Less than two months until it closes, the 83-year-old Higgins Armory Museum has begun the process to sell its historic Worcester building and surrounding property.
Four nonprofit organizations in Worcester have received nearly $500,000 in cultural capital grants, part of a $5.2-million package from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund, according to the office of State Sen. Harriette Chandler.
Highly visible to passing motorists on its hillside perch, does the gleaming steel-and-glass Higgins Armory Museum — which has housed one of the world's largest collections of medieval armor and weaponry for the past 82 years — also hold the potential for other uses?
Taking the final step toward approving the decision to close the Higgins Armory Museum, incorporators of the museum voted to allow its closure at the end of the year.
The 82-year-old Higgins Armory Museum, citing financial challenges, will close at the end of this year and transfer its unique collection of arms and armor – much of it from the Medieval era – across town to the Worcester Art Museum.