Thomas Edison

Learn the Greenfield Village stories our Senior Curator finds the most interesting--some you may know and some you probably don't.

Take a look at time cards punched by American inventor Thomas Edison, showing 90-, 100-, and even 110-hour workweeks.

Learn how Henry Ford rebuilt and recreated Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory on the grounds of Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.

We’ve just digitized a number of photos of Henry Ford's close friend Thomas Edison.

We've just digitized the early 20th century Tudor Rose china used by the "Vagabonds"—friends Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs—on their wilderness camping trips.

Learn the story — and see other-worldly pictures — of a fantastical 1989 laser light show at Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village.

What's new on The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation this weekend? A hardware store robot, Thomas Edison's patent models, a pocket printer, and more.

We’ve just digitized dozens of photos of the elaborate camping trips of Vagabonds, a quartet including Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, businessman Harvey Firestone, and naturalist John Burroughs.

We have just digitized over 50 images related to Greenfield Village's Edison homestead, the Canadian farmhouse owned by Thomas Edison’s grandparents, on its original site.

Get insights from Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller of Menlo Innovations, and The Henry Ford's second Entrepreneur in Residence.