Category: Social Affairs

Apart from it’s restaurants and bars Worcester has a growing art culture. Looking beyond the large museums for art and history, some of the smaller galleries in the city have been the home to those making a name for themselves in the arts community. Apart from fine art, Worcester is rich in each category of the arts. We invite you see see what we are talking about…

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New Gallery at Worcester Historical Museum

My-Pictures22The Alden Family Gallery offers a new type of museum experience for children, families, teachers, school groups, and members to interact, explore, and discover Worcester history in a creative, community inclusive and in imaginatively new way.

Designed to incorporate four distinct spaces: CitySquare, which represents Worcester’s continued development; Salisbury Store, which connects children to late 18th century Worcester; The Factory, which focuses on the ingenuity of six Worcester residents; and Mrs. B’s Diner, where the past meets the present through oral histories, music and imaginative-play.

Each space offers options for imaginative play as well as opportunities to use math building skills, problem-solving and design skills with creative thinking. The Alden Family Gallery enhances the experience at Worcester Historical Museum for visitors from that of a passive viewer into an active participant through learning and play.

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WAM’s: Kennedy to Kent State

The Worcester Art Museum presents an exhibition of some of the most powerful American photographs of the 1960s, the images through which the country shared that dynamic period and by which it is remembered. All from the museum’s permanent collection, these photographs were collected by Howard G. Davis, III to recall and reflect upon his memories of the era that had formed his personality. The images date from 1958 to 1975, and include the presidency and assassination of John F. Kennedy, as well as the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the American space program and its mission to the moon, the antiwar movement and counterculture.

Open to General Admission September 30, 2012 — February 3, 2013

The crowds at the opening reception of Kennedy to Kent State
The crowds at the opening reception of Kennedy to Kent State