text: In 1970, the museum purchased what it believed to be a 17th-century Brewster Chair, created for one of the Pilgrim settlers in the Plymouth Colony, for $9,000. In September 1977, the chair was determined to be a modern forgery created in 1969 by Rhode Island sculptor Armand LaMontagne. The museum retains the piece as an educational tool on forgeries.
  In the early 2000s, the museum added an auditorium to the building's south corner. This housed an IMAX theater until January 2016 when museum management decided to change formats for the facility to better fit with its mission. The renovated theater reopened in April of that year.
  Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
  The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation began as Henry Ford's personal collection of historic objects, which he began collecting as far back as 1906. Today, the 12 acre (49,000 m2) site is primarily a collection of antique machinery, pop culture items, automobiles, locomotives, aircraft, and other items:
  The museum features a 4K digital projection theater, which shows scientific, natural, or historical documentaries, as well as major feature films.
  An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
  The 1961 Lincoln Continental, SS-100-X in which President John F. Kennedy was riding when he was assassinated.
  The rocking chair from Ford's Theatre in which President Abraham Lincoln was sitting when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
  George Washington's camp bed.
  A collection of several fine 17th- and 18th-century violins including a Stradivarius.
  Thomas Edison's alleged last breath in a sealed tube.
  Buckminster Fuller's prototype Dymaxion house.