Village Ford history

Henry Dearborn), which was incorporated as the village of Dearborn in 1893.

Industrial development began with the building of the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Assembly Plant in 1917 and continued with related automotive industries.

The city of Fordson, adjacent to the plant, consolidated with Dearborn in 1928.

Ford, who idolized Edison, named the museum in his honor and dedicated it on 21 October 1929, the fiftieth anniversary of Edison's invention of the electric light.

Greenfield Village, collection of nearly 100 historic buildings on a 200-acre (80-hectare) site in Dearborn, southeastern Michigan, United States It was established in 1933 by industrialist Henry Ford, who relocated or reconstructed buildings there from throughout the United States.

After Ford's death in 1947, the pace of collecting slowed and the staff struggled to fund the operation.

In 1966, the institution was reorganized as an independently supported educational organization.

The museum's highest attendance was over 1.7 million in 1976, sparked by the celebration of the American bicentennial.

Dearborn, Mich.: Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, 1999.

The Benson Ford Research Center opened in 2002.