Complete Armor for Combat, North Italian, last quarter of 16th century
Established
12 January 1931 (1931-01-12)
Location
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Type
arms and armor museum
Key holdings
24 full suits of armor[1]
Collection size
2,000 objects[1]
The Higgins Armory Museum is the name of a collection in the Worcester Art Museum. It was formerly a separate museum located in the nearby Higgins Armory Building in Worcester, Massachusetts, dedicated to the display of arms and armor. It was "the only museum in the country devoted solely to arms and armor"[2] and had the second largest arms and armor collection in the country from its founding in 1931 until 2004, behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The collection consists of 2,000 objects, including 24 full suits of armor. The museum closed at the end of 2013 due to a lack of funding. Its collection and endowment were transferred and integrated into the Worcester Art Museum, with the collection on show in its own gallery. The former museum building was sold in December 2014 and now serves as a local events venue.[3]
^ ab"Knight Moves". The Boston Globe. December 1, 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^Edgers, Geoff (March 8, 2013). "Higgins Armory Museum to close". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
^Worcester Magazine (27 December 2014). "Higgins Armory building in Worcester sold to New Hampshire man". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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