EDISON BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM
(Admission: Adults $6, seniors $5 and $3 for kids 6-12 years old)  

• Open: Hours and days vary throughout the week and year. Closed January, Mondays and major holidays

• Location: 9 Edison Drive in Milan, Ohio (near Exit 118 of the Ohio Turnpike)

• Phone: 419-499-2135

Thomas Alva Edison was one of America’s most famous inventors. He is most renown for the invention of the incandescent light bulb, but his shop is also responsible for creating the phonograph and many other inventions. Edison’s story began with his birth in Milan, Ohio  in 1847. This birthplace and home is now a museum with many artifacts on display along with inventions, precious documents and other mementos. Guided tours may be arranged. The Edison Birthplace Museum provides insight to the historic inventor’s life.

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