The Kent State University Museum received a congressional proclamation from the office of U.S. Rep. David P. Joyce recognizing the museum’s reaccreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national standard for museums. The recognition adds to a string of milestones for the Kent fashion and textile museum.

Among recent highlights, the museum opened “Ohioans in Space: The Carl E. Walz Spacesuit” at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on May 19, a special installation celebrating Ohio’s legacy in space exploration. The museum also partnered with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on “Fashion and Feather,” a cross-disciplinary exhibition pairing historic fashion with ornithological specimens that opened on Earth Day and runs through October 11.

The museum’s current featured exhibition, “A Meeting of Cultures: Fashioning North Africa,” runs through May 10, 2026. Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell, the Akron native behind “Wicked,” recently visited Kent State students for a series of lectures and workshops. Additionally, the museum announced “Quilts and Coverlets: Art for the American Home,” a new exhibition exploring American textile traditions in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Source: https://www.kent.edu/museum/news