Fabric of America: Our Fashions, Textiles, and Technologies

August 21 - September 13, 2026
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Drawing exclusively from The Henry Ford's collections, Fabric of America: Our Fashions, Textiles, and Technologies explores the deep connections between textiles and our shared history. 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, presented as part of The Henry Ford's America: 250 Years in the Making commemoration.

Together, these stories present a retrospective of the ways clothing and textiles have conveyed identity, ambition and possibility across American history. From practical workwear to haute couture, understated household items to exuberant fashion statements, displayed artifacts highlight both the overlooked and the celebrated. Machinery, raw materials and the tools of textile production round out this narrative, revealing the full lifecycle of fabric and the many forces that shape it.

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Dates & Hours

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Sunday, 
June 7, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
Monday, 
June 8, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
Tuesday, 
June 9, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
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June 10, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
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June 11, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
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June 12, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
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June 13, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
Sunday, 
June 14, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
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June 15, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
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June 16, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
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June 17, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
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June 18, 
9:30am - 5:00pm
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June 19, 
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June 20, 
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June 21, 
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June 22, 
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June 23, 
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June 26, 
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July 10, 
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July 11, 
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July 12, 
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July 13, 
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July 14, 
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July 15, 
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July 16, 
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July 17, 
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July 18, 
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July 19, 
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August 10, 
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August 12, 
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August 13, 
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August 31, 
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September 1, 
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September 2, 
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September 3, 
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September 11, 
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September 12, 
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September 13, 
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