Greenfield Village

ABOVE: The entrance to Greenfield Village, a part of The Henry Ford history/museum complex.

Greenfield Village is a fantastic, fun and beautiful learning experience for people of all ages.  Greenfield Village is the outdoor section of The Henry Ford history/museum complex located in Dearborn, Michigan.  It's about a 20 minute drive from Detroit to Greenfield Village depending on traffic and all.

ABOVE: This is a picture of the original Ford Motor
Company building.

The village was founded in October of 1929 and has been used as an educational tool since then.  The village has so much to do and see including: the railroad junction, working farms, Edison at work, Henry Ford's Model T and much more.  You can see Edison's original  light bulb, a real Model T (you can even take a ride in one!), a working phonograph, and the Wright Brother's Cycle Shop. 

ABOVE: This is a picture inside the roundhouse where an old steam engine train is being restored.

You can see the home Henry Ford lived in as a child, the original Ford Motor Company factory, you can see Thomas Edison's workshop, the home where Noah Webster wrote the first Webster's Dictionary, live glass-blowing, a working roundhouse where old steam engine trains are restored and so much more!



I visited Greenfield Village in the summer of 2012 and had an absolute blast. It was so much fun to see all the different buildings and important places where history took place. My brothers and I took a ride in a Model T around the village which was really fun. 

ABOVE: This is a picture inside of Thomas Edison's workshop.

At the glass-blowing shop you can pay to have your own glass-blowing lessons and you also get to make your own figurine.  They also have a train ride that you can take around the entire park and while on the ride you learn a lot of history about the park which is really cool.

At one of the farms you learn about how they grow all of the food as well as preserve the meat.  They use the food they grow to feed the farm workers.  When I went it was around lunchtime and they were cooking...it smelled wonderful!
 

One of my favorite parts of the village was really just walking around and seeing all of the beautiful sights.  My family and I visited on a very warm and sunny day which made the visit even more great.  It's really a great place for the entire family to visit because there's so much for people of all ages to see and do.

 

It's also a great place for people who like to take pictures.  I love taking them and the village has so many beautiful places to take pictures, especially family pictures!

 

A visit to the village could take a couple days depending on how long you plan to spend at each of the little houses and/or buildings and how many little children you're bringing along to make sure to plan ahead if it's for a vacation.  My family and I spent an entire day, from open until close, at the village and we had even skipped a few things.  Definitely bring your walking shoes because you will do a lot of walking!

ABOVE: A view of a farm inside of the village.

ABOVE: Part of a stone house located inside of the village.

ABOVE: A windmill located inside of the village.

SOURCES:
http://www.thehenryford.org/village/faq.aspx#8
http://www.thehenryford.org/village/historicdistricts.aspx
http://www.thehenryford.org/village/map.aspx
and experience! :)