Mainstream Jazz Music (including "The Great American Songbook")
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A Shared Legacy: Gifts from the Robyn and John Horn Collection
Arms and Armor
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This fall, the Worcester Art Museum welcomes you to its new Arms and Armor Galleries. Uncover the real stories behind myths and legends, brought to life through over 1,000 objects from around the world. Showcasing the Museum’s collection of arms and armor—the second largest of its kind in the United States—this new 5,000-square-foot space invites you to delve into timeless themes of bravery, power, identity, and honor, and reflect on how these concepts resonate in our lives today.
Rare artifacts, breathtaking artworks, and hands-on interactives make this experience perfect for all ages. With a focus on storytelling, the galleries will explore the societies and cultures in which these objects were used and reveal the skill and ingenuity required to create them. Discover the celebrity culture of Roman gladiators through a 2,000-year-old helmet. Marvel at ornate weapons-turned-fashion statements, like an Indian dagger worn to signify status and masculinity. Search the surfaces of brilliantly crafted suits of armor for clues about their makers. And come face-to-face with samurai Sakai Genzo through the ceremonial suit of armor he once wore.
The Twenty-Second Annual College Show
The Twenty-Second Annual College Show
A Weather Eye: Art and Early Modern Meteorology
Does it look like rain? From mythology to meteorology, journey through the dramatic scientific and social shift in Europe and America’s collective understanding of weather from the 16th to early 19th century. Bringing together more than forty works on paper, early weather forecasting devices, and more, A Weather Eye charts more than three hundred years of humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world. Explore the mythology of weather and the classical theory of the four elements (earth, air, water, and fire). Delve into stories of witchcraft and sorcery, and the ways weather was divined through folk knowledge, astrology, and “weather wising.” Learn about the idolized innovators of the scientific revolution, and make light of the storm with satirical prints of cats, dogs, and more raining from the sky. This exhibition is curated by Olivia Stone, Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photography.
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