Enjoy four films highlighting the spirit of innovation in and around the automobile.
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![]() Story Stroll combines movement and literacy, all while you explore the museum! Find the next stop to follow along and join us every month for a new book. Current title: Because Claudette, by Tracey Baptistery, illustrated by Tonya Engel Past Story Stroll Books: Immerse yourself in a 180-degree multisensory theater experience that ignites the drive we all have to power our passions. This 15-minute film shares the stories of five people who have empowered themselves to push their personal limits. The 20th century saw amazing advances in technology and pop culture. What will the 21st century bring? Draw your ideas and submit them to be shown publicly in Your Place in Time. How does the body of a vehicle impact it's performance? Try your hand at automotive design and build different types to cars to see which will go the fastest. Will your vehicle win the race? Please notes this activity will only be open when there are volunteers scheduled. Experience the innovation that changed the corn harvest by compacting multiple processes into one great big machine. Buckle up for high-octane racing with six interlinked, full-motion simulators that feature the latest technologies – just like the modern pros use for training. This 15-minute experience offers you the chance to drive the world's fastest cars on the most challenging tracks. Sit in the driver's seat of a car that is over 100 years old. Rest your feet while you exercise your mind with the Emmy Award-winning TV show The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation. Make a Paper Airplane - Make, Build, Engineer Brought to you by : Delta Airline at Henry Ford Museum Delta's Innovation Story Innovation Focus: The Fly Delta App Enjoy the convenience of automatic bag tracking. No need to scan your barcode yourself—all you have to do is tap the Track My Bags to watch the progress of all bags in your reservation. Our iPad app features a "Glass Bottom Jet," through which you can view the ground below in a unique way that includes maps, social networks and internet content while connected to the Internet on any of our more than 800 Wi-Fi-equipped aircrafts. The app also includes travel planning tools to book a trip, destination guides, flight check-in, an interactive trip map and the "What's Next" feature to help guide customers to the next point in their journey. Learn more about our top-ranked airline app at Delta.com. As we reflect on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and the 55th anniversary of Detroit’s Walk to Freedom and Dr. King’s assassination, this limited-time exhibit allows us to reflect on his evolution and vision. In the shadow of one of the world's largest locomotives, mini metal machines navigate through historic model train buildings, showing just how far we've come. Built in 1941 and weighing 600 tons, the Allegheny was one of the largest steam-powered locomotives ever built. Watch our video of the Allegheny in operation, and then step up into the cab of this mighty engine and imagine yourself at the controls. ![]() Inside this bus on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African-American seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man, challenging existing segregation laws. Many believe Rosa Parks' act was the event that sparked the civil rights movement. |
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