Driving America

Theodore Haubner - radio operator

Sending out an SOS

On August 11, 1909, as his ship struggled off Cape Hatteras, telegraph operator Theodore Haubner had an urgent choice to make: How should he call More

Historic calendar - from the collections of The Henry Ford

February 2012 – a look ahead

It’s February! The groundhog has seen his shadow, so it looks like we’re in for six more weeks of winter…which makes it the perfect time More

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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

Voila!

What’s in a wheel?

What does lounging by the pool on a hot day have to do with automotive restoration? In the case of one of our antique vehicles, More

Lamy's Diner bride and groom

Love, Driving America-style

This weekend marks the opening of Henry Ford Museum’s much-anticipated Driving America  – the world’s premier automotive exhibition. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that in private events More

Texaco Station hands-on activity - DA

“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

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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

Interactives in Driving America - Photo by Bill Bowen

Driving America, the World’s Premier Automotive Exhibition, to Open January 2012 at The Henry Ford

Driving America, a brand new, one-of-a-kind automotive experience at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan will open to the public January 29, 2012. Centered around an More

Patio framing outside of Lamy's Diner

Transportation Transformation: Sign of the times

The biggest news this week is that framing has begun on the platform for the patio outside of Lamy’s Diner! Have you noticed the new More

Build-out of future Drive In Theater

Transportation Transformation: Slowly but surely…

…more transformations are on the way! Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve moved back the Drive In Theater sign and turned it around… …and 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

Cars near Allegheny locomotive

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

Artistic rendering of new transportation exhibit

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

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