The charming Thomas Edison Center in New Jersey is worth a day tour


There is this tiny museum of all things tinkered by the all-time famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison while he was in New Jersey called Thomas Edison Center. 


The tiny center is filled with 100+ year-old stuff of all sorts from that phonograph, vinyl album and many bolts and nuts. Some are original vintage items while some are prototypes.


But what made our visit extra interesting was we were lucky to be guided by Ms. Barbara who is so knowledgeable of all things Edison. She volunteers twice a month in the center. 


The center has interactive set ups that will interest both young and olds. I would love to bring my nephews there so that their love for tinkering, invention and science will be unlocked. Well, I brought home a ref magnet to start the convo about this inventor who said that "genius is 99%persperation and 1% inspiration."

The tour concluded with the lighting of the tower outside. The tower houses the ages old incandescent bulb. Also, this tower lights up like a bulb at night. Since we went there at daytime, there is a reason to go back to the lane at night next time. 


Of couse, the place can never be appreciated without the recommendation and company of my friend Olive and her husband John who visited the center only the second time. 





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