While current exhibition Red is getting all the promotional buzz, I recommend you take a few minutes (15 if you’re a quick browser, 30 if you like to stroll) to check out The Textile Museum’s other exhibition, Architectural Textiles: Tent Bands of Central Asia. Sounds like a snooze fest, but seeing the creativity and attention to detail that goes into decorating what would otherwise be a humdrum engineering element (crucial to keeping trellis tents from collapsing) was fascinating — and worth the five dollar “recommended donation” for this “free” exhibit. Stretch your visit out a few more minutes by watching the short video at the start of the tour that shows a trellis tent being assembled.