Edison Museum
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The Edison Museum, a science and history museum about the life and inventions of Thomas Edison, is located in Beaumont, Texas, United States at 350 Pine St. on the grounds of Edison Plaza.
Building
The museum building was formerly the Gulf States Utilities Travis Street Power Substation. The power substation came on line in 1929.[1] According to the Texas State Historical Marker in front of the substation building, the substation provided power ranging from street lights to cotton gins to rice irrigation to refineries in spite of The Great Depression.[2]
Museum
"...The museum is the only facility of its kind west of the Mississippi River..."[3] Interactive exhibits about Edison, his inventions and innovations, as well as historic artifacts from his life are featured. Featured inventions include the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and some of Edison's early motion pictures.[4] There is also a reference library about Edison. The collection origin is tied to W. Donham Crawford, former CEO of Gulf States Utilities. Crawford was an avid collector of Edison artifacts. The collection was bequeathed to the museum in the early 1980s by Crawford's widow.[5]
The museum is part of a concentration of several museums in the downtown Beaumont area. It is located blocks away from the Tyrrell Historical Library, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, the Beaumont Children's Museum (temporarily located in the Beaumont Civic Center), and the Fire Museum of Texas.
See also
- Edison and Ford Winter Estates, museum in Fort Myers, Florida
- Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum in Edison, New Jersey
- Thomas Edison Depot Museum in Port Huron, Michigan
- Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey
References
- ^ "Travis Street Substation - Gulf States Utilities Company". edisonmuseum.americommerce.com. Edison Museum. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "Travis Street Substation". Stopping Points.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ "Edison Museum". edisonmuseum/americommerce.com. Edison Museum. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "edison museum". beaumontcvb.com. Beaumont Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "Lessons from Edison". texashighways.com. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
External links
- Edison Museum - official site
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- Higher education:
- Primary and secondary education: Beaumont ISD
- Texas Acad. of Leadership in the Humanities
- Monsignor Kelly Catholic HS
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preserves
- Beaumont Botanical Gardens
- Beaumont Country Club
- Big Thicket National Preserve
- Tyrrell Park
- Cattail Marsh
- Village Creek State Park
- McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges
- Sea Rim State Park
water
- Neches River
- Sabine River
- Village Creek
- Pine Island Bayou
- Gulf of Mexico
- Art Museum of Southeast Texas
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum
- Beaumont Art League
- Beaumont Children's Museum
- Beaumont Police Department Museum
- Chambers House
- Clifton Steamboat Museum
- Dishman Art Museum
- Edison Museum
- Fire Museum of Texas
- John Jay French House
- Jefferson County Historical Commission Mini-Museum
- McFaddin–Ward House
- Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
- Texas Energy Museum
- List of museums in East Texas
and culture
- Downtown Beaumont
- South Texas State Fair
- Symphony of Southeast Texas
- Beaumont Jazz & Blues Fest
- Boomtown Film and Music Festival
- Crockett Street
- Dog Jam
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- Gusher Marathon
- People From Beaumont