Menlo Park Laboratory Complex during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 2002
THF19409 / Menlo Park Laboratory Complex during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 2002
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Artifact Overview
By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital photograph
Date Made
October 2002
Subject Date
October 2002
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.4892
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
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Related Artifacts
ArtifactMenlo Park Laboratory
When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew so did the complex, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.