Thomas Edison, inventor of the incandescent electric light bulb, lived in this house in 1866 when he was 19 years old. Today the simple 1850 cottage has been restored as a museum displaying various inventions patented by Edison: cylinder and disc phonographs, a kinetoscope, the first home motion picture projector, numerous versions of the light bulb.

Telephone: (502) 585 5247

Open: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 2pm

Directions from the Louisville Sleep Inn Hotel to Thomas Edison House:

1. Start out going Northwest on Preston Highway/KY-61 toward Hart Avenue.
2. Preston Highway becomes South Shelby Street.
3. Turn left onto Lynn Street.
4. Turn right onto South Preston Street/KY-61
5. Merge onto I-65 North via the ramp on the left toward Indianapolis.
6. Take the Brook Street Exit #136B.
7. Stay straight to go onto South Brook Street.
8. Turn right onto East Market Street.
9. Turn left onto South Clay Street.
10. Turn right onto East Washington Street.
11. End at Edison House
    729-31 E. Washington St., Louisville, KY 40202

Total Est. Time: 12 minutes Total Est. Distance: 5.00 miles