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- Members First: Engaging Experts - Bicycles: Powering Possibilities - <p>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.</p>
- July 23, 2025
- Collections - Video
Members 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.
- Members First: Engaging Experts - Hallowe’en in America - Halloween has not always been the night of ghoulish and garish decorations, candy and trick-or-treating we know today. Jim Johnson, Director of Greenfield Village and Curator of Historic Structures & Landscapes, along with Jeanine Head Miller, Curator of Domestic Life, take a deeper look at the celebration of All Hallow's Eve, its ancient Celtic origins and early Halloween celebrations and traditions, like sending Halloween-themed postcards.
- September 03, 2025
- Collections - Video
Members First: Engaging Experts - Hallowe’en in America
Halloween has not always been the night of ghoulish and garish decorations, candy and trick-or-treating we know today. Jim Johnson, Director of Greenfield Village and Curator of Historic Structures & Landscapes, along with Jeanine Head Miller, Curator of Domestic Life, take a deeper look at the celebration of All Hallow's Eve, its ancient Celtic origins and early Halloween celebrations and traditions, like sending Halloween-themed postcards.
- Martha Parke Firestone, Engagement Announcement Photo, September 1946 -
- September 01, 1946
- Collections - Artifact
Martha Parke Firestone, Engagement Announcement Photo, September 1946
- Unisys DP 500 Expert System Team, 1993 -
- 1993
- Collections - Artifact
Unisys DP 500 Expert System Team, 1993
- Expert Columbia High-Wheel Bicycle, 1884 - Pope Manufacturing Company manufactured this Expert Columbia bicycle in 1884. By the mid-1880s, the high-wheel ordinary incorporated many innovations such as steel-tube-frame construction, ball bearings, and wire wheels with rubber tires. These improvements made the ordinary a popular recreational and sporting machine. But the difficulty in mounting and safety concerns tended to limit its use mainly to athletic young men.
- 1884
- Collections - Artifact
Expert Columbia High-Wheel Bicycle, 1884
Pope Manufacturing Company manufactured this Expert Columbia bicycle in 1884. By the mid-1880s, the high-wheel ordinary incorporated many innovations such as steel-tube-frame construction, ball bearings, and wire wheels with rubber tires. These improvements made the ordinary a popular recreational and sporting machine. But the difficulty in mounting and safety concerns tended to limit its use mainly to athletic young men.
- "May Hallowe'en Frolics Engage You Tonight," 1937 - A distinctly American blend of Halloween traditions emerged by the late 1800s. Into the 20th century, the holiday was mostly an innocent celebration of mystery and fun, but friends and neighbors often exchanged seasonal greeting cards that evoked Halloween's superstitious origins. This colorful example alludes to olden customs involving witchcraft and fortune-telling.
- 1937
- Collections - Artifact
"May Hallowe'en Frolics Engage You Tonight," 1937
A distinctly American blend of Halloween traditions emerged by the late 1800s. Into the 20th century, the holiday was mostly an innocent celebration of mystery and fun, but friends and neighbors often exchanged seasonal greeting cards that evoked Halloween's superstitious origins. This colorful example alludes to olden customs involving witchcraft and fortune-telling.
- Pyrex Experts Book on Better Cooking, 1925 -
- 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Pyrex Experts Book on Better Cooking, 1925
- "Artist's Claim Loses Face with Shakespeare Experts," Newspaper Article, circa 1992 - Lillian Schwartz is a pioneer of computer-generated art. From 1969-2002, she was a "resident visitor" at Bell Laboratories, producing groundbreaking films, videos, and multimedia works. The Schwartz Collection spans Lillian's childhood into her late career, documenting an expansive mindset, mastery over traditional and experimental mediums alike--and above all--an ability to create inspirational connections between science, art, and technology.
- circa 1992
- Collections - Artifact
"Artist's Claim Loses Face with Shakespeare Experts," Newspaper Article, circa 1992
Lillian Schwartz is a pioneer of computer-generated art. From 1969-2002, she was a "resident visitor" at Bell Laboratories, producing groundbreaking films, videos, and multimedia works. The Schwartz Collection spans Lillian's childhood into her late career, documenting an expansive mindset, mastery over traditional and experimental mediums alike--and above all--an ability to create inspirational connections between science, art, and technology.
- Drawing, "Unit - Capstan Clutch Engaging (on Shaft)," Ford GPA, October 28, 1942 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- October 28, 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Drawing, "Unit - Capstan Clutch Engaging (on Shaft)," Ford GPA, October 28, 1942
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- Saturday Evening Girls - <p>In Boston in 1908, librarian Edith Guerrier and her friend and artist Edith Brown started a club for young women called Saturday Evening Girls. Mostly Italian and Jewish immigrant girls, the group met when they had free time — on Saturday evenings. As part of a settlement house, they read classics and performed theatricals but, most importantly, learned how to decorate pottery. </p>
- June 25, 2024
- Collections - Video
Saturday Evening Girls
In Boston in 1908, librarian Edith Guerrier and her friend and artist Edith Brown started a club for young women called Saturday Evening Girls. Mostly Italian and Jewish immigrant girls, the group met when they had free time — on Saturday evenings. As part of a settlement house, they read classics and performed theatricals but, most importantly, learned how to decorate pottery.