Dearborn, MI
At the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, your students will experience an incredible eray of inventions that were made by innovative men and women in the areas of communication, industry, agriculture, industry, domestic life, decorative arts, and of course transportation.
500 Tours Sample Itinerary
The following is a SAMPLE itinerary. Please note that this is not the itinerary you or your child will necessarily be following on your trip. You will receive your custom itinerary from the teacher and/or tour director for your trip.
Sample 2 Night Program starting Saturday
Day 1
5:00 p.m. - Group departs hometown for Dearborn, Michigan
6:30 p.m. - Dinner: McDonalds
10:00 p.m. - Arrive at hotel and check in (curfew)
Day 2
8:00 a.m. - Breakfast: buffet at hotel
8:45 a.m. - Depart hotel
9:00 a.m. - Arrive Greenfield Village
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Henry Ford birthplace
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Harvey Firestone birthplace and farm
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Textiles Demonstration
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Pottery Demonstration
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Printing Demonstration
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Glass Demonstration
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Armongton & Sims Machine Shop
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Hanks Silk Mill
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Richart Carriage Shop
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Plymouth Carding Mill
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Edison Illuminating Company
12:30 p.m. - Lunch: A Taste of History (Greenfield Village)
1:00 p.m. - Continue with Greenfield Village
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Martha - Mary Chapel
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Scotch Settlement School
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Stephen Foster Memorial
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Noah Webster House
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Edison Homestead
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Luther Burbank birthplace
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George Washington Carver Memorial
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Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory
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Orville Wright Home
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Wright Brother's Cycle Shop
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Greenfield Village Store
5:00 p.m. - Depart Greenfield Village
5:15 p.m. - Dinner: McDonalds
6:30 p.m. - Arrive back at hotel
7:00 p.m. - Swimming and evening activities
10:00 p.m. - Curfew all students must be in their rooms
Day 3
8:00 a.m. - Breakfast: Buffet at hotel
8:45 a.m. - Depart hotel
9:00 a.m. - Arrive Henry Ford Museum
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Made in America Exhibition
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Home Arts Exhibition
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Agriculture Exhibition
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Communication Exhibition
Aviation Exhibition
Automobile in American Life
Allegheny Locomotive
Presidential Vehicles
Museum Store
12:30 p.m. - Lunch: American Cafe (Henry Ford Museum)
1:15 p.m. - Depart Dearborn
5:30 p.m. - Arrive home
Other attractions
The Allegheny Locomotive: This 600 ton steam powered lovomotive is one of the largest ever built. It was capable of hauling 160 coal cars each with a 60 ton load.
Admiral Byrd's Trimotor: See the Ford Trimotor aircraft that Admiral Richerd E. Byrd made the world's first flight over the South Pole in.
Lincoln's Chair: View the actual Victorian rocking chair that President Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was assassinated at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865.
Lunar Rover and Quadricycle: The Quadricycle, the first car that Henry Ford ever built, sits next to a prototype of the first car to drive on the moon.
Presidential Vehicles: On display here are the cars that transported Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and the limousine that John F. Kennedy was in when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963.
Washington's Camp Bed: The bed that George Washington slept in during the American Revolutionary War.