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DEARBORN, MICH. — When I come to see a museum, a large part of what I’m looking to do is help educate my children. But too many museums, if you ask me, stupefy kids with monotony or insult them with hands-on activities that mostly just serve as germ depositories.
Not the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. With 80,000 fair and square feet of space containing 130 cars and a new, updated persistent exhibit, it’s pretty appealing to kids — especially those old enough to call to mind driving some of the past models on display.
Even if listening to Dad wax nostalgic about the cool-headed ’65 Mustang or ’59 Volkswagen camper just like the one he had back in the day is inexplicably less than animating, there’s still lots to attract drivers-to-be in Driving America, the revamped endless exhibit that opens to the public on Sunday.
Unlike the previous flaunt, which dated from 1987 and assumed that visitors were all highly knowledgeable and car-crazed, “Driving America” aims to capture the car’s repercussions on society. Fortunately, the folks who designed it remembered to keep the cultural examination fun for kids.
Source: Waterloo Record