The Edison Tower Fundraising Committee is an organization devoted to restoring this sadly neglected milestone of world history. They are currently struggling to raise enough funds to match a $379,000 grant by the U.S. Mint to restore this magnificent light tower and the surrounding site. The results of their fundraising has been heartfully in evidence over the past year as they have nicely cleaned the glorious light bulb atop the tower, and they have finally given it the long neglected dignity of prominent and easy-to-read signage at the site, at the Christie Street intersections of both Tower Street and the legendary Lincoln Highway. This magical monument is a veritable treasure in the history of human ingenuity, and any the help you can give this fine organization is worthy of your time and greatly appreciated. Please go to http://www.menloparkmuseum.com now and help save this world-wide important historical landmark!From the Edison New Jersey Website at http://www.edisonnj.org/history/tower.asp :The Thomas A. Edison Memorial Tower and Menlo Park Museum was built in 1937 and dedicated February 11, 1938 to commemorate Thomas Edison's 91st birthday.Located at 37 Christie Street in the Menlo Park section of Edison, the Tower is located on the exact spot where Thomas Edison had his laboratory, the first modern Research and Development center in the world.While in Menlo Park, Edison received over 400 patents for items including the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph and the electric railroad car. His innovations at the site included wireless transmissions (nearly 20 years before Marconi), the carbon button transmitter (drastic improvements to telegraph and telephone technology), and the discovery of the Edison Effect, the foundation for the field of electronics. Thomas Edison remarked that some of his greatest triumphs were here.The Menlo Park Museum contains some of Edison's inventions and products from the Thomas A. Edison Company including a recently donated 1929 Edison 'Light-O-Matic' Radio. The Museum features memorabilia of our community's namesake and most famous citizen.HoursMonday - Closed
Tuesday - Closed
Wednesday - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Thursday - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Friday - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday - 10:00 am to 4:00 pmHoliday Hours Vary - Please Call Ahead!There is no charge to visit the Tower or Museum, but donations are welcome.For more information, contact Jack Stanley, Director of the Edison Tower and Menlo Park Museum at 732-248-7298 or via e-mail.Group Tours -Schools and other groups are welcome by appointment, and do not necessarily reflect Museum hours.Tours will include not only visiting the Menlo Park Museum and the Edison Tower, but also a walk through Thomas Edison's stomping grounds, including a visit to the Tablet Thomas Edison himself dedicated in 1925. Edison took a similar tour of the site at the dedication.Call Jack Stanley at 732-248-7298 or e-mail him to schedule a group tour.The British pop group Edison Lighthouse, who in 1970 had a smash hit with "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)", named themselves after the monument.This web page maintained by J. C. Kaelin .
