Edison Museum, Science and history museum in Beaumont, United States.

The Edison Museum occupies the former Gulf States Utilities Travis Street Power Substation, a flat-roofed red brick building with a grey band across its upper third and three blinded windows above the entrance. White letters on the brick read "MUSEUM" beside the projecting grey doorway, whose sign reads "TRAVIS STREET SUBSTATION". A historical marker stands on a post in front and a bronze bust sits to the right.

The building began as a power substation built in 1929 by Gulf States Utilities, which supplied electricity during the economic crisis of the Great Depression. Its transformation into a museum connects the infrastructure of that era with Edison's legacy.

The museum shows how Edison's inventions changed daily life and shaped the way people lived and worked. Visitors can see the practical impact these technologies had on homes, factories, and communities when they first arrived.

The museum occupies the former Travis Street Power Substation at 350 Pine St., on the grounds of Edison Plaza in downtown Beaumont. The entrance is the projecting grey bay with dark double doors beneath the "TRAVIS STREET SUBSTATION" sign; the word "MUSEUM" is set in white letters on the brick to its left. A Texas State Historical Marker stands on a post in front of the building, and a small bronze bust sits on a base to the right of the doors.

The source calls the Edison Museum "the only facility of its kind west of the Mississippi River". Its core holdings trace to W. Donham Crawford, a former Gulf States Utilities CEO who collected Edison artifacts; his widow bequeathed the collection to the museum in the early 1980s.