Wonderful place! My uncle, only about 21 worked for Thomas Edison when he was late 70s/80s. Nice nature walk too.

The Thomas Edison Center is now open. Our tour guide Russ was amazing. He really made you feel like you were right there learning how edison perfected how these inventions. I got goosebumps on several of the stories he told. It make look small but it is so full of facts and interesting things. I definitely recommend going. The price is cheap ($5). Will definitely visit again!

Tours closed due to Covid. The tower is beautiful. You can take pictures outside at least

Very neat piece of NJ and national history! Well worth a visit!

This may be the best 2-room museum you’ll ever visit, especially if Chuck is your guide! We were so pleasantly surprised by this tiny place. We learned so much in our hour-long guided tour. Before today I really had no idea what an accomplished inventor and business person Edison was. I’m truly in awe of this man.

Even though the museum was small its a great experience not only for kids but for adults as well

Very nice place to hang out.. Very inspiring.. really liked the park around.. good place for half a day activities.. Check out the timings before heading there.

The $5 per person fee seems extravagant for a “collection” that spans two small rooms in a shack, but it is indeed quite interesting.People know Edison as the inventor of the light bulb, but a tour of this small collection (don’t call it a museum!) proves that he was a prolific inventor and engineer.I recommend making it a stop on your next road trip.

Very will guided tour. Definitely a must to visit.

Amazing museum rich in history. Mr. Chuck did an amazing job narrating the life of Thomas Edison. The tour lasted approximately 1 hour but I could stay there all day. Dont be fooled by how small the place looks, every inch of it is so rich in culture that you forget the dimensions of the locale. It was a $5 well spent!

Good to see the original inventions, u will have to pay $5 but try to be with guide. The place is small but fun.

Best experience for kids and adults, museum is Very small, but the tour is so much fun, ver educational. Extremely recommended! The place is open mainly on weekends, run by volunteers, chuck was very informative and entertaining. Parking is not an issue. Food options are available nearby. Very good for short day trip.

Very informative but very small museum. Extremely nice nature park with trails. Inspirational tower.

Main centerpiece is the recently restored Thomas A. Edison Memorial Tower which stands on the site of the laboratory building. Theres a interpretive marker on the site of the nearby Sarah Jordon Boarding House site. While small, the museum (which stands on the site of the machine shop) is informative with a great staff.

The Thomas Edison Center is a great family experience. The space is limited but the tours are fun and a great learning experience. Great activity for a Saturday afternoon.

Hello Thomas Alva Edison. Some day I will come visit

Very educational! Friendly staff!

It is a very tiny museum...just a room in fact, but full of original artifacts. Great history and they have guided tour where they will tell you everything in detail about the place so you get all information you need. There is a $5 entry fee and the parking is on the street. Worth a visit if you are around the place. You should be done seeing what you need within half an hour.

Took 9, 10 & 11 year olds (101 of them over the course of 3 days) to this local gem and loved every minute. I highly suggest this museum as a field trip for curious learners. Don’t forget your sneakers for the excellent nature trail! Rachael and Laura were excellent docents.

A nice start to a larger dream.Small and intimate. Maned mostly by volunteers. You can see where the original laboratory was and other visuals.Its in a residential neighborhood, parking is available and limited.

Tiny place in the mains of the city and when you go there and read about Thomas Edison and his work its simply awesome to see such a huge achievement by mankind was started here at sucha simple place!

The volunteers here are very knowledgeable. Nice tour. They are hoping to build a larger facility - and boy do they need it! Also need additional parking.

A place of immense historical importance. Must visit to pay a tribute to Thomas Edison for his contribution to science.

If you do one thing in Edison, this is the thing to do. The Thomas Edison Center may look inconspicuous from the outside, but inside its filled with some of Edisons major advancements. The tour is only a few dollars and is worth the price. The tour guides are quite friendly and do a great job of explaining the museums contents. While small, the museum is on the site where Edison perfected the light bulb and invented the phonograph and electric train, among many other inventions. Theres a trail next to the museum that is great to spend some time on if you love nature.

Really wonderful attraction and museum Staff are very friendly Could add more facilities though

I came here from New York by train. The station is near (though a fair hike from) Metropark station, and there are good directions on their website to find it. Google Maps did not have the correct location, though, and I ended up wandering around a bit before I finally found the place. I got the feeling it would not be easy to find the place by car, either. Better signage would help with that. Once I got here, I was glad Id made the trip. They give guided tours of the museum and grounds that are both interesting and informative. While the museum is quite small, its a well-selected collection. You really do get a good look at Edisons life and inventions.

