Interesting tour. For 15 years I worked at the Ford Center just across the street from the Ford Museum and I lived just down the street toward Michigan Avenue for a while. I agree with your comments about the "dumbing down" of the exhibits. A lot of my favorite items are still there, but there were many exhibits in smaller rooms that were also very interesting. We actually spent more time in Greenfield Village when we lived there. Thanks for the tour, it was an interesting reminder of a favorite place 50 years ago.
I hate to admit that this wonderful museum is about 70 minutes away and I haven’t been there in years it has changed a lot since my last visit I must go soon.
Went their once in the 70s as a kid on a school trip its changed a lot from what I remember still have fond memories for that huge locomotive which I was really impressed by.
You are correct sir, there were minicomputers and word processors with display screens long before the first Apple computer. Thanks for the "Walk Throughs", I appreciate the value of them as you expressed.
Once again an excellent walk through video, loved the model train display, as well as the GM EV1 and Chrysler Turbine car, Hope to make it there one day myself!
And you are correct, the "Big Boy" is a 4-8-8-4 configuration, it was the largest steam locomotive built, with #4014 just restored by the Union Pacific railroad and in operating condition today!
Thanks, I was wondering when you were going to do the Henry Ford. I haven't been there in about 20 years and can't believe how much it has changed since then.
As someone who has a lot of 50-100 year old wood furniture that doesn't want to stay in one piece, I'm stunned that John Hancock's scrawny card table has not disassembled itself into toothpicks after 250 years
This was very helpful from a family history research perspective. I was able to match my great grandfather's 1909 Ford Model T touring car with the red one you walked by in the museum. I had him in one on a photo but was having difficulty matching it to the right brand and model. Your detailed reading of the plaques makes a huge difference! - Also would like to chat with you about your travel series on the train - what is the best way to contact you? Thanks - Chris
The 1919 Victrola is nearly identical to one my grandparents had that they bought when they got married in 1919 this helped me date the one I remember listening to as a kid in the 60’s.
8:32 Some of that noise could have been coming from the Mathematica exhibit- there's a ball/pin cascade, similar to a pachinko machine, that's very noisy.
I thought they had an entire early McDonald's. They used to have more airplanes. There was a North Central Airlines DC 3 at onr time. There was a story about how it landed at the test track and they knocked the wall down to get it in.
Did you ever get the toy version -- if not of this particular tanker (55:11), then maybe one of the many others -- that were sold through Texaco retailers? Since you called out the Mighty Mouse cartoon, I'm guessing we're both "of a certain age." Also 58:10 where did they plug in their scanners? 😆
When I was just a few years old, my grandfather gave me a present of a metal toy truck, consisting of a tractor cab and a tanker trailer, with Texaco markings. I don't know what became of it; my mother made sure that a lot of toys of mine were handed down to my brothers......
Was looking for the Land Speed car "Golden Rod" did I miss it? My friend Mike Cook restored it for the museum and I have a couple pieces from one of the engines.
This is not a model railroad video. It is a walk-through of a huge museum, and I did not linger long on any part of it, including the model railroad. Maybe you could, you know, go there in person, so you could fine tune how long you view each thing.
Superb videos, but what happened to Lincoln's assassination chair, exhibits about history of race relations and women's suffrage and most importantly, the Rosa Parks Bus? These important artifacts are all at the Henry Ford!
David Haykus, it is not a scam unless it purports to be something other than what it really is. It is quite simply a restaurant/cafe in a museum. Practically every museum I have been in that has a restaurant or cafe is overpriced....they are offering convenience, at a cost. Everyone who is not addled realizes this, and either decides to eat there or leave the museum and eat elsewhere. Your claim that it is a scam is nonsensical.
