Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery after Relocation, Greenfield Village Restoration Project, March 2003
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Artifact Overview
By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital photograph
Date Made
March 2003
Subject Date
March 2003
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.5907
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
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ArtifactSoybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Constructed in Greenfield Village, this building was an experimental soybean research laboratory during the 1930s. Henry Ford was looking for ways that farmers could use crops for industrial purposes, especially in the manufacture of car parts. Special equipment was designed here to process soybeans into oil and meal. Today, this building houses agricultural implements from the museum's collections.