Edison
at Work

Visit the legendary inventor’s Menlo Park complex and see where he made some of his greatest inventions.

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See the great inventor's Menlo Park complex at the moment when his development of the incandescent lightbulb was about to transform the world.You will see the workplaces that gave birth to Thomas Edison's extraordinary innovations, and the first buildings to be illuminated by his amazing electric light.

Highlights

Edison at Work

Check out some of the sights you'll enjoy first-hand when you journey through the Edison at Work district in Greenfield Village. 

Site of Discovery

The Menlo Park Lab was built in 1876 and looked virtually abandoned just four years later.  

Menlo Park Laboratory

Edison conducted many of his famous experiments at his Menlo Park Lab.  

Research Supplies

Jars filled with a variety of research materials line the walls of Menlo Park Laboratory.  

Workbench

One of many workspaces at Edison’s Menlo Park complex.  

Menlo Park Carbon Shed

Carbon for telephone transmitters and other experiments was produced in this small wooden shed.