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The Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop was established in 1979 as a not-for-profit historic and educational organization. The Museum preserves the site on which Whitney constructed the first American factory in 1798.

A Historic Site

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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.

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American Flyer Sample, 1946

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

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Arms Production

Eli Whitney's Armory C. 1825

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.

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The Gilbert Project

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For 50 years, Alfred Carlton Gilbert put his signature on toys for children. He built a world of learning tools that were unified by a distinct, personal vision. No toymaker's name in history is better known.

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The Leonardo Challenge

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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.

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Exhibitions

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.

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