Con Edison Energy Museum

{{Short description|Defunct museum in Manhattan, New York}}

The Con Edison Energy Museum was a museum located at 145 East 14th Street in Manhattan in the Consolidated Edison Building.{{Cite web |title=14th Street: A New York Songline |url=http://www.nysonglines.com/14st.htm |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.nysonglines.com}} It told the history of the company and displayed a series of exhibits related to Thomas Edison and the early years of electricity including a miniature version of the Pearl Street Station and a potential for the future.{{Cite book |last=Danilov |first=Victor J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GBu14mTIG0C&q=%2522Con%2520Edison%2520Energy%2520Museum%2522&pg=PA196 |title=A Planning Guide for Corporate Museums, Galleries, and Visitor Centers |date=1992 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-27657-6 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Adair |first=Gene |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEffwEC7hGsC&dq=%2522Con+Edison+Energy+Museum%2522&pg=PA135 |title=Thomas Alva Edison: Inventing the Electric Age |date=1996 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-508799-4 |pages=135 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Science, Technology, Energy, Industry -- Con Edison Energy Museum - Are We There Yet? |url=http://www.fieldtrip.com/ny/24606244.htm |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.fieldtrip.com}}

The museum is believed to have been established in August 1979.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KoRvHQAACAAJ |title=Introducing the Con Edison Energy Museum |date=1979 |publisher=Con Edison |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=1979-08-13 |title=Thomas Alva and After |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dcCAAAAMBAJ&q=%2522Con%2520Edison%2520Museum%2522&pg=PA65 |magazine=New York Magazine |language=en |publisher=New York Media, LLC |page=65 |access-date=2023-06-20}}