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Climb into our Driving America vehicles with Midcoast Studios

The Henry Ford’s new exhibit, Driving America, offers visitors a new way of looking at the history and impact of the automobile on American life. More

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“Fitting out” the Texaco service bay in Driving America

Driving America will offer a brand-new opportunity for kids to pretend they’re auto mechanics. And what better place for this to occur than inside the More

Buck Rogers Comic Strip Characters and Space Vehicles, Cocomalt Premium, circa 1934, from the collections of The Henry Ford. Featuring a space pterodactyl!

Our New Year’s resolution: More artifacts at your fingertips

The coming of a New Year is a great time to set resolutions, and for 2012, The Henry Ford has picked at least one doozy More

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We want to know about your first car!

photo credit: Roger4336 Driving America is the story of us and our relationships with cars – whether it’s as a driver, consumer or just plain lover More

New Driving America entrance ramp

Transportation Transformation: The shape of things to come

The future Driving America exhibit is slowly starting to take shape! Some of the changes are quite subtle, like the pathways across the exhibit… …or More

Hot dog interactive in Henry Ford Museum

Weekend Update, March 26-27: My museum has a first name, it’s H-E-N-R-Y…

After a few weeks of being “tuned up,” our hot dog interactive is back in action near the Weinermobile – hop in and dress yourself More

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Transportation Transformation: Mustangs and Packards and Studebakers, oh my!

It’s one of our most frequently-asked questions these days: While the transportation exhibit is in the process of being upgraded to our new Driving America More

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Transportation Transformation: Our new exhibit name revealed, plus new video!

An upgraded exhibit deserves an upgraded name, right? So when our transportation exhibit (formerly known as the Automobile in American Life exhibit) re-opens in early More

Our "Old 16" car being digitized for our new transportation exhibit

Transportation Transformation: Digitizing our collections and carpentry work

This week’s update is all about computers and carpentry! As we complete demolition of the old “spine” (the winding platform of cars located in the More

Lamy's Diner after renovation - artist rendering

Transportation Transformation: Lamy’s Diner and Drive-In Theater

As we make more progress in our transportation exhibit upgrade, our construction team is charging ahead! This week, work began on the Drive-In Theater and More

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Our transportation exhibit is getting an upgrade!

You may have noticed that our Automobile in American Life exhibit is looking a little…different lately. That’s because this important representation of Americans on wheels More

Edison2 Very Light Car

Coming soon to Henry Ford Museum – the Edison2 Very Light Car!

Have you heard? We’re getting a new addition to Henry Ford Museum – the Edison2 Very Light Car, winner of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X More

Historic Video of the Month: "Ford Automobiles, 1903-1917"

 Every month, we feature a video from Film Source, The Henry Ford’s online collection of historic motion picture films shorts. The films were originally More

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Charles Addams: Car Guy

Charles Addams, Virginia de Luce, and Jacques Tunick at the “5th Avenue Meet,” New York City, NY, April 24, 1960 (Photo ID Co4879, Album 27, More

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