9am-5pm; Closed: Mon, Tue
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Disability Access: Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.
Glenmont was Edison's home from 1886 until his death in 1931. This Queen Anne-style mansion contains original furnishings with Edison's "thought bench" located on the second floor - this is where he conceived many of his inventions.
Address: Edison National Historic Site, Main Street and Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052-5612, United States
Phone: 1 (973) 736-0550, Fax: 1 (973) 736-6567
The Laboratory includes the Chemistry Lab, the Main Lab, which contains the 1887 Machine Shops, Stock Rooms and Offices and the Powerhouse which now houses a Museum and Visitor Center.
Address: Edison National Historic Site, Main Street and Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052-5612, United States
Phone: 1 (973) 736-0550, Fax: 1 (973) 736-6567
Turtle Back Zoo houses animals in paddock enclosures and features an animal nursery. Visitors can enjoy the walk-through reptile exhibit, the renovated wold woods exhibit and open air picnic pavilion with playground.
Hours:
10am-4:30pm; Sun:11am-5:30pm
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25)