Sights in Worcester
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Mechanics Hall
This hall took shape in 1857 on the orders of the Worcester County Mechanics Association, a group of artisans and small business owners that typified Worcester’s inventive and industrial strength in the mid-19th-century. Boasting superb acoustics and housing the historic Hook Organ, Mechanics Hall is regarded as the finest standing pre-Civil War concert hall in the US. Notable speakers have included Henry David Thoreau, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt. Restored in 1977, the hall is still used for concerts (Yo-Yo Ma, jazz), lectures and recording sessions, some of them free. Call for information on visiting hours.
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American Sanitary Plumbing Museum
See if you can resist making this pun (or worse) when you visit the American Sanitary Plumbing Museum, the world’s only known museum devoted to the subject. Withstanding the urge will probably challenge all of your mental strength. Begun by Charles Manoog in 1979 (by day a fellow running a plumbing parts distribution business), this family-operated museum contains a legitimately fascinating and well-displayed collection of artifacts.
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American Antiquarian Society
The documents in this research library, a few blocks from the art museum, comprise the largest single collection of printed source materials relating to the first 250 years of US history, and covering all aspects of colonial and early American culture, history and literature. Free tours run each Wednesday at 3pm.
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Higgins Armory Museum
The amazing Higgins Armory Museum is a military buff's heaven. It started as the private collection of a local steel tycoon who built a fanciful art-deco armory to house thousands of military collectibles including Corinthian helmets from ancient Greece and more than 100 full suits of armor.
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Ecotarium
At this museum and ‘center for environmental exploration, ’ there is an array of exhibits to intrigue young minds. However, the most exciting offerings (tree-canopy walks, planetarium shows, and rides on the one-third size model steam train) cost an extra few bucks.
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Worcester Art Museum
The first-rate Worcester Art Museum showcases works by luminary French Impressionists and American masters like Whistler.
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