McFaddin-Ward House Lecture Series Presents “Wheels of Progress: How Detroit and Ford Motor Company Put the World on Wheels” by Matt Anderson

Curator of Transportation at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, Matt Anderson will provide an engaging overview of the automobile industry in Detroit, highlighting the significant and transformative role of the Ford Motor Company. In conjunction with the lecture, a striking collection of classic cars presented by Garage Deluxe will be on view in the Visitor Center parking lot.

Serving as The Henry Ford’s John and Horace Dodge Curator of Transportation since 2012, Anderson oversees the development, care and interpretation of the museum’s collection of nearly 300 motor vehicles, as well as the collection’s horse-drawn carriages, railroad locomotives and rolling stock and aircraft.