Local Roots Menu Preview Evening Dining April 14, 2014 (Cash bar 6:30pm-9pm, Dinner 7pm) in Eagle Tavern Be one of the first guests to try the brand-new spring Eagle Tavern menu. Our award-winning culinary team will be on hand to answer questions and discuss how they developed the menu. These locally sourced culinary adventures pay tribute to the farmers and regional food producers supported by The Henry Ford’s Local Roots food initiatives.
Eagle Tavern is open for your arrival beginning at 6:30pm. Dinner service starts promptly at 7pm. Guests will be given 2 drink tickets to use at the bar. Full cash bar available. Menu Preview dining tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable.
Contact our Call Center at 313.982.6001 to make your reservations today!
Day Out With Thomas™ April 26-27 and May 3-4 and 10-11, 2014 Thomas the Tank Engine™ is the pride of Sir Topham Hatt’s fleet of really useful engines. During Thomas’ annual visit to Greenfield Village, he is the centerpiece of six days of family fun and entertainment. You can ride Thomas around the village, of course, and meet Sir Topham Hatt™ face-to-face. Advance tickets are strongly recommended. Be aware that some time slots sell out very quickly. Members of The Henry Ford receive free Greenfield Village admission and an exclusive opportunity to purchase Thomas ride tickets in advance. Greenfield Village admission is required for nonmembers to ride Thomas.
Tickets now on sale for members. Non-member tickets go on sale beginning March 26, 2014.
Railroaders’ Breakfast April 26-27 & May 3-4, 10-11, 2014 (8-9am; Doors open at 7:45am) Start your little engineer’s Day Out With Thomas™ with a hearty Railroader’s Breakfast in Greenfield Village’s A Taste of History Restaurant.
Buttermilk pancakes with a choice of toppings, fresh fruit salad, sausage links and more. It’s a scrumptious early-morning way to prepare for a ride with Thomas the Tank Engine™. There’s music by the Picks & Sticks Stringband, too, along with railroad-themed storytelling and a visit with our very own Village Hobo and Sir Topham Hatt™!
Your ticket includes breakfast at A Taste of History, special access parking in the Eagle Tavern parking lot ($5 parking fee for nonmembers), admission to Greenfield Village for the entire day and a special 9 am ride with Thomas the Tank Engine™. Contact our Call Center at 313.982.6001 to make reservations.
Reservations now available for members. Reservations available beginning March 26, 2014 for nonmembers. Contact our Call Center at 313.982.6001 to make your reservations today!
Local Roots Spring Evening Dining May 2, 2014 (Cash Bar - 6:30pm; Dinner - 7pm) in Eagle Tavern Come see how the French have influenced Michigan’s cuisine, from traditional cooking techniques to modern molecular cooking trends. Prepared by our award-winning culinary staff, these locally sourced culinary adventures pay tribute to the farmers and regional food producers supported by The Henry Ford’s Local Roots food initiatives.
Eagle Tavern is open for your arrival beginning at 6:30pm. Dinner service will start promptly at 7pm. Guests will be given 2 drink tickets to use at the bar. Must be 21 or older to attend. Full cash bar available. Spring dining tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable.
Contact our Call Center at 313.982.6001 to make your reservations today!
Macy's 2nd Mondays Second Monday of each Month (10am –noon) Introduce your preschool children to the wonders of The Henry Ford — all before nap time. Preschoolers rule during Macy’s 2nd Mondays at The Henry Ford. Storytelling, live entertainment and dozens of hands-on activities related to some of our most memorable artifacts — trains, dollhouses, historic games, even a ride on our amazing Herschell-Spillman carousel. There are seasonal activities, too: Santa in December, Valentine’s Day take-home artwork in February and 19th-century base ball in July (base ball was spelled as two words into the early 1900s). And it’s all free! Give your children’s minds the adventure of their young lives.
