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Edison National Historic Site
Operating Hours & Seasons
Kitchen showing the cabinets, work table and stove. Reproduction flooring will be installed within the next two months.
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Reproduction flooring has been installed in the kitchen above, and other first floor servant areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Hours of Operation

  • The estate is open Wednesday through Sunday.
  • House tours are from 12:00pm - 4:00pm. and begin on the hour.  
  • Grounds are open 11:30am - 5:00pm.

 

The Laboratory is closed for construction. A fall 2009 grand opening is expected.
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: July 08, 2009 at 09:52 EST