DEMONSTRATIONS – OPENINGS – TALKS
Arms and Armor Demonstration: Secrets of Swordplay
Sunday, August 24, 2025
2–2:30 pm
Free with Museum admission
Conference Room
Watch the art of swordplay in action! Learn how swordfighters throughout history used these elegant weapons, and try hefting a reproduction broadsword or rapier to get a feel for what they were really like.
Programming subject to change.
After Hours: “Our Peaceable Kingdom” Exhibition Opening
Friday, September 12, 2025
6–8 pm
Free for Members, $25 for general public
Museum-wide
Be among the first to experience our upcoming exhibition, Lee Mingwei: Our Peaceable Kingdom, the night before it opens to the public. Explore more than 40 artists’ interpretations of Edward Hicks’ iconic Peaceable Kingdom in an immersive installation that considers the enduring question, “What is peace?” Meet Lee and the local artists who contributed to this ongoing collaborative artwork and celebrate with music, drinks, and more, all evening long.
Be the first to see new exhibitions, explore themed events, and more, all After Hours. Spend your next night out at the Museum with music, drinks, and your fellow art lovers!
View the full After Hours series.
Artist Talk: Rachel Gloria Adams and Ryan Adams
Sunday, September 21, 2025
2–3 pm
Free for Members, $5 for general public
Conference Room (Higgins Education Wing)
Speakers: Rachel Gloria Adams and Ryan Adams
This past spring, Rachel Gloria Adams and Ryan Adams transformed the massive hall at the heart of the Worcester Art Museum with their new mural, The More I Wonder, The More I Love.
At this one-time talk, learn how the artists blended their unique styles to reflect the core sentiment behind the mural, inspired by their young daughters. Having each grown up as one of few Black children in predominantly white environments, the artists reflect, “What was stereotypically expected from you as a young Black man/woman created these invisible boundaries around us that restricted us from partaking in certain activities and seeing ourselves as capable of doing anything we dreamed of.
We are trying our best to show our girls a world outside of those invisible barriers, when they are free to wonder and explore all that life can offer.”
Advance registration is highly recommended. A limited number of walk-in tickets may be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Walk-in entry is not guaranteed if the event is sold out.