Civil War Remembrance May 24-26, 2014 (Open Saturday 'til 9pm) Feel the Civil War come alive all around you as bustling camps, cavalry and period music enliven an entire weekend filled with reenacted events.
Before we immerse ourselves in summer pleasures, we stop to recall the 3 million people who fought in America’s Civil War and the estimated 750,000 people who died — the equivalent of 7.5 million dead today.
This year marks the sesquicentennial of 1864, the turning point and final full year of the war. 1864 witnessed Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, the fall of Atlanta and Gen. William Sherman’s subsequent March to the Sea, and the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, a series of battles that led to Lee's surrender.
This weekend in Greenfield Village, hundreds of Union and Confederate reenactors, civilians, musicians and historic presenters — all in period clothing — converge, eager to share their knowledge with you. There are dozens of opportunities to learn more about this pivotal time in American history: exhibits, presentations, battle tactics demonstration, hands-on activities and insights from historians.
Please join us in honoring the sacrifices and achievements of all those who bravely fought and continue to fight in defense of our great nation. The Henry Ford will participate in a national moment of silence at 3 pm Monday as signaled by the Armington & Sims shop whistle.
Historic Base Ball® Games Every Saturday & Sunday June 7-August 17, 2014. First pitch 1:30 p.m. Greenfield Village We think of our games – played by the 1867 rules – as real base ball. We’ve got pitchers, batters, home runs and plenty of thrill-a-minute action. Our grandstand is a grassy hillside shaded by dozens of massive trees. We have live 19th-century music. And it’s free with your Greenfield Village admission.
Stop by a game and enter to win Detroit Tigers tickets.
National Get Outdoors Day in Greenfield Village June 7, 2014 (10am – 4pm) Celebrate National Get Outdoors day in Greenfield Village, one of 11 national signature sites for this event in 2013. Activities are free of charge with membership or regular Greenfield Village admission.
Championed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service, National Get Outdoors Day is a new annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. Greenfield Village will offer opportunities for American families to experience traditional and non-traditional types of outdoor activities. Prime goals of the day are introducing first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting our youth to the great outdoors.
Motor Muster June 14-15, 2014 (Open Saturday 'til 9pm) Make your way to a vintage auto enthusiast’s dream destination: From glamorous classics of the 1930s to brawny muscle cars of the 1970s, Greenfield Village® hosts more than 500 gleaming examples.
Motor Muster celebrates one of the grandest and most innovative eras of American automotive history — 1933-1976. For the entire weekend, the streets and lawns of Greenfield Village will be filled with hundreds of classic cars, vintage trucks, motorcycles, bicycles — even a fire engine or two. They’ll all be here, from brawny muscle cars to the straight-out-of-the-showroom cars you and your parents grew up with. Stroll the grounds and meet the owners who lavish attention on these wonders of rolling history. There’s the Saturday night cruise, too, and a live early 1960s dance show with dancing in the streets ’til 9pm. A one-of-a-kind event for cars and the people who love them.
Summer Discovery Camps Six 1-week sessions from June 23 - August 8, 2014 (9am to 4pm daily, Extended Care is available.) Imagine having the entire campus of The Henry Ford as your own personal playground. Science, games, hiking, inventors, tours, fishing, robotics –
even a chance to perform green experiments. The Henry Ford’s Summer Discovery Camps offer a broad and well-rounded schedule for the kid who is
inquisitive, adventurous and filled with boundless energy. Programs are
grade-specific for grades 2-9. Discounted pricing for members of The Henry Ford.
Registration is now open for members. Please click the Buy Tickets button below to register. Registration for non-members begins March 24.
Annual Salute to America July 2-5, 2014 (6-10pm) The party offers music Americana, 19th-century lawn games, picnics and favorite eats from The Henry Ford’s award-winning chefs. Concert concludes with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture featuring the historic cannon of Loomis Battery. Amazing fireworks display accompanied by live patriotic music to immediately follow.
