Visit
Hours
Monday-Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday 1pm - 5pm Sunday Closed - Winter and Spring Break: open by appointment only
- The May 4 Visitors Center follows the Kent State University academic calendar. We are closed for fall break, winter break, spring break, and all scheduled university holidays. For weather-related closures, please visit the official advisory page.
Admission is free
Parking
There are two spaces located in the Prentice parking lot, please make sure to give the car model and color to the front desk.
Visitor Guidelines
- Visitors are welcome to take photos in the Center for personal use, just no flash photography or video.
- In order to protect the exhibitions and artifacts on display, we ask that that visitors refrain from touching or leaning on displays
- Water in sealable containers is permitted in the galleries. Food is not permitted.
- See our FAQ for information on animals in the Center.
Accessibility
- A trip to the Visitors Center is fully wheelchair accessible. There are 4 accessible parking spots in our lot and no barriers or inclines from the parking lot to the galleries.
- Building doors have activation buttons.
- There is an accessible restroom across the hall from the center.
- All of our outdoor markers and memorials are accessible. To see 3 of the 7 outdoor exhibit panels and a few of the 9 wounded markers, there are no stairs, but some inclines that get to 8°. We do not have wheelchairs to provide for visitors.
- Video displays include open captioning.
Content Warning
The 10-minute film shown in the second gallery contains video footage, images, and audio from the shooting on May 4, 1970. Viewer discretion is advised.