| For such a young country, America's national | | | | show. The mission of the museum is much in |
| historical landmarks are plentiful. From | | | | the tradition of its founder; it acts as a |
| Washington to San Francisco, the nation's | | | | preserver of items that are of historical |
| history is stretched from coast to coast, | | | | significance - particularly for the |
| mapping out the history of the United States | | | | Industrial Revolution - and it houses a range |
| and its developments. One of the most | | | | of famous homes, machinery and |
| legendary of American historical | | | | Americana.Among the Henry Ford Museum's most |
| entrepreneurs was, of course, Henry Ford, and | | | | notable exhibits are the limousine in which |
| Detroit's Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield | | | | John F. Kennedy was assassinated, as well the |
| Village acts as a constant reminder of the | | | | chair in which Abraham Lincoln was sitting |
| role he played in revolutionising the | | | | when he was killed in Ford's Theater. Other |
| country's automobile industry, as well as | | | | notable exhibits in the museum include George |
| acting as home to some of America's most | | | | Washington's camp bed, and the bus on which |
| important exhibits.The Henry Ford museum | | | | Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, |
| originally opened in October 1929 under the | | | | leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in |
| name "The Edison Institute," and was | | | | 1955-56. The outdoor exhibits of Greenfield |
| christened by President Herbert Hoover on the | | | | Village include the Wright brothers' bicycle |
| 50th anniversary of the invention of the | | | | shop from Dayton, Ohio, Thomas Edison's |
| incandescent light bulb. Henry Ford said of | | | | laboratory from New Jersey, and the garage in |
| his museum: "I am collecting the history of | | | | which Henry Ford himself built the |
| our people as written into things their hands | | | | quadricycle.The Henry Ford Museum and |
| made and used... When we are through, we | | | | Greenfield Village clearly house some of |
| shall have reproduced American life as lived, | | | | America's greatest historical artefacts, and |
| and that, I think, is the best way of | | | | should be an essential attraction to visit in |
| preserving at least a part of our history and | | | | any tour of the country's historical |
| tradition."Now known as "the nation's largest | | | | landmarks. Many hotels, like Hilton's Embassy |
| indoor-outdoor history museum" complex, the | | | | Suites, offer special American History |
| Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield village is | | | | packages to the Henry Ford museum; so, when |
| more than just a museum - it provides | | | | these opportunities arise, it is best to take |
| entertainment as well. Visitors can ride in a | | | | advantage of them so you can save money |
| classic Model T, take a ride in the train, | | | | whilst visiting a premier American cultural |
| visit the IMAX theatre and even see a live | | | | destination. |