Henry Ford Museum

We spent one of the most interesting days we have had yet on this voyage. Our first stop was a visit to the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. It contains examples of American technology going back to colonial days. In hundreds of informative exhibit the museum shows how that technology developed. These developments encompass all areas of American life, including furniture, cooking automobiles, trains, and airplanes. I particularly enjoyed the exhibit of the automobiles. One exhibit that caught my attention had to do with the development of NASCAR, the national sport of the South. We saw the Lincoln limousines used by the American Presidents from Roosevelt to Bush, including the historical automobile in which John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Airplanes starting with the Wright Flyer traced the constant progress of aviation in the twentieth century. Another display tracked the rise of land transportation from horse-drawn carriages to railroads. Finally we saw the kitchen used by Julia Child in her television show produced by WGBH in Boston. This museum is the best I have ever seen except maybe for the Smithsonian.Read more