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亨利福特(Henry
Ford)博物館及格林威治村
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汽車製造商亨利福特是一個走在當代前端的人。雖然汽車不是他發明的，但福特相信真正的成功是創造出一台人人都能負擔的起的車子。他是對的，而他興辦的公司至今仍在營業中。
但除了車子之外，福特在另一方面也走在當代的前端。他有能力收集世上最精緻且最昂貴的藝術品，但他卻收集隨處可見的物品，如：烤麵包機、農用機器、煤油燈及蒸氣引擎。福特認為這些日常用品述說著歷史書沒寫到的真實生活。時至今日，教育學者將這些物品稱為第一手的資料來源。
為了展示他的收集品，福特興建了亨利福特博物館及格林威治村(原本叫做愛迪生機構Edison
Institute，福特希望藉此機構來表彰他的朋友，湯瑪斯愛迪生)，它們是世上最大的室內及室外歷史博物館。福特希望他的博物館能成唯一個向人們展示其祖先的生活及工作情形的地方。這座佔地13畝的博物館及村莊慶賀美國發明家的成就，如：福特本人、湯瑪斯愛迪生、萊特兄弟(the
Wright brothers)、喀威爾(George
Washington Carver)、韋伯斯特(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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