The Henry Ford Take It Forward.™
The Henry Ford Collections Digitization Initiative Nardina Mein, PhD
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Today’s Agenda Introduction to The Henry Ford Collections & Digitization Internship Opportunities Begin the Conversation
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Henry Ford believed in learn by doing. He believed in the power of real things to inspire, inform and engage people in ways no image or description could do on its own.
To prove this point, he set out to build a learning resource unlike anything the world has seen before or since. At the heart of his audacious, ambitious undertaking lived a vast collections of structures, artifacts, documents and narratives spanning 300 years of American history.
Overview •501c3 not-for-profit organization not affiliated with Ford Motor Company • 5 unique venues
•1.8 million onsite visitors/3.3 million online visitors •26 million artifacts •$50 million dollar operating budget (65% earned revenue) •5 onsite retail stores and 7 restaurants
Henry Ford Museum American ideas and innovations Icons of innovation •Rosa Parks Bus •Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House •Henry Ford’s Quadricycle •Allegheny Locomotive •Kennedy Limousine •The Lincoln Chair
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Greenfield Village American experiences and traditions Iconic Artifacts and Experiences •Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory •Henry Ford’s Birthplace •Wright Brother’s Home & Cycle Shop •Webster Home •Firestone farm •One of only 6 working Roundhouses in the USA •Model T rides •World class glass and pottery programming From the Collections of The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford IMAX® Theatre America’s most powerful and immersive film experience
Ford Rouge Factory Tour The American automobile manufacturing experience
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Benson Ford Research Center Public resource for understanding American people, places and things
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The Collections The rich collections of The Henry Ford form an unparalleled resource documenting the American experience. These wide-ranging holdings document the industrial, social, and cultural history of the United States. http://collections.thehenryford.org
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Digitization Initiative Institutional effort with central project management and prioritization All Historical Resources departments participate •Artifact photography •Image/document Scans •Rapid capture copy stand •Cataloging/metadata Creation •Finding aid creation •Marc records •Conservation •Lots of logistics From the Collections of the Henry Ford
Fellowships & Internships • Simmons Internships • Henry Austin Clark Travel to Collections Fellowship • Practicum
• Volunteer Internships http://www.thehenryford.org/about /grants.aspx
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Let’s Begin the Conversation
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