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The objects are just the way to tell those stories. The exhibit, which features more than 30 rarely seen artifacts, includes roughly 10 vehicles. And some are cars gearheads wouldn't expect in a museum, such as a Mustang II from the "malaise era" of Among car collectors, it isn't their favorite era for the Mustang, said Anderson.

But those cars are some of the hardest to find because collectors don't want them so they're sold for scrap. And that makes them kind of unusual. The Henry Ford has 26 million pieces in its collection and it's always adding more. A special committee meets weekly to vote on adding new artifacts.

The majority of the items in the museum's collection are photographs, paper records and documents stored at the Benson Ford Research Center. But the museum also recently opened a new storage building behind the museum where it keeps bigger items, such as cars. One artifact in the "Collecting Mobility" exhibit that showcases how the Henry Ford also collects items that reflect emerging technology is a "Autonom" driverless shuttle.

The shuttle operated on a one-mile route at UM's North Campus for 18 months. The museum acquired it in With emerging technologies, it's tough. You want to collect things that seem like they're going to be important technologies down the road. But of course you never know. The transit van is the exhibit's most timely artifact. This would bring the tests to people. Buy Tickets Calendar. Members Only Thur - Sun a. Mon - Sat a. Last tour leaves at 3 p.

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