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Established in 1929, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village is the most visited indoor/outdoor historical complex in North America, welcoming more than one million visitors annually. The 12-acre Henry Ford Museum houses major collections about transportation, power and shop machinery, agriculture, lighting and communications, home arts, furniture, glass, and ceramics.

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Greenfield Village is a reverently and painstakingly preserved look at the way America lived, played, worked and created from the late 17th century through the turn of the century. It captures the unique moment in American history when the country was shifting from an agrarian to an industrial society - on the brink of its entrance to the world stage. In doing so, life at Greenfield Village illustrates the force of America"s spirit of innovation and resourcefulness.


The museum displays one of a kind objects such as: the chair President Abraham Lincoln was sitting in on the night he was assassinated, George Washington"s camp bed used during the Revolutionary War, and national treasures such as Thomas Edison"s Menlo Park laboratory complex where more than 400 inventions were produced, the cycle shop where the Wright brothers designed and built their first airplane, the house where Noah Webster wrote his American dictionary and an 1880s living history farm. Throughout the year, the museum and village present special exhibits and weekends that focus on a variety of historical topics including music, farming, food, and cars.


HFMGV also has an IMAX® Theatre, which seats 400, is adjacent to the museum"s famous clock tower entrance. The theater boasts a 62" by 80" screen, on which two- and three-dimensional films will be shown and is the only one of its kind in Michigan.


Admission: adults, $12.50; senior citizens 62 and over, $11.50; children 5-12, $7.50; children under five are free. Admission to the museum, village and IMAX Theatre is separate. Combination tickets are available, call for details. IMAX Theatre admission: adults, $7.50; seniors & members, $6.00. The museum and IMAX Theatre are open year-round except on Thanksgiving and Christmas days. The village is closed from January 3 through April 1.

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