Junior Rangers Tour the Thomas Edison Park

Thomas Edison National Historical Park kicked off National Park Week last week with the Junior Ranger Day that gave special tours of the laboratory complex and a wax cylinder phonograph recording demonstration.

Junior Ranger Day, which took place on April 20, gave young visitors the opportunity to earn their junior ranger badge as they explore the park and complete their free activity book.

They also learned more about Edison’s work with the telegraph and learn Morse code and experiment with telegraph equipment and practice sending messages too.

Junior Ranger Day is part of the annual National Park Week celebration. National park sites around the country are celebrating National Park Week from April 20 to 28.

Special Junior Ranger tours of the laboratory complex were offered at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.  

The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys bluegrass music trio was also featured in a wax cylinder phonograph recording demonstration will take place at 1 p.m. The young trio makes sound recordings using a 1908 spring-motor Edison wax cylinder phonograph in the same way it was done over a century ago.