What began simply with Henry Ford's personal collection of historic objects, which he began collecting as far back as 1906 has expanded today showcasing antique machinery, pop culture items, automobiles, locomotives, aircraft, and many other historical pieces of Americana. Here is a short list of just some of the museum's collection:
• An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
• The 1961 Lincoln Continental, SS-100-X in which President John F. Kennedy was riding when he was assassinated.
• The rocking chair from Ford's Theatre in which President Abraham Lincoln was sitting when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
• George Washington's camp bed.
• A collection of several fine 17th- and 18th-century violins including a Stradivarius.
• Buckminster Fuller's prototype All-Aluminum Dymaxion house (futuristic dwelling ).
• The bus on which Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott.
• The Fokker Trimotor airplane that flew the first flight over the North Pole.
• A working fragment of the original Holiday Inn "Great Sign," and so much more.

So put on a comfortable pair of walking shoes and peruse the 12 acre museum time machine back to America's historical and innovative past.

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