Higgins Armory Museum

Local nameHiggins Armory Museum
LocationWorcester, Massachusetts

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" 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.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgins_Armory_Museum

Official website http://higgins.org/

Email higgins@higgins.org

Phone +1 508 853 6015

Address 100 Barber Avenue, Worcester, MA 01606, USA

Coordinates 42°17'53.038" N -71°47'55.471" E

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