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Cranbrook Institute of Science and Detroit Public Schools Forge Groundbreaking Educational Partnership Program

Cranbrook Institute of Science and Detroit Public Schools announced today a broad partnership that will provide extraordinary, customized experiences in the natural sciences to DPS students, their families and faculty members.

The intent of the collaboration is to transform science learning in DPS via a public school district partnering with a cultural institution to offer students in-depth, hands-on exposure to science and technology with an emphasis on core science concepts and their application to contemporary science issues.

Support Your Favorite Charity@Saks Event

Feb 1-29, 2012

Throughout February the Cranbrook Educational Community will be a beneficiary of the Saks Fifth Avenue “Support Your Favorite Charity@Saks” program in which Saks will give 5% of all Saks card purchases back to the charity the cardholder designates.

To qualify, shoppers must use their Saks Fifth Avenue card and tell the salesperson completing the sale that they’d like 5% to go to Cranbrook. Registration is one simple step at point of sale linking the customer account with their chosen charity the first time, but customers should mention Cranbrook each time they make a purchase during February.

A Kick off Cocktail Party on Wednesday, February 8 from 5:30 to 8pm gives patrons a chance to shop, socialize, and help Cranbrook by purchasing a $35 dollar ticket. For each ticket sold, the patron receives admission to the event and a $25 Saks Gift Card. In addition, Cranbrook receives a $10 donation! You do not need a Saks Fifth Avenue credit card to attend this event.

Life on Earth! at the Institute of Science

Cranbrook Institute of Science explores the vast diversity and mysterious beauty of life forms on Earth, that diversity’s importance to humanity, and how mass extinctions and evolution have shaped its history through geologic time to the present in the Life on Earth! exhibition at the Institute of Science through September 2, 2012. Produced by Cranbrook using its own life science collections, as well as specimens on loan from other museums, universities and private collections, Life on Earth! immerses the visitor in the splendor of life and explores the degree to which the growing human population has transformed the Earth for human welfare.

Cranbrook Art Museum's Grand Reopening Exhibition

No Object is an Island: New Dialogues with the Cranbrook Collection Opens November 11, 2011.

First Exhibition in the Newly Renovated and Expanded Museum Explores Cranbrook’s Continued Influence in the World of Contemporary Art and Design.

At the Birthplace of Modernism, A Rebirth

Cranbrook Art Museum to reopen on November 11th after a two-year, $22 million restoration and expansion – the first since the landmark Eliel Saarinen building opened in 1942.

New Wing will allow the museum’s full collection of design, textiles, ceramics and fine art to be displayed and accessed, underscoring the pedagogical mission of Cranbrook by bringing the collection to life for a new generation of artists, students, and visitors.

Inaugural exhibition to create dialogue between the magnificent collection and contemporary works.