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Sarah Leveille, a member of the education staff, showed Shaun McGrath and other kids around at the Higgins Armory Museum. Higgins is closing at the end of the year and the Worcester Art Museum will receive its entire collection.

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The Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester was the only museum in the country devoted solely to arms and armor for almost eight decades.

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Field armor on display at the Higgins Armory Museum.

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Sarah Leveille showed visitors one of the exhibits.

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A Japanese metal helmet in the form of a conch shell at the Higgins Armory Museum.

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Matthias Waschek, director of the Worcester Art Museum, and Suzanne Maas, interim executive director of the Higgins Armory Museum.

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The Worcester Art Museum, where the prized Higgins collection will be moved.