Founded in 1982 by fashion luminaries Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman, the Kent State University Museum is housed in Rockwell Hall, which was built in 1927 as a library. The building was renovated to museum standards before it reopened as a museum in 1985. It now exhibits the works of many of the world's great artists and designers of fashion, decorative arts and more. Recent exhibits include "Ruben and Isabel Toledo: The Marriage of Art and Fashion" and "Rock 'n Fashion: The Politics of Style."