At the beginning of December, I visited the Henry Ford Museum. The museum contains a history of popular cars throughout history, locomotives, agriculture machinery, planes, American-made products, a collection of dollhouses, an exhibit on civil rights and other exhibitions. There is also an IMAX cinema on site. The museum has the car that JFK was shot in and the chair that Abraham Lincoln was shot in. I've included some photographs of the museum (and in the museum) below.
I have been to a few automotive museums previously, such as the Volvo Museum in Gotenburg, Sweden. Whereas the Volvo Museum was filled with all types of Volvo, the Ford Museum was a lot different and was not exclusively Ford cars.
The exterior of the Henry Ford museum
The exterior of the museum has a clock tower. We arrived early in the morning, just before the opening time, and the grounds in front of the museum were filled with geese. There were rows of Christmas trees for sale in front of the museum, and they made the area smell of refreshing pine. A statue of Henry Ford was also in front of the museum.
Statue of Henry Ford
Henry Ford Museum
There was a selection of classic cars in the museum along with classic road-side signage, such as this McDonalds restraurant. There was also signage for gasoline and motels.
A classic car and classic McDonalds sign
There were more than cars in the museum, but I mainly took photographs of the cars, which are shown below. Do not forget to see the locomotives, agriculture machinery, Rosa Park's bus, and the chair Abraham Lincoln was shot in. Also, some ex-presidential cars were amongst the car collection.
Classic cars by era
Have you visited the museum before? What did you think?
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