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Sights and landmarks in Kent

12 sights worth seeing in Kent: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Sights and landmarks in Kent

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    Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

    AMLCI

    Birthplace of the Twisted Numeric LCD (when it was in Smith Hall). Has an art installation outside, and occasionally offers conferences. The building interior is normally off limits, but is sometimes opened up for seminars.

    Free

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    Center for the Performing Arts

    PABO

    This building is the core of the Kent State Performing Arts programs. The basement houses the Performing Arts Library which features some special collections. The first floor houses the Ludwig Recital Hall for musical performances, as well as several dance rooms and theaters.

    Mon-Fri noon-5PM

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    Center for the Visual Arts

    CVA Gallery

    Features many galleries of Student Artwork, as well as workshops. Partially built out of an old power plant.

    Tue Wed 10AM-5PM, Thu 10AM-7PM, Fri 10AM-2PMFree (parking may cost depending on lot)

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    Kenneth W. Berger Hearing Aid Museum and Archives

    Hearing Aid Museum

    Created by accident in the 1960s due to a misprint in a news article, this museum of hearing aid technology that houses over 3000 hearing aids, making it among the largest collections in the world. The collection includes devices and patents dating back from 1830's to the digital age.

    Mon-Fri 8AM-5PMFree

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    Kent Historical Society & Museum

    Local history of the city and residents, the railroad that passes through the town, and Kent State University.

    Fri Sat 9AM-2PM and by appointmentFree

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    Kent State University

    Kent State, a public research university founded 1912 as a teachers' college, offers 300 degree programs on eight campuses. The main campus in Kent houses 28,800 of the system's 42,500 students. Programs include nursing, liquid crystals, business, history, library science, aeronautics, journalism and fashion design.

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    Kent State University Museum

    Kent State Fashion Museum

    The Kent State University Fashion Museum is in Rockwell Hall, and features historical and cutting-edge articles of fashion.

    Wed-Sun 10AM-4:45PM$5 General Admission, Free on Sundays

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    May 4 Visitors Center

    May 4 Memorial

    The May 4th Visitors Center surrounds the area where the May 4th Shootings occurred. The Visitors Center has an exhibit that helps provide context to the shootings including larger scale conflicts such as the Vietnam War. Informational packets are available near the site when the Visitors Center is closed. Often offers special programming around May 4th.

    Semester hours: Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM, Sat noon-5PMFree

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    The Kent Stage

    See a production at the primer theater of Downtown Kent. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is often shown here.

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    The MuseLab

    A museum about museums. Has rotating exhibits that are usually interactive.

    Mon Fri 10AM-4PM, Wed 1-7PMFree

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    Wick Poetry Center

    Housed in the historic May Prentice House, the Wick Poetry Center houses poetry readings and more. It's surrounded by a poetry park, which is small, but packed with art and an amphitheater.

    Free

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    Kent State Planetarium

    Occasionally offers showings.

    Free

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Kent (CC BY-SA 4.0).