Thomas Edison Depot Museum By the Blue Water Bridge Port Huron, MI   (810) 982-0891 Website   Photograph taken by Tiffany Donelow.

Hours

1 pm - 4:30 pm 

Seven days a week (Memorial Day thru Labor Day)

Wed. - Sun. (rest of the year)

Closed on Holidays

While living in his boyhood home along the shores of Lake Huron, world-renowned inventor Tom Edison conducted his first scientific experiments and sold candy and newspapers to train passengers.

The Depot Museum in located in the historic Fort Gratiot Station on the Grand Trunk Railroad Depot where he worked, exhibits now portray Edison's inspiring story of creativity, adversity, family support, perseverance, and ultimate triumph as the greatest inventor of our times.  Visitors are invited to apply their own creativity and ingenuity while learning about Edison's life and inventions in a variety of ways.

• Re-created period environments

• Hands-on interactive displays

• Intimate theatre experience

• Live science presentations

• Artifacts from the site of his boyhood home - including glass bottles from his first laboratory and lead type from his printing press

• An authentic rail car with a recreation of Edison's mobile printing shop and chemistry lab

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