Railroad Junction Our operating steam-powered rail line and an 1800s small-town train depot take you inside the great history of railroading, paired with the chance to investigate the only working late 19th-century roundhouse in the Midwest.
Places to visit in this district: Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse Edison Illuminating Company's Station A Smiths Creek Depot
Working Farms The soul of 19th-century America comes alive, with wagons, livestock and fields of ripening vegetables in scenes straight from the nation's agricultural revolution. At Firestone Farm, see living history presentations minus modern conveniences, demonstrating how people truly lived off the land.
Places to visit in this district: Carriage Barn Cider Mill Firestone Farm Richart Wagon Shop Soybean Experimental Laboratory Stony Creek William Ford Barn
Edison at Work See the great inventor's Menlo Park complex at the moment when his development of the incandescent lightbulb was about to transform the world. You will see the actual workplaces that gave birth to Edison's extraordinary innovations, and the first buildings to be illuminated by his amazing electric light.
Places to visit in this district: Sarah Jordan Boarding House Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Complex Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Glass Shed Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Machine Shop Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Office & Library
Porches and Parlors See American homes and neighborhood settings, from humble early dwellings like the 1650s Plympton House and 1750s Daggett Farmhouse, to the 1840s Susquehanna Plantation and the 1930s Mattox House.
Places to visit in this district: Ackley Covered Bridge Adams Family Home Chapman Family Home Edison Homestead Farris Windmill Noah Webster Home Plympton Family Home Robert Frost Home
Liberty Craftworks The rush of the mill pond draws you in as the sounds and motion of early American manufacturing surround you. Skilled artisans practice authentic period crafts and trades. View them all daily as they work with techniques that are, in some cases, centuries old.
Places to visit in this district: Armington & Sims Machine Shop Glass Shop Gunsolly Carding Mill Loranger Gristmill Pottery Shop Printing Office Tin Shop Weaving Shop
Main Street Stroll down this busy thoroughfare and encounter a bustling place of automobiles and carriages, events and amusements. Discover the center of community and commerce from the J. R. Jones General Store and Mrs. Cohen's Millinery to the Logan County Courthouse brimming with American history and heritage.
Places to visit in this district: Eagle Tavern Grimm Jewelry Store J.R. Jones General Store Logan County Courthouse Martha-Mary Chapel Phoenixville Post Office Town Hall Wright Cycle Shop
Henry Ford's Model T Trace the life of Henry Ford, one of America's greatest industrialists and innovators, from childhood through the founding of his Ford Motor Company. Move from the home where he was born to a replica of the factory where he built his first automobiles. You can even take a test ride in a restored Model T!
Places to visit in this district: Bagley Avenue Workshop Ford Home Ford Motor Company Henry Ford Theater Miller School
Railroad Junction
Railroads played a colossal role in the progress of America's cross-continental expansion.
Working Farms
Engage yourself in an actual setting of 1880s farm life.
Edison at Work
Take an invigorating journey to the "idea factory" of Thomas Edison.
Porches and Parlors
Accept an invitation to the home life of America's past.
Liberty Craftworks
Go back to a time when the products of everyday use were the personal creations of skilled artisans.
Main Street
Pay a visit to Main Street, the bustling hub of America's hometown.
Henry Ford's Model T
Step into the farmhouse where Henry Ford was born, see where he invented his world-changing Model T.
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See a Real Model T Not only will you see the Model T in motion, but you can take a ride in the car that changed America forever - at Henry Ford's Model T district in Greenfield Village.
A Working Phonograph Edison used the best scientific equipment available at the time. Witness the phonograph of yesterday today. You can also browse upstairs and see where the lightbulb was born.
The Original Light Bulb See the lab where Edison brought us light and see some of his old lightbulbs up close and in person.
Wright Brothers' Cycle Shop The Wright Cycle Shop is considered the "birthplace of aviation." See the original building where the Wright Flyer was made in the Main Street district of Greenfield Village.
Ride an Antique Carousel Herschell-Spillman made the only carousels with giant green frogs - and they are the only carousel animals that wear human clothes! Hop on board and enjoy the ride.
Witness True Craftmanship Artisans demonstrate the glass blowing process from start to finish daily in the authentic traditions of the 19th and early 20th centuries at the 75 year old "Sandwich Glass Plant."
