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Michigan artists – we want you for our holiday catalog!

Here at The Henry Ford, you could say that we have a passion for all things local.   Whether it’s the ingredients in dishes across More

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Rare opportunity to learn about – and hear! – our 1709 Stradivari violin

Many people don’t realize that Henry Ford had a special fondness for musical instruments, especially violins. Although he never learned to play it as well More

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Welcome to The Henry Ford’s new blog!

It’s a new year, and it’s time for a fresh start – we’re thrilled to introduce you to the new look of our blog! If More

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Welcome… to virtual EDventures at The Henry Ford!

Paula Gangopadhyay is Director of Education at The Henry Ford – and she is very excited to tell you about one of our newest ventures… More

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Engines Exposed in Henry Ford Museum

You’ve seen these cars on the Museum floor, oohed and ahhed, marveled and even been awestruck. They are amazing, unique, priceless and well—just awesome. Ever More

Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller

This post comes from Marc Greuther, Chief Curator and Curator of Design, published in the 2010 January-March issue of The Henry Ford’s Living History magazine. More

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80 Years of The Henry Ford

This is a guest post by Judy Endelman. Henry Ford may have said “History is bunk,” but he founded one of America’s premier history museums–The More

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Historic photos on Flickr

The Henry Ford has an extensive collection of historic photos, and we’re excited to make them more accessible on the web.  We are hoping to More

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A Day with Chuck Jones, vice president, Global Consumer Design, Whirlpool Corporation: "Testing to see if the dogs eat the dog food"

This is a guest post by Judy Endelman. On May 13, 2009, the “Collecting Innovation Today” team interviewed Chuck Jones at the Global Consumer Design More

Jim Johnson, guest blogger on Freep.com

Hi everyone! This Memorial Day weekend is Civil War Remembrance in Greenfield Village. Our own Jim Johnson, senior manager of creative programs, was asked to More