Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, (also known as the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village), is in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, just minutes from our NOTOCON hotel, the Hyatt Regency Dearborn. It is the nation's "largest indoor-outdoor history museum" complex.
Named for its founder, the noted automobile industrialist Henry Ford, and based on his desire to preserve items of historical significance and portray the Industrial Revolution, the property houses a vast array of famous homes, machinery, exhibits, and Americana. The collection contains many rare exhibits including John F. Kennedy's presidential limousine, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House, the Allegheny Steam Locomotive, Thomas Edison's laboratory, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, the Firestone Farm (still an actual working farm), the Rosa Parks bus, and a huge number of classic cars, industrial and farm equipment, and items from everyday life from our nation's founding to the present.
Henry Ford said of his museum:
“ I am collecting the history of our people as written into things their hands made and used.... When we are through, we shall have reproduced American life as lived, and that, I think, is the best way of preserving at least a part of our history and tradition...”
Having grown up here in Metro Detroit, I have spent many days exploring the Museum and Village. My family went every year to both: once in the summer to the Village and once during the colder months to the Museum. It is truly a gem!
The complex is only minutes away, by car, from the Hyatt, our NOTOCON VIII hotel.
Museum hours are 9:30 AM - 5 PM, 7 days a week and admission is currently:
Adult: $15.00
Senior (62+): $14.00
Youth (5-12): $11.00
Children under 5: Free
Village hours are also 9:30 AM - 5 PM, 7 days a week. Admission for the Village is currently:
Adult: $22.00
Senior (62+): $21.00
Youth (5-12): $16.00
Children under 5: Free
Unlimited Daily Ride Pass* $10.00
* Children < 5 free
It is actually hard to see everything in either the Museum OR the Village in one day, so if you want to see everything, plan on spending two full days. Our special $99 rate at the Hyatt goes for a couple of days before and after the actual dates of NOTOCON proper, so take advantage and see this wonder of American hisory.
Visit http://www.thehenryford.org/ for more information.
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