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The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation began as Henry Ford's personal collection of historic objects, which he began collecting as far back as 1906. Today, the 12 acre (49,000 m 2) site is primarily a collection of antique machinery, pop culture items, automobiles, locomotives, aircraft, and other items:
Henry Ford Portrait by Fred Hartsook, c. 1919 Born (1863-07-30) July 30, 1863 Springwells Township, Michigan, U.S. Died April 7, 1947 (1947-04-07) (aged 83) Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. Resting place Ford Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan Occupations Engineer industrialist publisher philanthropist Years active 1891–1945 Known for Founding and leading the Ford Motor Company Pioneering a system that ...
Ford Mansion in Morristown, New Jersey, Washington's headquarters from 1779 to 1780. The Ford Mansion, also known as Washington's Headquarters, is a classic 18th-century American home located at 30 Washington Place in Morristown, New Jersey that served as General George Washington's headquarters from December 1779 to June 1780 during the American Revolutionary War.
September 8, 1988 (Ford Estate) August 12, 1991 (Edison Estate) The Edison and Ford Winter Estates contain a historical museum and 21 acre (8.5 ha) botanical garden on the adjacent sites of the winter homes of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford beside the Caloosahatchee River in Southwestern Florida. It is located at 2350 McGregor Boulevard, Fort ...
October 18, 1939. ( 1939-10-18) Location. 21400 Oakwood Blvd. Dearborn, MI 48126. Website. www .automotivehalloffame .org. The Automotive Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum honoring influential figures in the history of the automotive industry. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, US.
The Ford River Rouge complex (commonly known as the Rouge complex, River Rouge, or The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island. Construction began in 1917, and when it was completed in 1928, it was the ...
Dymaxion House as installed in Henry Ford Museum. The Dymaxion House was developed by inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller to address several perceived shortcomings with existing homebuilding techniques. Fuller designed several versions of the house at different times—all of them factory manufactured kits, assembled on site, intended to ...
California Automobile Museum (1987–present) / 38.5703872; -121.5117473. California Automobile Museum is an automobile museum located in Sacramento, California. It has a collection of over 150 classic cars, race cars, muscle cars and early models displayed throughout 72,000 square feet (6,700 m 2) of museum space.