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📽️ IMPORTANT ON-SALE UPDATE 📽️ The ticket on-sale date for the Francis Ford at The Henry Ford event series has been moved to next Friday, March 28 at 9 a.m. ET. We appreciate your flexibility and understanding. For more information on our exciting program lineup, visit: https://lnkd.in/dmpd7ZDA

There is one month left to experience “Wallace & Gromit™ and Shaun the Sheep™: Shear Genius!” at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation! 🚀 Don't miss the chance to explore Wallace’s rocket, Shaun the Sheep’s barn, and more while enjoying hands-on activities designed for children ages three to nine. Children under five receive free admission. Learn more and plan your visit today at THF.org/shear-genius.

Lyn St. James, Indy 500 racer and co-founder of Women in Motorsports North America, reflects on her 50 years in motorsports in this special Women’s History Month guest blog. She looks back at her own career and other women who made history in racing – including Shirley Muldowney, Janet Guthrie and Betty Skelton. https://lnkd.in/gxgfPyqG

Today is the anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “The American Promise” speech, more commonly known as the “We Shall Overcome” speech. On March 15, 1965, the Jackson family and their guests gathered in the living room of their Selma, Alabama, home to watch the address on television. Among those guests was the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who listened along with 70 million other Americans as Johnson discussed the need for the Voting Rights Act, his intention to push Congress to pass it, and how passing the act would fulfill an American Promise to all citizens to be able to vote for their leaders. 📖 Read more about the lead-up to the Voting Rights Act, LBJ’s “The American Promise,” and the Jackson family’s role in the Selma Voting Rights Movement on our blog at https://lnkd.in/g-PHm9ap. 🏠 Learn more about the Jackson Home, opening in 2026 in Greenfield Village, at https://lnkd.in/gZF_CfE5. Image: "Life" Magazine, March 26, 1965, page 33

Geraldine Clyne (the pen name of Goldie Klein) is one of few women in the 20th century credited with creating and illustrating pop-up books. She and her husband, Ben Klein, received patents for foldable pop-ups in greeting cards, displays, books and more. Clyne is best known for her work on the “Jolly Jump-Ups" series from the late 1930s to the 1950s. The series follows the adventures of the Jump-Up family as they move into a new house, take a family vacation, go to the zoo and the circus or spend an idyllic summer on the farm. Images: Pages from “The Jolly Jump-Ups on the Farm,” 1940, https://lnkd.in/gKqs_vpi

*UPCOMING EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS AT THE HENRY FORD* HENRY FORD MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INNOVATION: ☕ LAST CHANCE: Dick Gutman, DINERMAN | Ends March 16 💡 LAST CHANCE: Wallace & Gromit™ and Shaun the Sheep™: Shear Genius! | Ends April 20 🚲 NEW EXHIBITION: Bicycles: Powering Possibilities | May 3 – February 15, 2026 🪖 NEW EXHIBITION: Our War Too: Women in Service | May 25 – September 7 GREENFIELD VILLAGE 🏠 2025 Member Preview | April 11 🌳 2025 Public Opening | April 12 🚂 TICKETED EVENT: Day Out With Thomas™ and Railroader’s Brunch | May 3-4, 10-11, 17-18 GIANT SCREEN EXPERIENCE: 🛞 NEW SIGNATURE FILM: Detroit: The City of Hot Rods & Muscle Cars | Premieres March 19 FRANCIS FORD AT THE HENRY FORD: 🎬 NEW CINEMA & PROGRAM SERIES in Giant Screen Experience and Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation | Begins April THF SUMMER CAMP: ☀️ Grades 2-7 | Register Today https://lnkd.in/gZ76s788

In case you missed it: The latest issue of The Henry Ford Magazine is now available online! Visit https://lnkd.in/gxpqJ7jM to read up on: 🖼️ Ways cultural spaces like The Henry Ford use empathy to nourish emotional connections ☀️ How journalist Christine McLaren seeks out positivity through storytelling 🎥 The accomplishments of author and filmmaker Nelson George 📦 Our acquisition of the Stewart Program Collection 🍎 The success of our Farm to School Lunch Across America initiative 🪑 Artifact features from our collections ➕ And more!

What role can museums play in empathy-building and encouraging others to explore their own sense of self and interconnectedness to others? In the latest issue of The Henry Ford Magazine, we asked members of our team to reflect on what The Henry Ford does to build empathy through insight, exhibitions, artifacts, outreach, leadership and performance: https://lnkd.in/g3H_7_VV.

Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan had often been told that putting women back-to-back on a playlist or setlist just wouldn’t make money. McLachlan, though, believed bringing women together could be powerful. In 1997, she launched Lilith Fair, an all-female, cross-genre music festival. Lilith Fair ran for three consecutive summers (1997-99), selling over $60 million in tickets to become the highest-grossing festival of the late 1990s and disproving the tired industry narrative that women in music were best enjoyed in small doses. Check out Women’s History Month programs at The Henry Ford, including an Arts & Artifacts musical performance on March 16: https://lnkd.in/gnC7Txjc. Image: Advertising Poster, “Lilith Fair,” 1998, https://lnkd.in/grf22KhX

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In this video, The Henry Ford Curators Heather Bruegl (Oneida/Stockbridge-Munsee) and Amber N. Mitchell discuss the events that set the stage for the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, the impact of the act itself and how its story is tied to the Jackson Home ─ opening in Greenfield Village in 2026. Learn more about the Voting Rights Act and preview artifacts from the Jackson Home in our new limited-time collection spotlight, “We Shall Overcome: The 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act,” on display at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. https://lnkd.in/g-ey5xXY