07/31/2026
We are so excited to share that Katherine White, Docomomo Michigan vice-president, and Curator of Design at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation co-curated this amazing exhibition, “Fabric of America: Our Fashions, Textiles, and Technologies.”
The exhibit is currently on display at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation!
It invites attendees to explore the deep connections between textiles and our shared history.
The limited-time exhibition features more than 500 artifacts from The Henry Ford’s own textile collections— many of which have never been publicly displayed before!
Through five enduring American values — liberty, practicality, inventiveness, abundance and individualism — this exhibition reveals how fabric shapes who we are as a people and a nation.
The stories presented in this exhibition are a retrospective of the ways clothing and textiles have conveyed identity, ambition and possibility across American history.
“Fabric of America” shows how these artifacts capture the country’s history and the diverse experiences of its people, offering a compelling look at how fabric continues to reflect and define us.
Fabric of America
On view until September 13, 2026
at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Dearborn, Michigan
Select images from “Fabric of America: Our Fashions, Textiles, and Technologies” courtesy of Deborah Lubera Kawsky and Nicole Wrona
Pictured: Katherine White & Deborah Kawsky
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