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亨利福特(Henry
Ford)博物馆及格林威治村
地方性遗产
汽车制造商亨利福特是一个走在当代前端的人。虽然汽车不是他发明的，但福特相信真正的成功是创造出一台人人都能负担的起的车子。他是对的，而他兴办的公司至今仍在营业中。
但除了车子之外，福特在另一方面也走在当代的前端。他有能力收集世上最精致且最昂贵的艺术品，但他却收集随处可见的物品，如：烤面包机、农用机器、煤油灯及蒸气引擎。福特认为这些日常用品述说着历史书没写到的真实生活。时至今日，教育学者将这些物品称为第一手的资料来源。
为了展示他的收集品，福特兴建了亨利福特博物馆及格林威治村(原本叫做爱迪生机构Edison
Institute，福特希望藉此机构来表彰他的朋友，汤玛斯爱迪生)，它们是世上最大的室内及室外历史博物馆。福特希望他的博物馆能成唯一个向人们展示其祖先的生活及工作情形的地方。这座占地13亩的博物馆及村庄庆贺美国发明家的成就，如：福特本人、汤玛斯爱迪生、莱特兄弟(the
Wright brothers)、喀威尔(George
Washington Carver)、韦伯斯特(Noah
Webster)及其他人。
Auto manufacturer Henry Ford was a man ahead of his time. Although he didn't invent the automobile, Ford believed that a car that everyday people could afford would be a huge success. He was right and the company he started still exists today.
But Ford was also ahead of his time in another way. He could have collected the finest and most expensive art in the world. But instead he collected commonplace things, like toasters, farm machinery, kerosene lamps, and steam engines. Ford felt that these everyday objects told a truth not written about in history books. Today, educators call these items "primary sources."
In order to display his collections, Ford founded the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village (originally called the Edison Institute, in honor of his friend, Thomas Edison), the world's largest indoor-outdoor history museum. Ford wanted his museum to be a place where people could see how their ancestors lived and worked. The 13-acre museum and village celebrates the accomplishments of American innovators, such as Ford himself, Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, George Washington Carver, Noah Webster, and others.
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