The opening event of Ford Motor Co.’s new world headquarters could have been a formal, stuffy affair with a buttoned-down corporate vibe.

Instead, the Dearborn-based automaker chose to make the official dedication of the 2.1-million-square-foot building on Sunday, Nov. 16, feel as close to a family reunion as possible.

Ford invited its family — aka, the public, with its many generations of metro Detroiters' connection to Ford’s 122-year history — to take a free, self-guided tour of the new world headquarters at Oakwood Boulevard and Village Road, just across the street from the Henry Ford Museum.

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