Nice place

Small place but nice tour guides. Really awesome place to learn and get in touch with history.

Good for revisiting some great history lesson.

Small place but the tour is fantastic.

Nice memory, big park

Awesome piece of history. The plaques on the tower tell a great historical story of Thomas Edison.

Loaded with History. The volunteers at this little place makes the visit really enjoyable. We left the place with a better understanding of what Edison did for our country.

Calm and quiet place without rush for a family walk....

Great place to be , its is the origin of Light,Radio, DC Electric Current , but for such a historic place was very normal with only one Garage Size Box of small Room where only Few of Edisons Inventions were Displayed , and many where moved to Michigan by His fried Henry Ford to his LaboratoryOnly 3 star because of not well developed

We were visiting New Jersey and had a few hours before we could check into our hotel and since the museum was close by, we decided to check it out. We went on a Saturday and it seems like they might only have guided tours on Saturdays which was great because the museum is really tiny. I think if you just walked in and perused the exhibits it wouldnt be as interesting. Chuck, our amazing tour guide, really brought Thomas Edisons life story and inventions to life. It was very educational and interesting and fun and I recommend it if youre in the area.

This place is excellent! Vince, our tour guide, did an outstanding job. Hes animated, knowledgeable, and a true professional. Will recommended to friends and family!

The museum was closed when we went, so we couldnt go further than the parking lot. Very nice, though. Hopefully, well make it back when they are open.

A tiny place with a lot of history. The tour guide is very enthusiastic and very knowledgeable about Edison and his inventions. It costs $5 for the tour.

Its definitely a really cool place to visit. Its just not the type of place you plan a whole day around. Its absolutely worth checking out.

Dont get confused with title. Museum is size of somebodys living room. Website and printed brochure listed suggested fee $5 but xenophobic director of this place was mean and obnoxious and didnt let us in. So I dont know whats inside and if it worth to pay $5 to get in. Then my American colleague went to talk to her and they arranged a tour around Edison Tower. One of trustees was a super nice gentleman and gave us a tour around grounds.

Great guide & friendly staff overall.

Great place and a must visit. Its small but packed with history. If you get Chuck as your guide (hes there most Saturdays), youre in for a treat.

Very nice place with very friendly staff

Must see if you are interested in the history of light bulb

Great day at the archeology dig... trying to find Edisons artifacts

Laura and Shankar were simply awesome in taking us through Edisons life history at museum. Thanks for providing tons of information

Lots of history but mandatory suggested donation very small and crowded room to packed to enjoy or take time to look the tower and the grounds were very informative

Its nice how this small museum has so much history connected to it. Unfortunately dont remember the name of the guide, who took us through the place. It was lovely to hear him out, the way he shares the events, principles and technology associated with the collections at the museum. He did share some personal anecdotes from Edisons life as well.. A knowledgeable person and happy to answer any questions, you may have..

Was curious about this place so just stopped by at the museum to have a look. Didnt have the time for a guided tour. However, we were not allowed to enter as we didnt pay the suggested donation of $5 each. Will definitely visit again, donate and do the tour but didnt like the concept of forced donation.

Nice little informative museum that is maintained on donations. The tower looks beautiful in the evening. The place is well kept and has a small nature walk. Plastic doggie bags are provided at the beginning of the trail as well if needed for walking dogs. There are benches around the tower if one wishes to sit and enjoy the scenery and ambiance. It is quite peaceful.

Its small, its an oh, while youre in the area sort of adventure, but its worth the exploration. $5 is a reasonable fee to preserve history.

Very entertaining and educational Mark gave us a very good tour

Very informative and inspiring especially for young kids. Tour guide Chuck was a real pleasure to hear from. Lively narration and lot of interesting facts. Truly appreciate his time there. One of the best 2 hours I have spent towards my science interests.

The cost of the tour is $5 but its worth worth it. You need at least an hour and a half to come to visit

Really nice place. The staff is very nice.Entry is free but They give you a tour of the museum with a small donation. They have working models of Edisions research. And it is also very informative. A very nice place for children. It is education with fun.It takes around 2 hours for the whole visit.

This was a must see for me and my BrotherWhat I mean is if you live with in the 100 mile radius you should definitely see it for your self

Worth visiting once, nice and cool place. Handicap accessible.

