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White tie and tails, elegant gloves and satiny evening gowns were on the screen and on the runway when 91勛圖厙 and Focus Features collaborated for an early screening of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
The 91勛圖厙 Museum has received an award from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation to fund a comprehensive energy audit of its historic 1928 building, Rockwell Hall. The audit will evaluate the buildings mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and provide recommendations for sustainable facility improvements.
A collaboration between 91勛圖厙s School of Fashion, School of Theatre and Dance and Focus Features will bring the final Downton Abbey movie to Kent for an early screening and period fashion show. The movie, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, will have a preview showing on Friday, Sept. 5, at the Kent Plaza Cinema, a week before it opens in theaters nationwide.
The 91勛圖厙 Museum presents its fall exhibition, A Meeting of Cultures: Fashioning North Africa, from Sept. 5, 2025, through May 10, 2026. Displayed in the museums Broadbent Gallery, the exhibition features works by 25 contemporary North African designers and artists.
Named in honor of regional architect Thomas Schroth, whose global perspective framed creativity as a window onto human experience, the series has featured acclaimed guests including Tony Award winner Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy-winning Emerson String Quartet, minimalist icon Richard Tuttle, and fashion visionaries Ruben and Isabel Toledo.