The future is bright, and we're just getting started!

Imagine expanding our current 700-square-foot museum into a state-of-the-art facility of more than 7,000 square feet! Imagine the possibilities: a modern museum with multiple classrooms, an expanded gallery and archival space, an outdoor learning area for students, a café, and additional parking.

Best of all, the new museum facility will be fully ADA-accessible, ensuring visitors of all abilities can enjoy everything the Thomas Edison Center has to offer.

Our vision for an expanded museum will finally provide a facility worthy of the great inventor's significance and the historic Menlo Park site. It will celebrate the legacy of the “Wizard of Menlo Park” and the pioneering men who worked alongside him—the Menlo Park Edison Pioneers.

At Menlo Park, Thomas Edison introduced a new approach to invention through collaborative research—the beginnings of what we now know as research and development (R&D). This spirit of teamwork and shared innovation played a vital role in the creation of more than 400 patents Edison received during his time here, marking Menlo Park as his most prolific period of invention.

Just as Edison’s workshop thrived through collaboration, our vision for the future can only become a reality through teamwork and community support.

The Edison Memorial Tower Corporation, dba/ the Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We rely on the generosity of donors, fundraising efforts, and grants to sustain our mission and advance our goals.

Every gift, regardless of size, makes a meaningful difference. Your contribution helps preserve this historic site, expand educational opportunities, and bring us closer to our goal of creating a larger, modern museum and educational facility.

Your generosity will foster innovation, inspire future generations, fuel our mission, and help turn our vision into reality.

We couldn’t do this important preservation work withOUT your support.

Together, we are not merely preserving history; we are writing the future.

You can also mail contributions to this address:

Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park
37 Christie Street
Edison, New Jersey 08820

For more information call 732-549-3299 or e-mail us at contact@menloparkmuseum.org