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