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Continued from page 18 to “learn by doing,” so the children spent time doing hands-on learning in the buildings he was adding on the grounds.

In the late 1920s, Ford was the primary collector of Americana in the world. He was also gathering technological things for the museum, which is next door to the Village. An academy for 25 gifted students is still operating.

Among the famous buildings are the birthplace of William Homes McGuffey who published the McGuffey Reader for children and the McGuffey School, George Washington Carver’s cabin, the home of Robert Frost, the Noah Webster home, Hermitage slave quarters and a cottage and foundry imported from England.

Greenfield Village is a place you can spend a couple days. Then take a couple more days to roam the Museum. Visit thehenryford.org/visit/ greenfield-village for more information.