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Edison National Historic SiteThomas Edison's Laboratory Complex as it was about 1900.
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Edison National Historic Site
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Visit the newly restored greenhouse, complete with flowers and plants.
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Visit the newly restored greenhouse, complete with flowers, plants and a new garden shop!
While you're visiting the Glenmont Estate be sure to:
  • Take a tour of the Edison's 29 room Queen Anne style mansion
  • Explore the estate grounds and outbuildings
  • See the newly restored greenhouse
  • Visit the new Garden Shop located in the Potting Shed
  • Earn your Junior Ranger badge

 

The Laboratory remains closed while construction continues there.
Black and white photo taken in 1929 of a replica of Thomas Edison's first working lightbulb.
Replica of Thomas Edison's first working lightbulb
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Thomas Alva Edison looking straight at the camera.  

Did You Know?
In 1920 Thomas Edison told reporter B.F. Forbes that he was working on a machine that could make contact with the spirits of the dead. Newspapers all over the world picked up this story. After a few years, Edison admitted that he had made the whole thing up.

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Last Updated: December 05, 2008 at 09:12 EST