What Belongs in a Museum?

What belongs in a museum? It's a question that curators have to answer when collecting a new item. Curators don't value items for their monetary worth, but rather for the stories they tell. Once an item is acquired, it begins its journey through conservation, registration, and exhibition. Our recently acquired tricycle used by Kevin Degen is one such example.

The tricycle used by Kevin Degen can be seen in our limited-engagement exhibition Collecting Mobility: New Objects, New Stories. This exhibit takes you behind the scenes at The Henry Ford to show you how we continue to grow our vast collection of more than 26 million artifacts, from everyday items to technological breakthroughs.

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