GE Lights Up Thomas Edison House in Commemoration of Edison's 160th Birthday
LOUISVILLE, KY—Through a generous grant provided by GE Consumer & Industrial, Thomas Edison House (729–731 East Washington Street, Louisville, KY) has installed new state–of–the–art museum lighting. The lighting project was completed in commemoration of Thomas Edison's 160th birthday.
Thomas Edison lived and worked in Louisville, and later became the founder of the General Electric Company. According to Kevin Ruppelt, General Manager of Water Products, GE Consumer & Industrial, and a member of the Thomas Edison House's Board of Regents, "This was a great way to utilize GE's design, products and resources, and to give back to our local community. Thomas Edison would be proud of GE's advances in lighting technology and what we've done to highlight his inventions at the Museum. We are proud of our heritage."
The lighting installed at the Museum includes GE's new Diamond Precise® track lighting designed for interior museum lighting applications. Diamond Precise® lamps use 58 percent less electricity compared with standard 50–Watt Halogen PAR20 lamps, plus they have twice the life. Advanced LED lighting is now used in the display cabinets and with no UV radiation, high efficiency, extreme brightness and minimum heat generation, they are great for illuminating museum artifacts. GE Consumer & Industrial's Lighting & Electrical Institute in Cleveland, OH, provided design leadership for the project.
About Thomas Edison House
Thomas Edison House, owned and operated by the not–for–profit Historic Homes Foundation, is a historic house and museum. Just after the Civil War, Thomas Edison rented a room in this double shotgun cottage while working as a telegraph operator for Western Union. Today the museum features a newly renovated 19th century boarding room where Edison would have lived during his stay in Louisville. On exhibit are many of Edison's inventions, including an extensive collection of incandescent lights, cylinder and disc phonographs, and early motion picture equipment. Thomas Edison House welcomes over 4,000 visitors each year to the museum from all across the United States and throughout the world.
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