Travel: Day 4, part 1, The Henry Ford Museum
The Henry Ford Museum is a part of the complex that also includes Greenfield Village and The Automotive Hall of Fame. Again, people told me that the museum would be about four hours worth of touring. My friend and I took about six and a half. And that’s with skipping most of the power and machinery sections.
My favorite items on display are the bus on which Rosa Parks made her stand and R. Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House. Some of the items I felt privileged to see are the actual presidential limousine in which Kennedy was shot and the Ford’s Theater chair in which Lincoln was assassinated.
As with the hands-on approach to history at Greenfield Village, visitors are welcome to board the Montgomery city bus and sit in the seat that Rosa Parks refused to give up. It was a spine tingling experience for me.
R. Buckminster Fuller is famous for the geodesic dome, but he also developed the design for the Dymaxion House for post-WWII America. It’s a circular house and only two were ever made. The Henry Ford has one open with guided tours. It’s really interesting to see some of the innovations and eco-adaptations that he dreamed up.
On a more humorous note: This is what the “Wiener Mobile Cafe” called a Chicago hotdog. They were out of green peppers or I would have had those on here too. That’s fresh cucumber and celery you see. And some kind of spicy dijon mustard. I guess they can’t get everything right.