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Greenfield Village, the outdoor living history museum section of the Henry Ford complex, was (along with the adjacent Henry Ford Museum) dedicated in 1929 and opened to the public in June 1933. [29] It was the first outdoor museum of its type in the nation, and served as a model for subsequent outdoor museums. [7]
The Henry Ford is the nation's "largest indoor-outdoor history museum" complex. Named for its founder, the noted automobile industrialist Henry Ford , and based on his desire to preserve items of historical significance and portray the Industrial Revolution, the property houses a vast array of famous homes, machinery, exhibits, and Americana.
The Henry Ford: Dearborn: Wayne: Southeast Michigan: Multiple: Museum complex: living, science, history, automotive, transportation, technology and biographical about Henry Ford; formerly known as the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Heritage House: Essexville: Bay: Flint/Tri-Cities: Historic house: Early 20th-century Victorian period ...
The Henry Ford II World Center, also commonly known as the Ford World Headquarters and popularly known as the Glass House, [1] [2] is the administrative headquarters for Ford Motor Company, a 12-story, glass-faced office building [3] designed to accommodate a staff of approximately 3,000.
The heritage area comprises more than 1200 automotive-related sites, [2] including the Henry Ford Museum, Fair Lane, various Ford plants, the Automotive Hall of Fame, the Sloan Museum, and the Arab American National Museum. [3]
Henry Ford Museum (Ford Motor Company), Dearborn, Michigan Hostetler's Hudson Auto Museum, Shipshewana, Indiana [ 52 ] Closed 2018 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum , Speedway, Indiana
A year later, in December 1963, these archives were donated to the Edison Institute [10] (known today as the Henry Ford Museum). The site of the Ford Rotunda was left empty until the Michigan Technical Education Center (M-TEC) opened on the site in 2000. [11] The road in front of the Rotunda's former location retains its name, Rotunda Drive.
The Dearborn Inn is located two blocks from The Henry Ford, home of the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, Rouge Factory Tour, and Giant Screen Experience, and near other area attractions, such as the Henry Ford Estate, Detroit Casinos, Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum of African American History, Automobile Hall of Fame, Arab American ...