Ford Rouge Factory Tour is a self-guided five-part experience that
includes: Legacy Theater, Art of Manufacturing Theater, Observation
Deck, Dearborn Truck Plant and the Legacy Gallery. Theater seating is
limited to 79 guests per show; shows run continuously until 4:00 PM and
are seated on a first come first serve basis.

Legacy Theater
Learn about the triumphs and tragedies surrounding the Rouge, much of it
told through rare, never-before-seen historic footage.
Approximate time: 13 minutes

Art of Manufacturing Theater
A multi-sensory theater experience including a 360-degree look at how
automobiles are made!
Approximate time: 14 minutes

Observation Deck Tour
View the world's largest living roof from our 80-foot-high Observation
Deck.
Variable time: 5-15 minutes

Assembly Plant Walking Tour
See where the new Ford F-150s are assembled in a new lean and flexible
manufacturing plant. Visitors will have the opportunity to view the
final assembly process from an elevated walkway.
Variable time: 30-45 minutes

Legacy Gallery
View five historic vehicles made at the Rouge including the 20,000,000th
Ford, hop in a new F-150, and visit our Factory Store.

Tours are no longer available for the rest of 2012

Gilbert Chocolates was founded in 1900 and still manufactures their wonderful candies using the orginal recipes and equipement.

Tour the factory, the display room and the model pet cemetery.

Chelsea Milling Company is operated by a family whose roots in the flour milling business date back to the early 1800?s. We have been milling flour here in Chelsea for over one hundred years.

Mabel White Holmes, grandmother of our President, Howdy S. Holmes, developed and introduced to the homemaker the first prepared baking mix product, ?JIFFY? Baking Mix, in the spring of 1930. Currently we offer 18 ?JIFFY? Mixes. Our mixes provide you, our consumer, with the best value available.

Chelsea Milling Company is a complete manufacturer. We store wheat. We mill wheat into flour. We use that flour for our own mixes. We make our own "little blue" boxes. We do it all-that's why our mixes provide you with the best possible value. Value is using the highest quality ingredients and the best price!

Our entire operation is located in Chelsea, Michigan and our product is shipped out to all 50 states, as well as some foreign countries through the United States Military.

Morley Candy Makers is the largest producer of chocolates and confections in Michigan and is among the largest in the United States as well. Each year Morley Candy Makers use over 1,000,000 pounds of their own blend of milk and dark chocolate, as well as eleven other blends, such as sugar-free and ivory chocolate.

The candymaking starts by melting blocks of our own smooth, creamy chocolate down in huge melters, so it can be poured over one of our many tasty centers.

Much of that chocolate gets poured over our famous "copper kettle" recipe caramel used to make both vanilla caramels and, when mixed with fresh southern pecans, our spectacular Pecan Torties® !

Visit one of the premier breweries in the Great Beer State of Michigan! Our brewpub location has been producing beers for onsite consumption, and to-go purchases, since 1998 and is the top producing brewpub in the state. This historic building houses the brewhouse as well as a full-service restaurant and bar, complete with pool tables and live music on Friday and Saturday nights. The brewery is visible through windows during normal hours of operation; guided tours available by request only.

Back in 1903, the Original Stormy Kromer Cap was built with quality fabric, carefully handcrafted in the U.S. It was authentic, rugged and durable - perfect for George "Stormy" Kromer, a hard-working railroad engineer. After repeatedly losing his cap on the windy locomotive, he asked his wife Ida to make him a new one, with a snug, pulldown earband to keep it in place.
In 2001, the Jacquart family in Ironwood, Michigan, bought the company and brought Stormy Kromer to their thriving sewing factory - Jacquart Fabric Products. Today, we produce a full line of rugged American-made outdoor apparel and accessories that is sold all over the world. Our free factory tour brings you behind the scenes, and lets you see the hardworking men and women behind our iconic products.
• Tours are limited to 10 people per tour and you must make a reservation on our website. You can also call us at 888-455-2253. We encourage you to make your reservation early to secure your spot.
• Tours last approximately 45-60 minutes.
• Masks optional.
• If you are not feeling well, out of respect for our employees and other visitors, please visit us at another time.
• Tours are wheelchair accessible and kid friendly.
• Service animals are welcome on the tour.
• Remember, this is a working factory with some loud machinery on the production floor.
• Tour concludes in our Factory Store.

Venture into our magical ParadeLand and experience a behind the scenes look at America’s Thanksgiving Parade® presented by Art Van. Learn more about the Parade’s fascinating history, explore the 200,000 square-foot storyland of floats and see how our award-winning artisans bring them to life. Parade Company studios is one the most interactive and family friendly thing to do in Detroit. It’s fun for all ages!

De Klomp, a long time favorite of West Michigan visitors, produces several thousand pairs of wooden shoes each year, in a variety of ways. De klomp is Holland?s only factory to offer the three styles of carving: Hand carving with Elmer, visitors get a real feel for wooden shoes as Elmer starts with a solid block of wood, chops it into a rough form of a shoe, clean cuts its outsides with a special tool brought in from the Netherlands. Style 2 takes the block of wood and carves the pair of shoes on semi automatic machines. Style 3 finishes carving the shoes on fully automatic Dutch machines.

Our delftware factory is the only production factory in America making the Dutch pottery from scratch. We begin with dry powdered clay mixing with special ingredients to form the Dutch clay. From here the clay is poured in to 1 of our 400 different molds. After drying and cleaning each piece is loaded into kilns and fired at above 2000 degrees for 18 hours. After cooling, each piece is hand painted by specially trained artists, refired, glazed & fired for a 3rd time to finalize this beautiful piece of delftware.

WeatherGard is a family owned and operated business that the Detroit area residents have counted on for many years. WeatherGard is licensed by the state of Michigan and fully insured.
Over the years, WeatherGard has strived to be the No. 1 innovator of new technology as it applies to the vinyl window business. WeatherGard was the first vinyl window manufacturer to offer a fully welded window lineup. WeatherGard was the first to offer Warm Edge Technology for the glass units. WeatherGard was first to offer standard Low - E/Argon glass units in all windows. WeatherGard has always been a leader not a follower.

WeatherFard believes in offering the highest quality products coupled with expert professional installation at a very competitive price.

Our professional sales staff practice "No high pressure selling". We do not like to be pressured into buying and we certainly don't want you to feel pressured. We truly appreciate the opportunity to present our products and services, give you a competitive price, and let you decide! No cost, no obligation free in home estimates. Whether you want one window or a whole house full.

Our knowledgeable sales staff try to explain all aspects of our window from raw materials used in production to the working aspects of the finished products. We try to educate not pressure the consumer.