Ashley Cecil

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Inside the historical home he once occupied, Thomas Edison himself appeared to watch his admirers from a hanging frame while his genius was praised. The standard admission fee was waived yesterday evening to entice inquisitive visitors to browse the extensive collection of Edison’s inventions and personal belongings at the Thomas Edison House.

Carefully arranged throughout the small shotgun building in Butchertown, Louisville, Ky were items such as Edison’s phonograph above. Guests also found examples of his movie projector, the Kinetoscope (click here to see glimpse of the first copyrighted film called “Record of a Sneeze”), Edison’s sewing machine, incandescent light bulbs, as well as the bed he slept in. The house induces a time warp back to Edison’s occupancy in 1860′s with a meticulous restoration of the original interior.

The Thomas Edison House is a privately funded nonprofit offering more to the community than wine and cheese around the holidays. In the spirit of Edison’s untiring creativity, the Invention Convention Program enables school age children to create and develop their own new inventions. Field trips to the 1850′s Edison House also offer a myriad of angles for teachers to work into their lessons plans (certainly a more effective way to get a science lesson to stick in a student’s head).

If you’re ever passing through Louisville, or if you’re one of the many residents still in the dark about the hidden treasure, I highly recommend stopping in.

Inside the historical home he once occupied, Thomas Edison himself appeared to watch his admirers from a hanging frame while his genius was praised. The standard admission fee was waived yesterday evening to entice inquisitive visitors to browse the extensive collection of Edison\'s inventions and personal belongings at the Thomas Edison House. Carefully arranged ...