Calendar
ExhibitHandmade: The Crafting of America
- Collections Gallery
- Mar 21, 2026-Jan 18, 2027
- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Discover the story of American craftsmanship in Handmade: The Crafting of America. From practical beginnings to bold, modern expressions, this exhibition traces the evolution of craft and celebrates human creativity.
ExhibitFor Generations Yet Unborn
- Near Your Place in Time
- Feb 7, 2026-Jan 2027
- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
In this temporary collections spotlight, Mrs. Jackson’s memoir, The House by the Side of the Road: The Selma Civil Rights Movement, takes center stage, highlighting how everyday people can preserve and share their own family stories.
EventGreenfield Village Block Party: Welcoming the Jackson Home to the Neighborhood
- Greenfield Village
- June 12-14, 2026
- Open Fri and Sat until 9 p.m. Regular hours Sun
Mark a historic milestone with The Henry Ford during the grand opening of the Jackson Home. Join us for a village-wide celebration of community, courage and culture featuring special programs, Southern-inspired food, musical performances and more as we welcome the Jackson Home to the Greenfield Village neighborhood.
EventHistoric Base Ball in Greenfield Village
- Walnut Grove
- Jun 13-Sept 7, 2026
- First pitch 1:30 p.m.
Step into a 19th-century summer — when the game was known as "base ball" — as one of the early official rule books comes to life in Greenfield Village. Join in as players parade down Main Street each Saturday before they take the field with the uniforms, equipment and umpiring used in 1867.
EventCelebrate Juneteenth: Liberation and Legacy
- Greenfield Village
- June 19, 2026
- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Juneteenth is the nationally recognized holiday celebrating the end of American chattel slavery. While Emancipation Days varied from state to state and occasionally town to town, Juneteenth has become an important date in American history to recognize the dream of liberty and justice for all.
EventCivic Season
- Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
- June 19-July 4, 2026
- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Throughout Civic Season, we reflect on the unity of our nation's newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, with its oldest, the Fourth of July. In 2026, as we mark 250 years of American history, we also recognize the power of communities coming together.
ActivityPit Crew Challenge
- Driven to Win
- Daily
- Times Vary
Being a member of a NASCAR pit crew requires training, precision and practice. See if you have what it takes to help your team win the race in this hands-on experience.
ActivityAllegheny Locomotive
- Railroads
- Daily
- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Built in 1941 and weighing 600 tons, the Allegheny was one of the largest steam-powered locomotives ever built. Watch our video of the Allegheny in operation, and then step up into the cab of this mighty engine and imagine yourself at the controls.
ActivityDymaxion House
- Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
- Daily
- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Go on a guided tour of Buckminster Fuller's resourceful aluminum dwelling, a prototype of a sustainable suburbia. Please note that the historic design of the Dymaxion House does not accommodate wheelchairs or strollers. However, the home may be viewed from the deck at the top of the ramp, and a special exterior presentation is available upon request.
ActivityRecording Sound
- Menlo Park Laboratory
- Daily
- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
An in-depth demonstration of the invention that made Thomas Edison famous — the tinfoil phonograph. This is the technology that captured sound. Discover the origins of recorded music.
Activity1975 Sperry-New Holland Combine
- Agriculture and the Environment
- Daily
- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Experience the innovation that changed the corn harvest by compacting multiple processes into one great big machine.
ActivityEngineering Firsts
- Outside Ford Motor Company
- Daily
- 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
Watch and listen as a replica of Henry Ford's very first internal combustion engine created in 1893, the "kitchen sink" engine, hums and thrums before your eyes. Join us for a 15-minute presentation, weather permitting.
Giant Screen Experience
FilmBlue Whales: Return of the Giants
- 45 minutes
- Shows Daily
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants takes viewers on the journey of a lifetime to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from the brink of extinction.Blue Whales: Return of the Giants takes viewers on the journey of a lifetime to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from the brink of extinction.
Traditional Film. Closed captioning available upon request. Select showtimes playing in 3D.
FilmDetroit: The City of Hot Rods & Muscle Cars
- 35 minutes
- Shows Daily
Welcome to Detroit, where a vehicle is much more than a way to get from A to B. Experience the movement that shaped not only the Motor City, but automotive culture throughout the world.
Showcase Film.
FilmInto America's Wild
- 40 minutes
- Shows Daily
A cross-country journey to some of the most beautiful but little-known landscapes of North America. Explore North America's scenic views, ancient canyons, and the human connection we share with the natural world.
Traditional Film. Closed Captioning available upon request. Select showtimes in 3D.
FilmAmerica's Musical Journey
- 40 minutes
- Shows Daily
America's Musical Journey follows singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc as he traces the roots of American music and explores the great musical cities — places like New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville, Miami, New York City and more — where such electrifying art forms as jazz, the blues, country, soul and rock and roll were born.
Closed Captioning available upon request. Select showtimes in 3D.
FilmA River Runs Through It — Dementia-Friendly Screening
- 2 hours
- June 16
Two sons of a stern minister — one reserved, one rebellious — grow up in the rural 1920s Montana while devoted to fly fishing.
During Dementia Friendly films, the lights in the theater are turned up, the sound turned down, and guests are welcome to talk, tap their feet, clap, and sing along. All guests are welcome.
A brief presentation about the film will take place before the film starts.
FilmGreat Bear Rainforest
- 40 minutes
- June 25
Journey to a land of grizzlies, coastal wolves, sea otters, humpback whales and the fabled all-white Spirit Bear — one of the rarest animals on Earth. Great Bear Rainforest is set in one of the planet's most exquisite and secluded wildernesses on Canada's rugged Pacific coast.
Closed Captioning available upon request.