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=__**The Henry Ford Museum Field Trip in Dearborn, Michigan**__= The Henry Ford, in Dearborn, Michigan, is the world’s premiere history destination that celebrates 300 years of American history and innovation. Its mission is to provide unique educational experiences based on America’s traditions of ingenuity, resourcefulness and innovation. Its purpose is to inspire people to learn from these traditions and shape a better future. The Henry Ford holds 26 million authentic artifacts and documents including Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory, the bus on which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, the Wright Brothers’ home and cycle shop, and Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House. Five distinct attractions at The Henry Ford captivate and inspire more than 1.6 million visitors annually: Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, The Ford Rouge Factory Tour, The Benson Ford Research Center and The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre.

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1. Edison's Menlo Park Complex
Menlo Park Laboratory is the home to the first electric light bulb, the first phonograph and many other inventions. Thomas Edison believed the best creations came from people working together. His team of workers brought both traditional craft skills and new scientific knowledge to the exciting challenges facing them at this laboratory. Where & When Built in 1929 in Greenfield Village. Some structural elements from original complex in Menlo Park, New Jersey.



2. Henry Ford's Assembly Line
What better way to learn about an assembly line than to work on one? In this hands-on 20-minute program, your students will work together to assemble a miniature wooden Model T using the station and moving assembly line methods.



3. Rosa Park's Bus
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded this Montgomery City bus to go home from work. On this bus on that day, she initiated a new era in the American quest for freedom and equality.



__**Overall Experience**__
I have fond memories of field trips to the Henry Ford Museum and to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. While the museum is a large indoor facility, Greenfield Village is an outdoor area which re-creates historical eras into districts. Not only was being outside on a school day a welcome change but I also liked the one-room schoolhouse with blackboard tablets and chalk so my friends and I could pretend to be on "Little House and the Prairie".