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"Fortuna: Designs by Vincent Quevedo" featured in TravelMag.com

The Museum is pleased to share “Fortuna: Designs by Vincent Quevedo,” one of the Museum’s current exhibitions, has been featured in TravelMag.com’s recent article, “10 of the Best Exhibitions in Ohio This Spring.” Vincent Quevedo is currently an associate professor at the Kent …

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Detail of Romanian ensemble from Transylvania

Museum Announces Reopening and Newest Exhibition 'Stitched: Regional Dress Across Europe'

The Museum has reopened to the public and is excited to announce its newest exhibition, “Stitched: Regional Dress Across Europe,” on display from February 2021 through December 2021. The exhibition features 75 pieces exclusive to the museum’s permanent collection, showcasing common features shared by regional costume across Western and Eastern Europe.

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Museum To Receive $35,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

Kent, OH – National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $84 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2020.  Included in this announcement is an Art Works award of $35,000 to the …

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Kent State Museum Receives Substantial Grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services

Kent, OH – The Museum (KSU Museum) is the recipient of a $171,119 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to upgrade a collection storage room which houses garments from the 17th to early 20th centuries. Through the IMLS agency’s largest competitive grant progra…

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Museum Now Open with Adjusted Exhibition Schedule

Kent, OH – Following its temporary closure due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Museum (KSU Museum) is now open and will operate under new safety protocols and feature an adjusted schedule of exhibitions.  Under the new safety protocols, visitors to the …

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Beading on a garment representing "culture" and a  patch on jeans representing the "counterculture" are included in the  Museum's "Culture/Counterculture" exhibition.

Museum Explores the Fashion Divide of the 1960s and '70s With 'Culture/Counterculture'

Almost 50 years ago, the shootings of students by the Ohio National Guard brought to a head the cultural divides that had split the nation. The Museum’s exhibition, “Culture/Counterculture: Fashions of the 1960s and ’70s,” opening Sept. 20, explores t…

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Ohio Quilts Exhibit - Keckley Quilt

Explore Ohio’s Rich History in the KSU Museum’s “Ohio Quilts” Exhibit

The Museum’s newest exhibit, “Ohio Quilts”, which opens to the public July 19, features an eclectic group of historical quilts, that in many ways, reflects the history of Ohio dating back to the early nineteenth century.    This exhibition assembles quilts refle…

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