Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
The visitor center, Ford Assembly Building, shipyard landscape, SS Red Oak Victory, memorial, and oral histories examine wartime migration, women’s labor, segregation, childcare, health, and industrial production.
Artwork inspired by Maynard Dixon
The visitor center, Ford Assembly Building, shipyard landscape, SS Red Oak Victory, memorial, and oral histories examine wartime migration, women’s labor, segregation, childcare, health, and industrial production. The park is distributed across an active waterfront. Useful scale comes from three specifics: established, 2000; city, Richmond; and admission, Free.
Start with worker testimony, then map the surviving industrial sites so production scale and unequal opportunity remain in the same story. The park is not one enclosed campus; hours differ among partner sites, and the historic ship opens only on selected days. Close attention to worker oral histories, Shipyard No. 3, and Ford Assembly Building turns the visit from a collection of sights into a connected argument about this place.
- Established
- 2000
- City
- Richmond
- Admission
- Free
Quick guide
- Establish scale
- Start with worker testimony, then map the surviving industrial sites so production scale and unequal opportunity remain in the same story.
- Slow down for
- Compare worker oral histories with Shipyard No. 3, then use Ford Assembly Building to test what the site is trying to communicate.
Know before you go
- Establish scale
- Start with worker testimony, then map the surviving industrial sites so production scale and unequal opportunity remain in the same story.
- Slow down for
- Compare worker oral histories with Shipyard No. 3, then test that reading against Ford Assembly Building.
- Place in context
- Established: 2000; City: Richmond; Admission: Free
- Plan the arrival
- For Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, use the reviewed visitor entrance at 1414 Harbour Way S, Suite 3000, Richmond, CA 94804. Before visiting.
Good to know
The park is not one enclosed campus; hours differ among partner sites, and the historic ship opens only on selected days.
Notice these
- worker oral histories
- Shipyard No. 3
- Ford Assembly Building