The Henry Ford Historic Park (AKA Greenfield Village) (Dearborn, Michigan)
USA /
Michigan /
Dearborn /
Dearborn, Michigan /
Oakwood Boulevard, 20900
World
/ USA
/ Michigan
/ Dearborn
World / United States / Ohio
museum, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
A 90-acre, indoor/outdoor museum complex that opened in 1929 as The Edison Institute, but was known locally as Greenfield Village and The Henry Ford Museum, includes:
-Greenfield Village containing famous buildings from America’s past, craft demonstrations and special events;
-The Henry Ford Museum which houses a transportation collection, industrial and household machinery and decorative arts and showcases the people and ideas that have fired our imaginations and changed our lives.
-The Ford Rouge Factory Tour, a firsthand journey into the genius of American manufacturing.
-The Benson Ford Research Center housing the one-of-a-kind artifacts and resources of The Henry Ford to deepen our understanding of American people, places and things; and
-The Henry Ford IMAX Theater which presents current releases, cinema classics and feature-length documentaries that showcase American popular culture and the American experience in superb, sense-surrounding detail.
In 2006, the name was officially changed to The Henry Ford.
www.thehenryford.org
-Greenfield Village containing famous buildings from America’s past, craft demonstrations and special events;
-The Henry Ford Museum which houses a transportation collection, industrial and household machinery and decorative arts and showcases the people and ideas that have fired our imaginations and changed our lives.
-The Ford Rouge Factory Tour, a firsthand journey into the genius of American manufacturing.
-The Benson Ford Research Center housing the one-of-a-kind artifacts and resources of The Henry Ford to deepen our understanding of American people, places and things; and
-The Henry Ford IMAX Theater which presents current releases, cinema classics and feature-length documentaries that showcase American popular culture and the American experience in superb, sense-surrounding detail.
In 2006, the name was officially changed to The Henry Ford.
www.thehenryford.org
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Henry_Ford
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°18'16"N 83°13'30"W
- Greenfield Village 1.1 km
- Fair Lane - Home of Clara & Henry Ford 1.7 km
- Historic Fort Wayne 10 km
- Cranbrook Educational Community 31 km
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford Estate 33 km
- Canadian Transportation Museum & Heritage Village 41 km
- General Motors Heritage Center (opening 2023) 80 km
- Perry's Cave Family Fun Center 80 km
- Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center 107 km
- Steam Railroading Institute 109 km
- Dearborn Development Center 0.7 km
- Fairlane Town Center 1.4 km
- The University of Michigan - Dearborn 1.6 km
- Dearborn TPC 1.7 km
- Henry Ford II World Center 1.9 km
- Fairlane Woods Apartments 2.3 km
- Fairlane Business Park 2.6 km
- M-39 Exit 7: M-153 (Ford Road) 2.8 km
- Fairlane Meadows Apartments 3 km
- Fairlane East Apartments 3 km