Pretty neat museum if youre into science history.

Loved this attraction. The tiny museum is neat. The tour guide had excellent information. The memorial tower is beautiful. Wish I could see it lit up at night.

Excellent volunteers, plan to spend 1 hr.. they charge $5 for donation..its not mandatory bit do donate, the place is under funded but very very educational. Take your kids, they will have a great time

This area isnt exactly gigantic The tower is beautiful to look at and it kind of tours are pretty educated Its a nice companion to the big Thomas Edison workshop in East Orange the tour guides are knowledgeable and there is a nice little nature walk area too

Nice peek onto the life of a great scientist

I enjoyed thoroughly the discourse on the achievements of Edison. The presentation by the ( I dont remember his name) gentleman is cristal clear

This was the best thing we saw in our visit to Edison NJ very informative excellent tour would visit again staff very welcoming and pleasant much vist if youre in the area

Park is very nice and very natural greens. Lot of dear around to watch there.

Its a small piece of history well preserved.The staffs explains Mr.Edisons life history so well that you feel you know him too well when you leave the place.its a must visit for all school going kids.

It is a small place. However, there were so many interesting things to explore and it was so much fun. Time to spend at least a hour

Great historical landmark to visit! You will love it!

An important piece of New Jersey history.

Its a small museum but the tour guide had a lot of information and it was a real great experience. Highly recommend to everyone.

Edisons first Lab at Menlo Park in Edison, NJ.Ancient incondenscent light bulb still burning. Visit the Memorial Tower and Exhibits in small museum.

Small museum but of great historical significance. Good place for history and science buffs. Alas its open only three days a week.

Inspiring! I visited this place in the month of May 15. Though the place is not very vast, the wide range of Edison inventions and the original instruments one gets to see in this small place is a treat by itself! The guides were very passionate about their work and did a fantastic job in giving us a good tour, accommodating our late entry (just half hour before closing time). The trail surrounding this place is good too, for a short walk

Good educational place for kids! Tour guide was very kind.

Nice small museum with excellent tour guides.

If you are staying near by. Right place to visit and learn. Come between 10 AM - 1 PMSo you will get a guide

Nice park with information of Edison. Having a mini museum to learn more

Great place for short visit

Fantastic running guided tour. Great history! Great storytelling!

A great place to learn about Thomas A. Edison there is a small museum that is just packed with inventions and information, as well as things to learn more outside. This facility is run on donations. It is a great experience.

Dont be fooled by the small building. The museum is full of interesting photos and inventions by Edison. They play 3 Edison Phonographs for you which was amazing. The tour guides are extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about Edison and are happy to answer any questions you may have. Our guide stayed after the museum closed to answer more of our questions.

Tour Guide was knowledgeable and friendly, and historical location

Is is a very small place but the tour guide was awesome and really provided a lot of great information.

The place Thomas Edison thought up of, but was too humble to create

I loved it, everyone should visit TEC to view our history.

Very nice little collection or artifacts and great tour guides.

Great museum.

Very nice layout of everything.

Great place to go thats free and has a great trail . muesum part is not free its 5.00 per person

Very nice and important place to visit in Newjersy.It is so exiting to see the first light, that changed the world nights as bright days

A one small room museum. Not worth $5/person tour. However you can pictures from outside and tower

A great historical memorial of Thomas Edison --an American inventor of light bulb, record, etc.

The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park. Tours are provided to everyone during regular museum hours, Thurs, Fri. And Sat, 10am-4pm, includes both the museum and the Edison Memorial Tower, which is on the list of National Historic Places. Camp, business, club and school private tours procided on other days when available; must be booked in advance. Beautiful 36 acre NJ Edison State Park with marked nature trails. Free street parking available for cars, busses and RVs.

A very good place for getting informations about the valuable work of Thomas Alva Edison.Guide is a very matured and noble man.The place is beautiful and well main tend.

Learned a lot over the years. A cool place to visit over and over again

Nice place and park !

There was a tour that was given (its $5) and you get to hear about the history of Edison, look at some of his inventions, and see the structure that was made in his honor.

Its a really tall light. Check for hours beforehand, especially if youre going to drive 7 hours to see it. I found this location as a part of my adventure around America finding the weirdest thing in every state. This is the weirdest thing in New Jersey

Very interesting. Theyre very nice and informative. They even accommodated by tight schedule for the tour.