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Fantasies in Steel: The Age of Armor
Jeffrey L. Forgeng, curator of arms and armor and medieval art at the Worcester Art Museum, has a perennial fascination with the human imagination. Armor was mythologized by the cultures that produced it, and it remains a vibrant part of modern mythologies through stories, cinema, and digital games. But what of the realities behind the myth? Who made the armor, who wore it, how well did it work—and how did it come to be in Saint Louis half a millennium later? Join Forgeng, curator of Age of Armor: Treasures from the Higgins Armory Collection at the Worcester Art Museum, as he takes you on a personal journey through highlights of the exhibition and the centuries of human stories forged into the steel of these objects.
This program will be offered in person at the Museum and will also be livestreamed. See below for ticketing and registration information.
Tickets for the on-site program may be reserved in person at the Museum’s Information Centers or through MetroTix at metrotix.com or 314.534.1111. All tickets reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets reserved at the Museum.
This lecture will also be livestreamed for free via Zoom and will have automated closed captions. Livestream attendees must register to receive the Zoom link.
A closed-captioned recording of the program may be posted on the Museum’s YouTube channel and at slam.org at a later date.
