Eli Whitney Museum

Factories are places of change. At least 18 buildings have come and gone since Eli Whitney's time. We are still digging into that history.

A sampling of restored scans of the 1946 American Flyer Trains catalog magazine published by the A. C. Gilbert company.

Over the ninety years of the Whitney Armory's existence, much technological change took place both in metal and wood-working machinery and in metallurgical capabilities.

Leonardo da Vinci demonstrated the origins of invention in the playful application of his imagination. The annual Leonardo Challenge engages artisans and artists in crafting stunning works of improvisational creativity.

Though the Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop functions more as a workshop than as a conventional museum, it does feature 3 small exhibitions per year.