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- Digitizing Our Newest Exhibit - We’re happy to announce that we’ve already digitized about 80% of the modern studio glass pieces going on exhibit in Henry Ford Museum's Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery.
- October 11, 2016
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Digitizing Our Newest Exhibit
We’re happy to announce that we’ve already digitized about 80% of the modern studio glass pieces going on exhibit in Henry Ford Museum's Davidson-Gerson Modern Glass Gallery.
- Imagining The Jim Henson Exhibit - Join curator Donna Braden and our guest, curator Barbara Miller from Museum of the Moving Image, for a virtual trip behind-the-scenes of The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited. In this relaxed interview, Donna will query Barbara about her perspective on creating the exhibit and how it provides insight into the life and career of the legendary creator.
- June 02, 2021
- Collections - Video
Imagining The Jim Henson Exhibit
Join curator Donna Braden and our guest, curator Barbara Miller from Museum of the Moving Image, for a virtual trip behind-the-scenes of The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited. In this relaxed interview, Donna will query Barbara about her perspective on creating the exhibit and how it provides insight into the life and career of the legendary creator.
- "The Busy World" Exhibit -
- October 01, 1970
- Collections - Artifact
"The Busy World" Exhibit
- Centennial Exhibition Souvenir Medal from Brazil Exhibit, 1876 -
- 1876
- Collections - Artifact
Centennial Exhibition Souvenir Medal from Brazil Exhibit, 1876
- Centennial Exhibition Souvenir Medal from Brazil Exhibit, 1876 -
- 1876
- Collections - Artifact
Centennial Exhibition Souvenir Medal from Brazil Exhibit, 1876
- Westinghouse Induction Motor, Exhibited at the World's Columbian Exhibition, 1888-1889 - Nikola Tesla's name is inseparable from the development of alternating current electricity--particularly with regard to polyphase transmission, but especially with regard to the induction motor. His motor, patented in 1888, was the first practical AC motor. George Westinghouse licensed Tesla's motor patents that same year--enabling the Westinghouse AC lighting system to become a real competitor with direct current systems.
- 1888-1889
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Westinghouse Induction Motor, Exhibited at the World's Columbian Exhibition, 1888-1889
Nikola Tesla's name is inseparable from the development of alternating current electricity--particularly with regard to polyphase transmission, but especially with regard to the induction motor. His motor, patented in 1888, was the first practical AC motor. George Westinghouse licensed Tesla's motor patents that same year--enabling the Westinghouse AC lighting system to become a real competitor with direct current systems.
- Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935 - Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- December 11, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935
Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935 - Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- December 11, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935
Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- Power Exhibit at Henry Ford Museum, 1979 -
- 1979
- Collections - Artifact
Power Exhibit at Henry Ford Museum, 1979
- Schoolroom Progress U.S.A. Traveling Exhibit, circa 1955 - The Henry Ford produced <em>Schoolroom Progress, U.S.A.</em>, a traveling exhibition housed in two railroad cars, in 1955-1956. The exhibit featured re-creations of American classrooms from different periods in history to that point. <em>Schoolroom Progress, U.S.A.</em> included artifacts from The Henry Ford's holdings, and it increased national recognition of the museum and its collections.
- circa 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Schoolroom Progress U.S.A. Traveling Exhibit, circa 1955
The Henry Ford produced Schoolroom Progress, U.S.A., a traveling exhibition housed in two railroad cars, in 1955-1956. The exhibit featured re-creations of American classrooms from different periods in history to that point. Schoolroom Progress, U.S.A. included artifacts from The Henry Ford's holdings, and it increased national recognition of the museum and its collections.