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  • Corliss Steam Engine in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
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    Corliss Steam Engine Demonstration

    • Made in America: Power
    • Mon-Fri
    • 2-3 p.m.
    Our 1859 Corliss steam engine is the only engine built by the Corliss Steam Engine Company during inventor George Corliss’s lifetime to have survived. Generating 300 horsepower, it served more than 60 years as the central source of power for some dozen independent workshops in Providence. Learn how ingenuity was used to create an optimized power source. Watch it run! 
  • Kid experiencing simulator racing experience in Driven to Win
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    In the Driver's Seat presented by Brembo

    • Driven to Win
    • Daily
    • 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

    Buckle up for high-octane racing with six interlinked, full-motion simulators that feature the latest technologies — just like the modern pros use for training. This 15-minute experience offers you the chance to drive the world's fastest cars on the most challenging tracks. Drivers must be 12 years old or older and at least 4'6" tall.

  • Innovation Nation episode clip featuring Matt Anderson and Mo Rocca speaking about the Warrior.
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    Innovation Nation Lounge

    • Near Mathematica
    • Jan 1-Dec 31, 2026
    • 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Rest your feet while you exercise your mind with the Emmy Award-winning TV show The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation.
  • Kids doing a lego activity in Visions of the Future section of Your Place in Time exhibition
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    Visions of the Future

    • Your Place in Time
    • Daily
    • 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    The 20th century saw amazing advances in technology and pop culture. What will the 21st century bring? Draw your ideas and submit them to be shown publicly in Your Place in Time.
  • Allegheny Locomotive
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    Allegheny Locomotive

    • Railroads
    • Daily
    • 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Built in 1941 and weighing 600 tons, the Allegheny was one of the largest steam-powered locomotives ever built. Watch our video of the Allegheny in operation, and then step up into the cab of this mighty engine and imagine yourself at the controls. 
  • Rosa Parks Bus
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    Rosa Parks Bus

    • With Liberty and Justice for All
    • Daily
    • 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

    Inside this bus on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African American seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man, challenging existing segregation laws. Many believe Rosa Parks' act was the event that sparked the Civil Rights Movement.

  • 1975 Sperry-New Holland Combine
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    1975 Sperry-New Holland Combine

    • Agriculture and the Environment
    • Daily
    • 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Experience the innovation that changed the corn harvest by compacting multiple processes into one great big machine.
  • Kids make Paper Airplanes in the Heroes of the Sky Exhibition
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    Make a Paper Airplane

    • Heroes of the Sky
    • Daily
    • 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Experiment with aerodynamics as you fold and test paper airplane designs. Sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
  • Dymaxion House
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    Dymaxion House

    • Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
    • Daily
    • 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Go on a guided tour of Buckminster Fuller's resourceful aluminum dwelling, a prototype of a sustainable suburbia. Please note that the historic design of the Dymaxion House does not accommodate wheelchairs or strollers. However, the home may be viewed from the deck at the top of the ramp, and a special exterior presentation is available upon request.