The Henry Ford

This article is about the museum. For the person, see Henry Ford. For other uses, see Henry Ford (disambiguation).

Edison Institute
Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum
The museum clock tower. The building is a replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
The Henry Ford is located in Michigan
The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford is located in the United States
The Henry Ford
LocationThe Henry Ford
20900 Oakwood Boulevard
at Village Road
Dearborn, Michigan
United States
Coordinates42°18′13″N 83°14′03″W / 42.30361°N 83.23417°W / 42.30361; -83.23417
Built1929; 95 years ago (1929)
ArchitectRobert O. Derrick
Visitation1.7 million
NRHP reference No.69000071
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 1969[1]
Designated NHLDDecember 21, 1981[2]

The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a history museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, within Metro Detroit.[3][4] The museum collection contains the presidential limousine of John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, Thomas Edison's laboratory, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, the Rosa Parks bus, and many other historical exhibits. It is the largest indoor–outdoor museum complex in the United States[5] and is visited by over 1.7 million people each year.[6] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 as Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum[1] and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981 as "Edison Institute".[2]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Edison Institute". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
  3. ^ America's Story, Explore the States: Michigan (2006). Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village Library of Congress
  4. ^ State of Michigan: MI Kids (2006).Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village
  5. ^ "The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation is the largest indoor-outdoor museum complex in America". USkings. October 14, 2015.
  6. ^ Frank, Annalise (January 26, 2018). "The Henry Ford's Attendance Down Slightly in 2017". Crain's Detroit Business. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.