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At the Birthplace of Modernism, A Rebirth; Cranbrook Art Museum to Reopen in November

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH.- On November 11, 2011, Cranbrook Art Museum will reopen after a two-year construction project that encompassed both a complete renovation of its landmark 1942 Eliel Saarinen-designed building and a new 20,000-square-foot Collections Wing. While the restored galleries (including a new state-of-the-art climate control system and other sophisticated museum technologies) will continue to provide the Art Museum with a venue for innovative and thought-provoking exhibitions, the new Collections Wing will house and make accessible the Museum’s celebrated permanent collection of nearly 6,000 works of art, architecture, and design from the Arts and Crafts Movement to the present. Cranbrook Educational Community’s extensive Archives and Cultural Properties collections will also move to the facility, creating a dynamic new center for exhibition, research, and