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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 Complex is now open. Come see the new reopened labs including:

  • Never before opened to the public floors of Building 5.
  • Ranger guided tours of the Chemistry Lab
  • See the Pattern Shop
  • Earn your Junior Ranger Badge for the laboratory too.

 
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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1888s photo of the Black Maria - the world's first motion picture studio.  

Did You Know?
West Orange, NJ, was the birthplace of motion pictures. In 1893, Thomas Edison built the first building for the recording of motion pictures. It was dubbed THE BLACK MARIA. It got its name because it was large and black and looked like the police wagons of the day, which were called black marias.

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Last Updated: October 17, 2009 at 08:38 EST