Celebrate Ellen Scripps Booth’s birthday with a guided tour of Cranbrook House followed by an elegant afternoon tea in the library.
Learn about Ellen Scripps Booth (July 10, 1863 – January 24, 1948), the Booth family, and the treasures inside their 1908 English Tudor manor designed by Albert Kahn.
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Tea Menu
Tea includes hot tea, iced tea, tea sandwiches, fresh fruit, assorted miniature pastries and petit fours, and raspberry white chocolate scones served with lemon curd.
Tea Sandwiches
Lox
Smoked salmon, dill cream cheese, pickled red onion
Coronation Chicken Salad
Curry, apricot jam, lemon, cilantro
Egg Salad
Traditional egg salad, sliced tomato
Cucumber
Boursin cheese, pickled red onion, microgreens
Menu is subject to change.
Admission
$65 per person
Reservations are required by Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 12:00pm.
Space is limited.
Please Note
Guests outside of your party may be seated at your table if you have less than eight guests. If you would like to be seated with guests from another party, please note that in the "Comments" section of the registration form.
Accessibility
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Photo Credit
Portrait of Ellen Scripps Booth. Courtesy of Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.
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