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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Thomas Edison National Historical ParkThomas Edison's Laboratory Complex as it was about 1900.
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Grand Opening of the Laboratory Complex

The Laboratory Complex will be opening October 10, 2009. For the latest information, visit our Grand Opening Media page.

 

 

 

Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes at the park or who takes care of the greenhouse or gives tours of the home? Read the park newsletters and discover a whole new side of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

 
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Servants dining room with original "Dreadnought Tile" flooring.

New Flooring

The Servants’ Dining Room is the only room in the house that still has the original “Dreadnought Tile” interlocking flooring. This winter, Thomas Edison National Historical Park will install reproduction linoleum to reinstate this character-defining feature. More...
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: September 15, 2009 at 16:25 EST