Henry Ford Museum
Elizabeth Parke Firestone couture, originally uploaded by Laughing Squid
Years and years ago, my mother dragged my brother and I up to Detroit to visit the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. I have to say, it was pretty freaking awesome - there are trains, cars, furniture, old buildings - exactly the kinds of things which a teenage boy would love.
Well, Scott Beale of Laughing Squid just visited the museum, and has posted an awesome Flickr photoset of his trip:
I was in Detroit last week and while there I visited the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, which is part of The Henry Ford, also home to Greenfield Village.
This museum is an awesome testament to the history of American innovation and automation. It is so large, 12 indoor acres, that it even contains a couple of complete trains, both engines and cars with tracks built into the museum floor as well as several full-sized planes including a Douglas DC-3. Other notable installations were several of the Lincoln Continental presidental limousines, including the one that JFK was riding in when he as assassinated in Dallas, an entire motel room from a 70’s era Holiday Inn, Lamy’s Diner, a 1940’s diner transplaned from Marlboro, Massachusetts, an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile and even the refurbished Rosa Parks bus.
Another excuse to visit the Midwest.
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