Higgins Armory Museum visit with photos

[Chris Meyer]

Greetings everyone,

(Moderators, I was not sure where to post this, so please feel free to move it if you think it fits better elsewhere.)

Since the schools were on vacation this week I took my kids on another museum trip. This time we went to the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, MA. For those who don’t know about the museum, according to Wikipedia; it’s “One of the largest arms and armor collections in the world with over 80 suits of armor spanning the Medieval to renaissance and early modern periods” and “Higgins Armory is the largest collection of Medieval Arms and Armor outside of Europe.” (According to Google, only the Kremlin has a larger collection.) More importantly, the museum is only about 50 minutes from my house.

The museum has lots to see and everyone had a good time. If you visit the vaulted Medieval Great Hall on the 3rd floor be sure to notice the many swords and other weapons that are mounted up on the walls, strategically placed beyond kids’ reach.

Here are some pictures from the museum. I apologize for the quality, but much of the museum is dimly lit and many pieces are behind glass.

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[Chris Meyer]

Here are some additional photos from the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, MA;

 

[Chris Meyer]

And still a few more…

You can see all of the museum photos I’ve posted at my Photobucket page.

 

[John Frankl]

anvil and vise are my favorites!

John

 

[ashtxsniper]

cool pics thanks.

 

[HTMD]

Chris - Fantastic! Museums are such a great source of knowledge and inspiration. (For adults and kids!) Thanks for posting this.

 

[Saberman]

Higgins is a great place if you want to see some great stuff like pictured, but the real jem is the Libary. They have one of the best eastern combat text collections.

They also have classes and demostrations of based on those texts. Next time you come up try to catch one.

I'ts more than just the displays, and I always seem to pic something new up everytime.

 

[Chris Meyer]

We didn't see the library and, frankly, I barely trust my kids in our local library. We did get to see a demo for the kids, and my oldest daughter (in blue) got to go on stage and help out. She was very happy about that.

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Also, I finally had a chance to put up more pictures of the swords and pole arms. They're on my photobucket page now.

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[Chris Meyer]

Sorry, duplicate post.

 

[forex]

some cool daggers there :thumbup: