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- Lillian Schwartz & the Mona Leo Theory - A new exhibition in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation’s Collections Gallery – Handmade: The Crafting of America – opens to the public on March 21, 2026. This exhibit features stories from the rich 250 years of craft in America. As March is Women’s History Month, here are some highlights of the contributions of women in craft in our collections and in the exhibition.
- March 27, 2026
- Collections - article
Lillian Schwartz & the Mona Leo Theory
A new exhibition in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation’s Collections Gallery – Handmade: The Crafting of America – opens to the public on March 21, 2026. This exhibit features stories from the rich 250 years of craft in America. As March is Women’s History Month, here are some highlights of the contributions of women in craft in our collections and in the exhibition.
- Symbols in Simplicity: The Photography of Margaret Bourke-White - Photojournalism at its best has the power to extend beyond being merely documentary; at its finest, it is intended to make the viewer think or feel something about the subject matter.
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- December 06, 2023
- Collections - article
Symbols in Simplicity: The Photography of Margaret Bourke-White
Photojournalism at its best has the power to extend beyond being merely documentary; at its finest, it is intended to make the viewer think or feel something about the subject matter.
- Paving the Way for Hands-Free Technologies - In 1972, Lillian Schwartz sat down with a bundle of pipe cleaners. She tested their flexibility, twisting them into loose loops and serpentine figures. Lillian was an artist, and often used unconventional materials in her work--but these pipe cleaner
- November 21, 2023
- Collections - article
Paving the Way for Hands-Free Technologies
In 1972, Lillian Schwartz sat down with a bundle of pipe cleaners. She tested their flexibility, twisting them into loose loops and serpentine figures. Lillian was an artist, and often used unconventional materials in her work--but these pipe cleaner
- Is it really art? Lillian Schwartz, Computer Art and Artificial Intelligence - “An oil painting by Matisse of a humanoid robot playing chess.” “An astronaut riding a horse in photorealistic style.” “An armchair in the shape of an avocado.” These are only a few input suggestions for the image generation platform known as Dall-E
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- November 28, 2023
- Collections - article
Is it really art? Lillian Schwartz, Computer Art and Artificial Intelligence
“An oil painting by Matisse of a humanoid robot playing chess.” “An astronaut riding a horse in photorealistic style.” “An armchair in the shape of an avocado.” These are only a few input suggestions for the image generation platform known as Dall-E
- Maria Grever: A Little Known — But Not Unsung — Composer - What do the Andrews Sisters’s 1938 hit song, “Ti-Pi-Tin,” and Dinah Washington’s Grammy-winning 1959 recording of “What a Difference a Day Makes” have in common? Both songs were written by Maria Grever, a female Mexican composer.
- November 14, 2023
- Collections - article
Maria Grever: A Little Known — But Not Unsung — Composer
What do the Andrews Sisters’s 1938 hit song, “Ti-Pi-Tin,” and Dinah Washington’s Grammy-winning 1959 recording of “What a Difference a Day Makes” have in common? Both songs were written by Maria Grever, a female Mexican composer.
- Mary Judge: Fixture of Detroit’s Central Market - Through determination and resourcefulness, Mary Judge stood out from the other “hucksters” at Detroit’s Central Market in the latter half of the 19th century. Poor, single, and an immigrant, Judge managed to make a living – and a name for herself.
- October 25, 2023
- Collections - article
Mary Judge: Fixture of Detroit’s Central Market
Through determination and resourcefulness, Mary Judge stood out from the other “hucksters” at Detroit’s Central Market in the latter half of the 19th century. Poor, single, and an immigrant, Judge managed to make a living – and a name for herself.
- Lillian Schwartz and Eadweard Muybridge: Pioneers of Motion - In June 1878, Eadweard Muybridge was hard at work. At the Palo Alto Stock Farm in Stanford, California, the photographer positioned twelve cameras along the side of a racetrack
- August 16, 2023
- Collections - article
Lillian Schwartz and Eadweard Muybridge: Pioneers of Motion
In June 1878, Eadweard Muybridge was hard at work. At the Palo Alto Stock Farm in Stanford, California, the photographer positioned twelve cameras along the side of a racetrack
- Marian Morash: The Cook Who Inspired Us to Eat Our Vegetables! - Marian Morash, the cook who inspired us to eat our vegetables, was a regular on The Victory Garden. Learn more about her and her husband's legacy here.
- July 13, 2023
- Collections - article
Marian Morash: The Cook Who Inspired Us to Eat Our Vegetables!
Marian Morash, the cook who inspired us to eat our vegetables, was a regular on The Victory Garden. Learn more about her and her husband's legacy here.
- The Automobile and Women’s Suffrage - Learn how the women's suffrage movement turned to cars as a strategy for garnering broader support for their cause. Before long, the automobile had become both a symbol of freedom for American women and an important tool in the fight for suffrage.
- August 25, 2020
- Collections - article
The Automobile and Women’s Suffrage
Learn how the women's suffrage movement turned to cars as a strategy for garnering broader support for their cause. Before long, the automobile had become both a symbol of freedom for American women and an important tool in the fight for suffrage.
- Women’s Suffrage Started with Women’s Rights - Explore the complex history of the fight for women's suffrage and women's rights in America through artifacts from the collections of The Henry Ford.
- August 25, 2020
- Collections - article
Women’s Suffrage Started with Women’s Rights
Explore the complex history of the fight for women's suffrage and women's rights in America through artifacts from the collections of The Henry Ford.