For all you car junkies, the Henry Ford Museum is a MUST SEE! The Henry Ford is a history museum complex in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, United States. The museum collection contains the presidential limousine of John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, Thomas Edison's laboratory, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, the Rosa Parks bus, and many other historical exhibits. It is the largest indoor–outdoor museum complex in the United States and is visited by over 1.7 million people each year.
The Detroit Institute of Arts, located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 that added 58,000 square feet. The DIA collection is regarded as among the top six museums in the United States with an encyclopedic collection which spans the globe from ancient Egyptian and European works to contemporary art.
Check out the Christmas lights and LARGE Christmas tree at Campus Martius Park!
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Located 1.5 hours away and known for its Bavarian-style architecture, Frankenmuth is also home to the world's largest Christmas store and several local eateries and wineries. If you're here on an extended stay, Frankenmuth is definitely worth the trip and will help you get into the holiday spirit!