Worcester Art Museum

Worcester Art Museum
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Established1898 (1898)
Location55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°16′23″N 71°48′07″W / 42.273007°N 71.802029°W / 42.273007; -71.802029
TypeArt museum
DirectorMatthias Waschek[1]
ArchitectStephen C. Earle
Public transit accessMBTA
  Framingham/​Worcester Line
Worcester Disabled access
WebsiteWorcester Art Museum

The Worcester Art Museum houses over 38,000 works of art dating from antiquity to the present day and representing cultures from all over the world. The museum opened in 1898 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Its holdings include Roman mosaics, European and American art, and a major collection of Japanese prints. Since acquiring the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection in 2013, it is also home to the second largest collection of arms and armor in the Americas.[2]

The museum houses collected architecture (the Chapter House, 1932),[3] acquired paintings by Monet (1910) and Gauguin (1921),[4] and presented photography as an art form (1904).[5] The Worcester Art Museum also has a conservation lab[6] and year-round studio art program for adults and youth.[7]

  1. ^ "New Director Announced". Worcesterart.org. 2014-02-13. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  2. ^ Loos, Ted (19 March 2014). "What Comes Next, After the Troops Are Dismissed". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "Worcester Art Museum – Chapter House". www.worcesterart.org.
  4. ^ "Worcester Art Museum – The Brooding Woman". www.worcesterart.org.
  5. ^ "Photography at the Worcester Art Museum: Keeping Shadows," by David Acton, copyright 2004 Worcester Art Museum (ISBN 0-936042-10-9)
  6. ^ "Worcester Art Museum – Conservation at the Worcester Art Museum". www.worcesterart.org.
  7. ^ "classes". portal.worcesterart.org.