I'm looking to see if there is anyone in the general area of Dearborn, MI that may be interested in going to Greenfield Village for a coordinated Year 2 field trip. They offer a discount for homeschoolers, but you need to have ten kids. If there are 10+ kids, their tickets will be half price ($8), and 1 adult for every five kids is free (reg. $22). If there is anyone in this area and are interested, please let me know!

If you are on a budget, then you may wish to hold this off until next year as most of the houses they show are 19th and early 20th century houses and would be more appropriate for Year Three.

You might also consider a membership to the Henry Ford which would get you in for a year. It really is too much for a day.

Pat no Pattie

Thanks for the tip! I still wouldn't mind going this year because it will only be $24 for my family if I go with a group. However it is good to know that it will work well for next year, too.

I wanted to make sure you weren't disappointed. To me the best parts of the village itself are Edison's various things and the trains including round house and those are both late 19th century. But even then most of the houses are 19th century. I suspect that's because older house were recognized at the time of Ford's collecting as historical and important to keep but more recent ones were not.

It appears the family membership is about $100 right now, but if you are near by you'll get a lot more things to do in terms of events during the year. You'd want to time your joining "right" so you covered the best period of time for your studies and their events.