Together we share the stories that are Worcester. What object tells your story? Worcester Historical Museum invites you to help celebrate Worcester’s collective past in an exhibit of objects whose stories define our city. CELEBRATING the 140th anniversary of WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM OCT 27, 2016 – APR 22, 2017 A panel
Read More →In 1984 local photographer Stephen DiRado began documenting the daily life of the Worcester Galleria.
Read More →Discover Worcester at 30 Elm Street and Salisbury Mansion for all the Free Fun Fridays in 2017.
Read More →The history of visiting nurses in Worcester is one of caring. The idea of hiring a single professional visiting nurse to serve the city of Worcester originated 1892 from Dr. Homer Gage, a surgeon at Memorial Hospital. Through several name changes and growth over the decades, VNA Care became what
Read More →WHM Rockwell Gallery See drawings from Worcester native, Jarrett Krosoczka’s new memoir, Hey, Kiddo alongside the historic images from the WHM collection. This new book tells the story of Jarrett’s life growing up in Worcester, a family grappling with addiction, and finding the art that helps you survive. Jarrett visited
Read More →This temporary exhibit opening on November 28, 2018, will focus on the eastern European Jewish immigrant in Worcester between 1880 and 1945 and illuminates the centrality of Water Street to local Jewish life during that period. Because much of the Jewish experience is typical of all immigrant groups, Water Street
Read More →The exhibit highlights quilts from the collection as well as loaned pieces that show a new direction for quilting in the age of technology.
Read More →A collection is at the heart of any museum. But its soul is the stories those objects tell about us, the people who used or made them, or the people who gave them to the museum to become part of community memory. For 140 years WHM has had the unique
Read More →Food. It’s our bread and butter. Our common need. We need food to survive. Fast, organic, processed, gourmet, convenient, ethnic, or local – food is a given. Food surrounds us – at home, work, on our television sets…everywhere! What has Worcester’s food history been like? What role has food and
Read More →By popular demand, THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT has been extended through Saturday, October 3, 2015. THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT exhibit in the Booth Gallery explores how David Clark transformed his company and reached new heights in protective self-contained environments for high altitude pilots and astronauts. Many
Read More →