Bicycles: Powering Possibilities Collection
Collections - VideoMembers First: Engaging Experts - Bicycles: Powering Possibilities
Join curator of transportation, Matt Anderson, for a look at 200 years of bicycle history, from the first simple draisines to the sophisticated electric-assist bikes of today. Enjoy a conversation on the design and development of the exhibition “Bicycles: Powering Possibilities,” now on display in the Collections Gallery at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation through February 15, 2026. The exhibition features 17 bikes, along with profiles of 12 influential riders, racers and builders, plus selected accessories, documents and photos drawn from The Henry Ford’s collections.
Collections - VideoInnovation Nation, Season 1
The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, which aired for 10 seasons on CBS, showcased present-day change-makers from all over the world alongside innovators of the past whose stories are told through the archives and experiences at The Henry Ford. In Season 1, Mo Rocca explores topics on Dymaxion House, The Wright Brothers' Cycle Shop, Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory, the Rosa Parks Bus, and more!
Collections - VideoInnovation Nation, Season 5
The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, which aired for 10 seasons on CBS, showcased present-day change-makers from all over the world alongside innovators of the past whose stories are told through the archives and experiences at The Henry Ford. In Season 5, Mo Rocca explores topics on From Horses to Cars, Willow Run B-24 Bombers, Inside the Wright Brothers' Childhood Home, and more!
Collections - ArticleRadWagon 5 Joins the Bicycle Collection
The Bicycles: Powering Possibilities exhibit at The Henry Ford features seventeen two-wheelers covering two centuries of bicycle history and technology, and it remains on view through February 15, 2026
Collections - ArticleBicycles: Powering Possibilities
The Henry Ford is well-known for its transportation collections, including automobiles from the road and race track, innovative early aircraft, and railroad locomotives of staggering size. But our holdings also include an impressive number of two-wheeled vehicles. Several of them are featured in our newest exhibit, Bicycles: Powering Possibilities, located in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation’s Collections Gallery (on view May 3, 2025 - February 15, 2026).