Worcester Art Museum. The Worcester Art Museum, also known by its acronym WAM, houses over 38,000 works of art dating from antiquity to the present day and representing cultures from all over the world.
WAM opened in 1898 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and ranks among the more important art museums of its kind in the nation. Its holdings include some of the finest Roman mosaics in the United States, outstanding European and American art, and a major collection of Japanese prints.
Since acquiring the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection in 2013, WAM is also home to the second largest collection of arms and armor in the Americas. In many areas, it was at the forefront in the US, notably as it collected architecture, acquired paintings by Monet and Gauguin, presented photography as an art form The Worcester Art Museum also has a conservation lab and year-round studio art program for adults and youth.
In September 1896, Stephen Salisbury III and a group of his friends founded the Art Museum Corporation to build an art institution for the benefit of all. Salisbury then gave a tract of land, on what was once the Salisbury farm, as well as $100,000 USD to construct a building designed by Worcester architect Stephen C. Earle.
The museum formally opened in 1898 with the Rev. Daniel Merriman as its first president. The museum's collection then consisted largely of plaster casts of antique and Renaissance scul
WAM opened in 1898 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and ranks among the more important art museums of its kind in the nation. Its holdings include some of the finest Roman mosaics in the United States, outstanding European and American art, and a major collection of Japanese prints.
Since acquiring the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection in 2013, WAM is also home to the second largest collection of arms and armor in the Americas. In many areas, it was at the forefront in the US, notably as it collected architecture, acquired paintings by Monet and Gauguin, presented photography as an art form The Worcester Art Museum also has a conservation lab and year-round studio art program for adults and youth.
In September 1896, Stephen Salisbury III and a group of his friends founded the Art Museum Corporation to build an art institution for the benefit of all. Salisbury then gave a tract of land, on what was once the Salisbury farm, as well as $100,000 USD to construct a building designed by Worcester architect Stephen C. Earle.
The museum formally opened in 1898 with the Rev. Daniel Merriman as its first president. The museum's collection then consisted largely of plaster casts of antique and Renaissance scul
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