Is anything there original? I read that the entire place burned down when Edison was 67 years old.

Ish L. | Oct 31, 2018 | Category: History museum

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Address: 211 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA

Josh Barnett | Oct 31, 2018

Only part of it, I think, one building I visited Is basically the way it was when Edison used it. Almost everything is original

Joseph Sanjose | Oct 31, 2019

He rebuilt everything, starting the next day. Not a single employee was fired even when he lost a fortune and half the buildings turned to dust.

Erin Markan | Oct 31, 2018

We visited 1/14/2018 (for the second time). All of the buildings open to the public are original structures and filled with artifacts found on-site. It's amazing. A ranger said they hope to get the 'factory floor' working again with a future grant.

Jack Boyle | Oct 31, 2018

In its day, the Laboratory complex consisted of many buildings. The fire didn't destroy them all. The buildings there today are original. A few have been repurposed and closed to the public, but most of them are open to the public and remain mostly as they were when Edison died.

Steven Lavitan | Oct 31, 2018

It all depends what you mean by original. If Edison was anything he was into creative destruction. As something would improve, he would get rid of the old. The Edison Museum is basically frozen in Time, from his death. If you wanted to see an earlier Laboratory, I would recommend Dearborn Michigan.

Guo Yang | Oct 31, 2018

Everything there is original except for some that are explicitly labeled as replicas. When we visited there end of year last year, a guide (voluntee) was talking about Edison and Tesla. He is incredibly knowledgeable about everything about Edison. According to him, the fire did not destroy all the buildings.

S R | Oct 31, 2018

We visited in summer of 2017. Not sure what u mean by original, but we got to see a lot of old things. His factory looked as is. We dint know about any fire when we went and the place sure dint look burned down.

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