The McFaddin-Ward House
Historic House Museum in Beaumont, Texas
McFaddin-Ward House Lecture Series Presents “Wheels of Progress: How Detroit and Ford Motor Company Put the World on Wheels” by Matt Anderson
May 8, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join the McFaddin-Ward House for “Wheels of Progress: How Detroit and Ford Motor Company Put the World on Wheels,” a free public lecture presented Matt Anderson on Thursday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s Visitor Center Lecture Hall (located at 1906 Calder Avenue in Beaumont).
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. Lecture attendees are invited to arrive early to admire and photograph these beautiful antique automobiles.
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.
Additionally, Anderson is a past president of the National Association of Automobile Museums and a member of the board of directors for the Society of Automotive Historians. His previous roles include the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland; the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana; and the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, Minnesota.
McFaddin-Ward House lectures are free and open to the public, but space is limited. Doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, call 409-832-2134.
For those unable to attend, the lecture will be streamed live on the McFaddin-Ward House Museum Facebook page (facebook.com/McFaddinWardHouse). The full lecture will also be available for viewing on the museum’s YouTube Channel (youtube.com/@mcfaddinwardhouse) and website (mcfaddin-ward.org/about/videos) after the event.