There is an amazing collection of vehicles including this sweet Weinermobile.....
If it looks a little different then you remember, its because they built a bulletproof top on it. While its obvious why this was done, what is shocking is that they continued using this vehicle after Kennedy was murdered. Apparently, the assassination of a US president wasn't enough reason to stop using a perfectly good car, that doubles as a piece of evidence is the greatest unsolved murder case of all time. Someone hosed it down and they used it until Nixon.
They have other presidential cars as well, including Eisenhower's.
This is special for me, because in my collection of vintage 35 MM slides I actually found a picture of this car with Eisenhower in it....
Of course possibly the most amazing vehicle is the bus that Rosa Parks was arrested in.....
You can actually go inside and sit in her seat. Impressive how such an amazing piece of the Civil Rights battle is in a museum named after a notorious racist. Heck, the National Civil Rights museum has to use a replica of the bus. That being said, the Henry Ford does have an expansive section dedicated to Civil Rights.
Other noteworthy items include a death mask of Nicola Tesla.....
Oh yeah, and this museum easily has the best collection of Mold-A-Ramas I have ever seen......
Which me and Anna were thrilled to add to our collection.....
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