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What you should know
Visitor tip
Purchase a ride pass for Model T experiences and steam locomotive tours to maximize your mobility across the grounds and see more exhibits without exhausting yourself walking
Visitor tip
Download the venue app before arriving to learn building histories and context as you walk - this enhances the educational experience, especially for the Edison lab with its meticulously restored original equipment and layout
Visitor tip
Don't miss the live artisan demonstrations (glassblowing, weaving, pottery) and costumed interpreters throughout the grounds who provide historical context and make exhibits come alive
Quick Facts
- Type
- Living History Museum
- Highlights
- Model T rides, steam train rides, artisan demonstrations, historic homes, Edison's lab
- Special Events
- Detroit Central Market Weekends, Historic Base Ball games, Motor Muster vehicle show
- Membership
- Available — recommended for multi-day visits
What visitors say
Such an incredible place! Stepping right into history. Its wild to think how Edison was right there, walking on the same wooden floor, looking out the same beveled windows, while he was inventing things that would change the world and…
Amazing restoration. The fact that Edison was here and organized the chemicals in their correct location they used to be in when this building was in New Jersey is an amazing fact. We loved the laboratory from just walking around to…
The original Edison lab building, the first R&D facility in the world, can be seen here with period lab equipment in it is original locations, even parts of the building are original and were transported and reassembled here by Edison's…
From 27 Google reviews
Did You Know?
- Edison's Menlo Park laboratory is the world's first dedicated R&D facility, with the original building physically transported and reassembled at this location by Henry Ford, featuring period lab equipment in its original positions
- The complex features a fully operational Herschell-Spillman carousel from 1913 and a coal-burning steam locomotive on the Weiser Railroad, offering immersive transportation experiences
- The Edison at Work research lab maintains authentic chemical organization from Edison's original New Jersey facility, recreating the exact layout and locations of period scientific equipment
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