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At the Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park, we offer a one-hour-long escorted tour, included with admission, where we hope to excite visitors with amazing stories about Thomas Edison and historic Menlo Park.
Tours run every half hour from 10 am to 3 pm. Our tours lead guests through Thomas Alva Edison’s life story, specifically focusing on his time at Menlo Park, where he invented recorded sound and perfected the incandescent light bulb. Each tour includes the museum’s two galleries and entry to the Edison Memorial Tower.
During the tour, guests will hear 120+-year-old Edison phonographs and experience typing on an original Civil War-era telegraph.
Exhibits include
Thomas Alva Edison’s personal belongings
The original Menlo Park lathe
Early light bulbs
An 1882 dynamo generator
120+-year-old Edison phonographs
Artifacts from Edison’s experimental electric railroad
A scaled model of Edison’s laboratory
Hands-on demonstrations
The themes covered include
The establishment of the world’s first research and development laboratory
The presentation of the incandescent light bulb
The development of a complete electrical distribution system
The invention and progression of the ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Adult – $7.00
Senior – $5.00
(65+)
Child – $5.00
(5-17)
Children – Free
(under 5)
Active Military – $5.00
Phone: (732) 549-3299
Email: tecmp1879@gmail.com
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES
- Oct 29, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Oct 30, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Oct 31, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
- Nov 5, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Nov 6, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Nov 7, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
- Nov 12, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Nov 13, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Nov 14, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
- Nov 19, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Nov 20, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Nov 21, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
- Nov 26, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Nov 27, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Nov 28, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
- Dec 3, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Dec 4, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Dec 5, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
- Dec 10, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Dec 11, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Dec 12, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
- Dec 17, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Dec 18, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Dec 19, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
- Dec 24, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Dec 25, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Dec 26, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
- Dec 31, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Thu)
- Jan 1, 2027 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Fri)
- Jan 2, 2027 at 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sat)
LOCATION
PARKING INFO
Free on-street parking is available for cars and buses.
