Greenfield Village–Dearborn Michigan

I LOVED Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village

now this is my style of museum. . .a Living History Museum. . .

very hands on. . .up close and personal!

and to add to the excitement. . .

there was a Civil War Encampment. . .

adding a lot of excitement to an already great place. . .

we talked to several of the ladies in the camp. . .

they said they do all of their cooking, eating, and sleeping

right there in the tents. . .and that this was one of their best venues,

because they had real restrooms, and even showers. . .

that many of their venues only provide porta potties. . .


They also stated that they loved doing it. . .that is was a great get together. . .

I know they do all this on their own dime. . .

we thanked them repeatedly, and told them how

much we were enjoying the show. . .it was fabulous!

almost authentic? ? ?  LOL. . .

my favorite pic of the day. . .

or maybe this one. . .he was really playing and entertaining the crowd. . .

his pipe smelled soooo good. . .

beautiful costumes. . .

is this adorable or what?

I’m sorry. . .I could never do justice to how really great the entire place was. . .

you’re just gonna haf’ta go see it for yourself!


Although the grounds did not seem crowded,

the sheer number of people inside the buildings

prevented us from touring a lot of them. . .

We did see the glass blowers. . .
(I guess I was so entranced watching them I forgot to take pics)

and several other artisans. . .

Since we didn’t get as many pics of the Village as we would have liked,

I have included links to more images of Greenfield Village

and even MORE fabulous images of Greenfield Village

plus our albums of our favorite things. . .

Greenfield Village Living History Museum - Dearborn Michigan VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Civil War Encampment - Greenfield Village - Dearborn Michigan VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

we’ll see you down the road at Traverse City Michigan

where we must go to have a repair done on our Aqua Hot. . .

wish us luck!

‘til next time,

Janice and Dave

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Henry Ford Museum –Dearborn Michigan

Listed as one of the Top 10 Michigan attractions,

and having been told by friends that it was worth the visit,

and only being an hour’s drive away. . .

we didn’t dare miss the Henry Ford Museum. . .

the museum is massive. . .and overwhelming in the sheer number of items. . .

we were there on Friday, before the Memorial Day Weekend began. . .

the docent who checked us in said that the day before,

she had checked in 9000 (yes. . .thousand) visitors into the museum

due to end of the year field trips. . .can you imagine?

Presidential Limousines. . .the thing I enjoyed most!

I also really enjoyed the Dymaxion Home Prototype. . .
I think RV’ers could appreciate this concept. . .

although it never made it to mass market as intended,

the idea was a good one. . .

probably my favorite car of all time. . .

when I was in second grade, my teacher drove one. . .

I just thought that was the coolest thing ever. . .

Not really being a museum buff,

after about two hours I was really on sensory overload,

so Dave did a lot more exploring on his own. . .

but he didn’t want to take the camera and take pics,

so I give you this link to check out

more fabulous images in the Henry Ford Museum

and then a few more of our favorite things. . .

Henry Ford Museum - Dearborn Michigan VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

see you next time at the Greenfield Village. . .

‘til then,

Janice and Dave

Blog posts other RV’ers have written about the Henry Ford Museum:

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