The Henry Ford
Edison Institute Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum | |
The museum clock tower. The building is a replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. | |
| Location | The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Boulevard at Village Road Dearborn, Michigan United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°18′13″N 83°14′03″W / 42.30361°N 83.23417°W |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | Robert O. Derrick |
| Visitation | 1.7 million |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000071 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 20, 1969 |
| Designated NHLD | December 21, 1981 |
The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a history museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, within Metro Detroit. The museum collection contains the presidential limousine of John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, Thomas Edison's laboratory, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, the Rosa Parks bus, and many other historical exhibits. It is the largest indoor–outdoor museum complex in the United States and is visited by over 1.7 million people each year. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 as Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981 as "Edison Institute".