July 4th is the quintessential
American holiday. No single event defines us quite
like that day in 1776 when we declared our independence from the
tyranny of British rule. Small wonder that July 4th remains our most
festive public holiday: parades, concerts, fireworks, ceremonial readings
of the Declaration of Independence — they have been mainstays of this
most American celebration for 236 years. Join us as Greenfield Village
and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra continue this tradition by proudly
presenting the 21st annual Salute to America concerts.
Tickets go on sale beginning April 23, 2014.
Ragtime Street Fair July 12-13, 2014 (Open Saturday 'til 9pm) Savor an American original – Ragtime music. You’ll hear Scott Joplin rags like “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer.” But there’s much, much more as scores of other musicians travel from all over the country to perform on multiple stages throughout Greenfield Village. It’s syncopated, jazzy, hot and live. Fresh summer food, too, and dancing in the streets. And we’re open 'til 9 on Saturday night.
Local Roots Blues, Brews & Evening Dining BBQ August 8, 2014 (6:30pm-9pm, Dinner 7pm) in Greenfield Village Pavilion This extraordinary one-night-only, backyard-style event takes place in the heart of Greenfield Village. The food — all locally sourced — is the focus, but you can also enjoy a refreshing Michigan beer as you listen or dance to the great sounds of the Front Street Blues Band. Prepared by our award-winning culinary staff, these locally sourced culinary adventures pay tribute to the farmers and regional food producers supported by The Henry Ford’s Local Roots food initiatives.
The Greenfield Village Pavilion is open for your arrival beginning at 6:30pm. Dinner service will start promptly at 7pm. Guests will be given 2 drink tickets to use at the bar. Full cash bar available. Summer dining tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable.
Contact our Call Center at 313.982.6001 to make your reservations today!
World Tournament of Historic Base Ball ® August 9-10, 2014 Step back in time to 1867 as vintage baseball clubs from around the country compete by the game’s early rules in the greatest two-day exposition of historic baseball ever seen!
Clubs engage for two days in throwing, batting and spitfire competition until only one is left to be declared champion of the World Tournament of Historic Base BallTM. Add music, food, drama and legendary sports artifacts, and you’ve got everything that made baseball our great national pastime. The World Tournament of Historic Base BallTM is free to members and free with Greenfield Village admission.
This Old Car Festival weekend, take in the spectacle as the streets and grounds of Greenfield Village are filled with the sights, sounds, and smells of hundreds of authentic vehicles from the 1890s through 1932. For our 63rd year we celebrate Henry Ford’s 150th birthday with a rare line-up of all the Ford “letter cars” from 1903 to 1932. Enjoy a self-guided tour through this fabulous expositions and talk to proud owners about their treasured vehicles. Watch drivers engage in games of skill, see a Model T assembled in just minutes, attend fascinating presentations, and sit back and enjoy our experts sharing "car talks" while vintage vehicles pass by.
Registration opens May 1, 2014
Fall Flavor Weekends September 27-28 & October 4-5, 2014 Greenfield Village kicks things into high cooking gear during Fall Flavor
Weekends. Get the full flavor during daily cooking demonstrations at the village farmhouses, family homes and plantation.
Celebrate the glories of American food with us, and savor the aroma of soups simmering, beer brewing, peas stewing and chicken frying. Be sure to stop in our Village Store for FREE tastings of our Greenfield Village specialty foods.
Fall Flavor Weekends are free to members and free with Greenfield Village admission.
Farmers Market September 27 & October 4, 2014 Take your own little bounty home from Greenfield Village’s open-air farmers market. You
can purchase local grains and baking mixes, handcrafted creations from Greenfield
Village’s Herb Society, organic breads, local farm-fresh produce, pumpkins, meats,
honey, apples and more from local farmers.
This event is rain or shine. The fall Farmers Market is free to members and free with
Greenfield Village admission.
