[1] Henry Ford Centennial Library's original floorplan designs included large meeting rooms along the first floor; a sizable Children's section, detailed public card catalogue, an adult reading room (now a conference room where the Ford Collection of books is currently kept), open periodical stacks for active issues of magazines and closed periodical stacks where back issues could be kept, record listening booths, adult fiction and nonfiction sections, and typewriters spread along the second floor; and a closed book stack and the Audio-Visual department, where 8mm and 16mm film reels and other materials were kept in staff-accessible archives, were located on the third floor, where the Mezzanine and study rooms are located now.

Work included replacement of HVAC systems; installation of energy-efficient lighting; additional electrical outlets and charging stations; restroom renovations; reorganization of the second floor and new carpet and wallpaper.

Three of the reliefs represent various modes of transportation including horse- and oxen-drawn wagons, steam-powered vehicles, bicycles and finally several early autos.

Over the years, the exposure to the elements caused the memorial to deteriorate until 2007 when the Henry Ford II Fund and Friends of the Library–Dearborn contributed to restore it.

Another of Michaels's artworks, a bas-relief mural of the United States that was originally part of the Ford Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair, is on the library's second floor.

The library also hosts book and game swaps for teens and story hours, craft workshops and other activities for children.