“NEW TERRAIN” A GUIDED TOUR
Saturday, June 8, 2024
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Free with Museum admission
Meet in Lancaster Lobby
See new perspectives on a guided tour of New Terrain: 21st-Century Landscape Photography. Learn about the techniques being used by boundary-pushing artists to create art that redefines our concepts of landscape and photography.
COLONIAL MILITIA
Demonstration: 17th-Century Colonial Militia
Saturday, June 8, 2024
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Free with Museum admission
Conference Room
Did you know that arms and armor were used even in early Colonial America? In this interactive demonstration, discover the weapons and equipment early European settlers in New England used for defense. This program is presented by The Salem Trayned Band, a re-enacting group that accurately recreates a 17th-century English colonial militia unit from Salem, Massachusetts.
ARMS AND ARMOR A PREVIEW OF NEW GALLERIES
Curator Talk: Preview of the Arms and Armor Galleries
Sunday, June 16, 2024
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Free for Members; $5 for general public
Conference Room
Speaker: Jeffrey Forgeng (Higgins Curator of Arms and Armor and Medieval Art, Worcester Art Museum)
The long-anticipated opening of our expansive 5,000-square-foot galleries is coming soon, and construction on the new space is well underway. Using innovative open-storage display methods, the immersive new galleries will display upwards of 1,000 arms and armor objects beginning in late 2025. During this special preview, curator Jeffrey Forgeng will offer a first glimpse at the new galleries through renderings, photos, and behind-the-scenes stories.
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