Worcester Art Museum - Massachusetts

Address:55 Salisbury St.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Tel: (799) 440-6468

Five millennia and 35,000 works of art representing all the creative spirit of history await you at the Worcester Art Museum, the largest art museum in New England Opened in 1898, and located 40 miles west of Boston. the museum's internationally renowned collection of world art, showcases 35 galleries with masterpieces in print, paint, drawing, sculpture and photography.

Ancient Egyptian, Roman, and Greek pieces, including the finest Antioch mosaics of America are displayed in the Renaissance Court, one of the first medieval structures transported to the new world. The Asian collection includes textiles, prints, ceramics, sculptures and paintings from the major periods of Persian, Chinese, Indian, and Japanese art.

Italian, French, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and British painted masterpieces from the 13th to the 20th centuries fill the galleries. Highlights include important works by Piero di Cosimo, Andrea del Sarto, El Greco, Hals, Gainsborough, Goya, Turner, Renoir, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse, Braque and Kandinsky.

Gold work, pottery, and sculpture from Pre Columbian America, with furniture and special watercolor and oil art are housed in five galleries. As the first museum to exhibit and collect photos, you will marvel at the 2,000 images the Worcester collection displays.

Enjoy lunch in the museum's café and feel free to browse the museum shop for exquisite and unique gifts and mementos inspired from the galleries.

From downtown follow Main St. East and turn right on School St. The first light is a left on Worcester Center Blvd. Head left on Concord St. and take the first right on Salisbury. From the I90 south take exit 18 and head right on Lincoln St. From there make a right on Concord which becomes Salisbury three lights down.

Experience magnificent artwork from five millennia of world cultures. View paintings by Cassatt, Gauguin, Goya, Monet, Sargent and Whistler; admire floor mosaics from the ancient city of Antioch; see cutting-edge contemporary art; and discover the Museum's many other treasures