Ford Museum (7/7/2015)

Today's adventure was the Ford Museum in Detroit.  This is a huge museum which "provides unique educational experiences based on authentic objects, stories and lives from America's traditions of ingenuity, resourcefulness and innovation."  I thought this would be about Mr. Ford and his life and the products he was responsible for, but I was wrong.  It is an all-inclusive museum, covering such things as American furniture dating from 1670, a dymaxion house, planes, trains, agriculture, generations, weapons, industry, presidential cars, of course cars of all sorts, and on and on.  Of course we have 160 pictures, so I sorted through some I found interesting.
Farm Equipment:

Items from the 50s:

Drive-In Movie Speakers

Furniture/Rooms:

Arm Chair

Generations:

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There were rooms of supporting pictures for each generation.  I could certainly relate to my Baby Boomer generation.

Weapons:

Made in America, covering manufacturing and power, exploring the legacy of innovators from the 18th to the 20th century.

Presidential Cars:

Reagan

Kennedy

Franklin Roosevelt

Eisenhower's Bubble Car

Trains:

Snowplow Train Car

Vehicles, vehicles, vehicles:

Goldenrod Speed Racing Car

Trevor Bain's Car he won the NASCAR 2011 Daytona 500 in

Clocks:

A really interesting section was called "with Liberty and Justice for all" and included exhibits of Abraham Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address, the Declaration of Independence, Martin Luther King, and the bus that Rosa Parks was on when she refused to give up her seat to a white person.

 And last but not least (actually this was at the very beginning, the Weinermobile!

This is an amazing museum.  We probably spent 4-5 hours here, including a 45-minute stop for lunch.  There were a few movies and videos around, and docents throughout to explain anything you wondered about. 

We left about 3:30 I think.  It had rained off and on most of the day, and was raining when we left but quit shortly thereafter.  Dave and Mazie were with us, and we happened to find a Tim Horton's just as we were discussing how good that sounded, so Joe circled the block and we all had a donut (Dave had a muffin).  Joe and I also had coffee, and Mazie ordered a hot chocolate -- that museum was freezing.

We got back to camp about 4:30, and I immediately gathered up my laundry and got that done.  Then I fixed dinner (a real meal), and Joe worked on outside chores, fixing the air horn, and working on the electric cord to the car but he had to go back to the parts store for that.  Everyone was tired, so we had an early night.  Tomorrow is supposed to be a nice day, so we have plans to tour the Greenfield Village, also part of the Ford Campus.