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Activity
  • Mother and son use tools in the Pit Crew Challenge
    Activity

    Pit Crew Challenge

    • Driven to Win
    • Daily
    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.
  • Allegheny Locomotive
    Activity

    Allegheny Locomotive

    • Railroads
    • Daily
    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. 
  • Dymaxion House
    Activity

    Dymaxion House

    • Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
    • Daily
    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.
  • Close up of fibers on the weaving loom in the shop
    Activity

    Weaving

    • Weaving Shop, Liberty Craftworks
    • Daily
    Watch for weavers at work in the village. The Weaving Shop will be demonstrating traditional techniques on our Colonial Loom, Fly Shuttle Loom and Cleo Loom. See if you can spot the technological advances in early looms that led to modern computer-aided processes.
  • A red ceramic bowl on a pottery wheel
    Activity

    Potter's Wheel

    • Pottery Shop
    • Daily

    Experience an up-close look at skilled artisans as they work with redware, stoneware and porcelain to craft unique pottery. You can find many of their hand-crafted pieces available for sale in our gift shops.

  • Printing press creating a print that reads anything is possible
    Activity

    Printing Press

    • Printing Office
    • Daily
    Start the presses! Join us for demonstrations of typesetting and printing, plus insights into how the printing press has influenced modern communication.
  • 1975 Sperry-New Holland Combine
    Activity

    1975 Sperry-New Holland Combine

    • Agriculture and the Environment
    • Daily
    Experience the innovation that changed the corn harvest by compacting multiple processes into one great big machine.
  • Artisan crafting glass vase in Greenfield Village
    Activity

    Glassblowing

    • Glass Shop
    • Daily

    Feel the heat of this 2,000-year-old art where skilled glassblowers demonstrate historical techniques with a modern twist.

     

  • Three children looking at a wind tunnel
    Activity

    Wind Tunnel

    • Wright Cycle Shop
    • Daily

    The wind tunnel was a research tool used by the Wright brothers. See a demonstration of the wind tunnel that helped them test and develop their airplane in pursuit of the first flight.