The Henry Ford Museum
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On Sunday, January 16th I woke up around 8:45am. Suddenly the idea of visiting The Henry Ford Museum, a place I haven’t been to in almost 10 years, popped into my head. I’ve been wanting to head back there for a while, so I decided to go. Well, less than two hours later I was pulling into the parking lot.
For those who don’t know what this museum is, it is a technology-focused historical museum which tends to concentrate on transportation and items from the after the 1700s. It’s a top-notch place to visit, including such exhibits as the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile, the chair in which President Abraham Lincoln was sitting when he was shot, the limousine in which President Kennedy was riding when he was shot, the Rosa Parks bus, and many, many more amazing items. There is all sorts of transportation exhibits, too, from the 1950s tourist / travel culture to locomotives, from stage coaches to bicycles. This museum is well worth visiting.
Per usual I took a number of photos of the trip. These can be found here, and include some of the following highlights:
· Lincoln’s Chair
· Kennedy’s Limo
· The Rosa Parks Bus
· Internet In A Box
· The Dymaxion House
· Brushes and windings of a Generator
In addition to visiting the museum, I took in a showing of a newer IMAX film about Mt. Everest titled appropriately, Everest. This was pretty good, and was prefixed by a very enjoyable IMAX film showing many of the beautiful scenes around Detroit. It was really nice to finally see Detroit shown in such a beautiful light.
i had that Internet in a Box. in fact, i know i definately have the disks, i may even still have the box.
Oh man… I always thought it would be neat to have, but by the time it was sold I was already running Windows 95 with it’s built-in IP stack, and a PPP account from (I)ndustry BBS.
Growing up in the subdivision kiddy corner from there, I’m still shocked & appalled at the way they call the whole thing “The Henry Ford” now & the gosh awful retooling of the signs.
It is a great place though, & in dealing with wacky Germans, like real Germans from Germany & other foreign types, they all rant & rave & everyone everywhere else in the world knows about this place & we take it for granted if we even vaguely know it exists.
If you only knew half the stuff they have there & in the village that you don’t see. It’s kinda like the secular Vatican of the west.
I agree, it really is an amazing museum… For maybe the last year I’ve had this nagging desire to just go back there, and I finally did, walking around amazed. I went there quite a few times when I was growing up, but the exhibits seem to have a much greater impact now, most likely because I wholly understand what many of the objects are, their social significance, and what all went into them.
I think I need to hit up the Detroit Science Center next. When I was younger we went there every other month or so, and for many years I saw every single space-related IMAX film. Twas very nice. :)
I really think your icon has 1 to many packages of waffles :)
I actually was at a railroad museum this weekend, its amazing how many steps we had to take in order to get the the 2005 lexus.
very nice photos too.
Oh, hi. :) Hehe… That’s the result of a trip to Costco and purchasing a whole box of Eggos. Unfortunately I didn’t eat them all before they got freezer burned. :(
Which museum did you go to?