Hallowe’en in Greenfield Village October 10-12, 17-19 and 24-26, 2014 (Time slots are every 1/2 hour 6:30pm-9pm Fridays & Saturdays. Sundays 6:30pm - 8pm) Step back in time to a turn-of-the-20th century Hallowe’en. Follow an endless path of hand-carved jack-o'-lanterns, and meet colorful characters along the way. Feel the whoosh as the Headless Horseman rides by, banter with a clever witch and make stops at several treat stations spread throughout Greenfield Village. It’s frightfully fun for the whole family! Members of The Henry Ford receive discount admission and an exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets in advance.
Tickets go on sale beginning August 13, 2014 for members and August 20, 2014 for nonmembers.
Hallowe'en in Greenfield Village Dinner Package October 10-11, 17-18 and 24-25, 2014 (6pm - 7:30pm) Join us at the famed Eagle Tavern for an evening of 19th-century autumnal festivities and good old-fashioned Hallowe'en fun. Visitors from the past will fill your evening with music and harvest games that will tell of your future. Following a sumptuous candle-lit harvest supper we invite you to make your way into the moonlight and join the enchanted pumpkin path to take in the sights and sounds of Hallowe'en in Greenfield Village.
Reservations available beginning August 13, 2014 for members and August 20, 2014 for nonmembers.
Local Roots Fall Evening Dining November 7, 2014 (Cash bar 6:30pm-9pm, Dinner 7pm) in Lovett Hall Come celebrate with us and be wowed by an elegant wild game dinner. Our award-winning culinary team presents an impressive and intriguing menu filled with the familiar and not so familiar. These locally sourced culinary adventures pay tribute to the farmers and regional food producers supported by The Henry Ford’s Local Roots food initiatives.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres begin promptly at 6:30pm when Lovett Hall opens for your arrival. Dinner service will start promptly at 7pm. Guests will be given 2 drink tickets to use at the bar. Must be 21 or older to attend. Full cash bar available. Fall dining tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable.
Contact our Call Center at 313.982.6001 to make your reservations today!
Holiday Nights in Greenfield Village December 5-7, 12-14, 18-23 and 26-27, 2014 (6:30pm - 10pm) Step into a Christmas card from the past. Don’t miss the most popular holiday event in the area, complete with candlelit paths, live entertainment, costumed presenters, horse-drawn wagon and Model T rides, delightful holiday shops, Santa and live reindeer, ice skating, a spectacular fireworks display and more. It’s America’s premier holiday celebration! Members of The Henry Ford receive discount admission and an exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets in advance.
Tickets go on sale beginning August 27, 2014 for members and September 10, 2014 for nonmembers.
Holiday Nights in Greenfield Village Dinner Package at Eagle Tavern December 5-7, 12-14, 18-23 and 26-27, 2014 (2 seatings available, 5pm and 8pm) Treat your family to a delectable holiday feast in Eagle Tavern. The proprietors of this 1850s stagecoach stop will delight your palate with an authentic holiday meal served by costumed presenters and enhanced by seasonal décor and live music from the period. In addition to dinner, your package includes admission to Holiday Nights in Greenfield Village. These packages often sell out early, so don’t wait!
Reservations available beginning August 27, 2014 for members and September 10, 2014 for nonmembers.
Holiday Nights Supper with Santa Package December 5-7, 12-14 and 18-23, 2014 (Dinner 4:45pm-6:30pm; Event 6:30pm-10pm) Following your horse-drawn wagon ride to A Taste of History Restaurant, your family will partake in a casual buffet-style holiday turkey dinner perfect for kids! You’ll also be able to make a festive table decoration and hear a fun story to get you in the mood for your visit to lantern-lit Greenfield Village. As a separate treat, Santa Claus will be on hand and make a personal visit to each table!
After dinner, experience Holiday Nights in the rest of Greenfield Village. Holiday Nights tickets are included with your dinner reservation.
Reservations available beginning August 27, 2014 for members and September 10, 2014 for nonmembers.
