When he built this very American museum, Henry Ford had a
particular objective in mind. He wanted to create one that would
contain artifacts not usually found in museums and use them to
show how profoundly and how rapidly life in America changed
because of the technological innovations of a few people. "When
we are through," he said, "we shall have reproduced American
life as lived; and...a better and truer impression can be gained
than could be had in a month of reading." The result of Ford's
effort is a lively, enthralling, edifying, three-dimensional
encyclopedic presentation of the American experience, a museum
that is considered one of the finest in the world. (The Indoor
Museum) With the help of knowledgeable interpreters - or
strictly on your own, if you prefer - you can tract the changes
technology brought through the everyday tools and implements
Americans used. You'll see plows, for example, from the crude
early wooden variety to the stronger cast-iron models right on
up to the modern tractor plow.