Cranbrook is an internationally renowned educational community dedicated to excellence in the arts, education and science. Located about 25 miles northwest of Detroit in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, this non-profit educational community includes a public art museum and public science museum as well as private schools for children age three through high school and a graduate school in art, architecture and design. The collections of the Cranbrook Educational Community libraries and archives are a valuable resource, providing information to staff, faculty, students, volunteers and outside researchers.
Collections encompass materials in a wide variety of media and subject areas.
The libraries also house collections that support the educational mission of the Schools' faculty and staff. Extensive collections are maintained in each of the ten visual arts disciplines studied at the Academy. In addtion, materials on art history, criticism, artists' writings, performance art, artists' books and other related fields are available. Small basic collections in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences are provided for general reference and background reading. The Institute of Science Library maintains a natural history based collection of materials which supports the programs, exhibits, collections management and research of the Institute.