Just inside the Henry Ford Museum, located in the Detroit-suburb of Dearborn, Mich., the original Oscar Meyer Wienermobile vies for attention with the 32-foot-long Goldenrod, an unusually shaped race car that broke world speed records in 1965.
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A Side of History: The Oscar Meyer Wienermobile // © 2010 Dave Hogg
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Despite the museum’s namesake, however, the massive facility is far more than just a history of the automobile. Rather, it is a living tribute to seminal moments in American history.
Some of the must-see exhibits include “With Liberty and Justice for All,” which displays Rosa Parks’ bus, “Presidential Limousines” featuring John F. Kennedy’s limousine and “Heroes of the Sky,” which displays the original Fokker Trimotor airplane that flew the first flight over the North Pole.
Not unexpectedly, the “Automobile in American Life” exhibit is one of the museum’s most popular displays. Visitors can see an original McDonald’s sign, watch film clips in a life-size drive-in movie theater, wander past an original motor-court motel or even enter Larry’s Diner, once a Massachusetts restaurant specializing in feeding hungry travelers.
The Henry Ford Museum is open daily, except Christmas and Thanksgiving; tickets are $15 for adults and $11 for youths.
www.thehenryford.org
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