Join the Center as we open the doors to the original Cranbrook School for Boys for special art and architecture tours, featuring the school's historic print collection. Originally designed in the 1920s as a school for boys in the seventh through twelfth grades, the campus and its interior spaces—which are rarely opened for public tours—are now part of Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Cranbrook Schools' co-education division for high school students. The care of Cranbrook Schools' rich collection of historic furnishings and works of art—and prints—is entrusted to Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.
Led by the Center's educators, the tours will explore the picturesque architecture and interior spaces of the complex, including the Quadrangle, Dining Hall, Assembly Hall, restored North "Map" Lobby, and one of Cranbrook's architectural jewels, the Library Reading Room. Along the way, you will discover selections from the historic Cranbrook School Print Collection, including works by the Italian master, Giambattista Piranesi.
