Henry Ford Museum

Eric and Cathy live in a town called Berkley, about 20 minutes outside of Detroit. We took advantage of being close to the city and spent a morning at the Henry Ford Museum.

Gotta pose by this guy

There was an exhibit of old dollhouses that I could have spent hours staring at. Each room was fully furnished and most of the houses had a Christmas tree set up in the main room.

 

There was so much to see at the museum, so we only got to spend a few minutes on the dollhouses. There were lots of old machines that Chris spent time drooling over. 

 

The girls did very well at the museum, and had fun with their Aunt Cathy and Uncle Eric.

 

With a name like the Henry Ford Museum, you have to expect to spend some time admiring old cars. The really old ones were so fun to look at, and I couldn't help imagining the slower lifestyle that would have come with cars that drove 30 mph.

 

Emily really enjoyed looking at all the cars, and since "car" is one of her words, she enjoyed shouting it at every car she saw!

 

 

Addison and Uncle Eric share a special moment.

Chris was very excited to go see a steam powered generator start up, and when it was turned on, it was incredibly noisy, which scared Emily right up into Daddy's arms (who thought the loud machine was quite exhilarating, and his screaming child was hilarious).

Soon after the loud start-up, Emily was happily distracted looking at an old black and white picture of the city.

The Montgomery bus that Rosa Parks rode is at the Henry Ford Museum. After getting on the bus, an audio presentation started up that pointed out that I was sitting in the actual seat where Parks was sitting when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. It was pretty neat to see the actual spot where the civil rights movement really began.