The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens presents - The Age of Armor: Treasures from the Higgins Armory Collection at the Worcester Art Museum. This rare collection reveals armor is as old as human civilization. It also shows the unique styles adapted by different cultures.
The exhibition features nearly 100 objects from the Higgins Armory Collection at Worcester Art Museum, you will learn how armor came into being, how it changed over time, how it was made and used, how it disappeared, and how it has left enduring traces in our cultural memory.
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By Melody Schubert
The John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection, 2014.1137.