Yehudi Menuhin at Henry Ford Museum, Playing Violins in the Museum's Collection, April 7, 1988

Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Yehudi Menuhin, considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, visited in 1988.