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Medieval Arms and Armor at the Worcester Art Museum
The Worcester Art Museum is beautiful. More than ten years ago it received a whole lot of medieval arms and armor from a museum that closed down (The Higgins Armory) They put this all together into an amazing exhibition of arms and armor.
The Museum is located in Worcester Massachusetts
The Higgins Armory was a wonderful museum that had been around for a hundred years. I had visited it several times and have pictures and information about it right here: The Higgins Armory.
If you want to learn more about the museum or pay a visit you should check out their website here: The Worcester Art Museum
The Story of the Stained Glass Knight
They had a stained glass window of a knight on a pilgrimage. It went up for auction in london. I should have gone to that auction and bought it but....
I loved that stained glass window. It didn't go to the Worcester Art museum. It went up for auction in London. It spoke to me. It was of a praying knight on a pilgrimage. Little did I know that just like that knight I would also walk a pilgrimage. I didn't buy the window but I did make an exact replica - yes, a real stained glass window. And it came out amazing. Read about it and see pictures/videos of it here: The story of the stained glass knight
Let's look at some of the amazing items on display
They acquired thousands of items and I wondered how much of it they would put on exibition. Usually musuems only select a small number of pieces. But I was suprised by how many items they displayed and the clever way they displayed them.
Did you ever wonder what a jmuseum does with all the stuff they don't have on display? Well, they have a storage system hidden from the public. It is often very large and it is always very organized with everything carefully catalogued. They took that system and brought it out for the public to enjoy. You can see in the picture above how this system looks.
The black vertical bars are the edges of sliding racks. Of course it is all behind glass. But every panel is numbered so you can look up the various items in a book or in a computer kiosk.
Here is aSteel with silver overlay sword dating back to the 800's.
And here is an amazing suit of armor. It is from Northern Italy and dates to around 1595. It is made of Steel, Brass, Gold, Silver, Leather, and textile. And it weighs 47 pounds and 15 ounces. Imagine wearing 47 pounds of armor!
Let's take a look at some of my favorite items on display. And they include some very unusual items: Unique Medieval Weapons and Armor-