WEST ORANGE, NJ — Thomas Edison National Historical Park will be joining national park sites around the country in celebrating National Public Lands Day with a fee free day on Saturday, Sept. 24. The Laboratory Complex at 211 Main St. will be open with regular programs beginning at 10 a.m. At 5 p.m. a very special Global Insights film festival, which will be held in the laboratory visitor center.
Special fall family activities will take place at Glenmont, the home and estate of Thomas and Mina Edison in Llewellyn Park, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Visitors wanting to visit Glenmont should pick up a car pass from the Laboratory Visitor Center. Activities include tours of the 29-room Queen Anne-style Victorian mansion and tours of the poured concrete garage, which houses a circa-1900 Locomobile, 1922 Model T and the Brewster belonging to Charles Edison. Enjoy watercolor paintings and obstacle course races on the lawn, Victorian board games, Junior Ranger activities, tree and leaf identification, and birding activities. Explore the 15-acre estate, garage, greenhouse and the gravesite of Thomas and Mina Edison.
The Black Maria Film Festival will present the Global Insights documentary film program at 5 p.m. in the Laboratory visitor center. The event features award-winning films with an environmental focus curated from the Black Maria’s Global Insights collection. The program will be presented by Black Maria Film Festival Executive Director Jane Steuerwald, who will lead a question-and-answer session following the screening.
All activities are free and reservations are not required.
“A fee-free day is a great opportunity to discover new programs and new stories. For those who have never visited before, it’s a great way to see what the park has to offer,” Superintendent Thomas E. Ross said in a press release.
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