Worcester Art Museum

Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., chronicles the history of human creativity spanning 5,000 years through ancient sculpture, mosaics, impressionist paintings and contemporary art. Included are works by Cassatt, Gauguin, de Goya, Monet, Sargent and Whistler. First opened in 1898, the museum features 35 galleries and houses nearly 38,000 works. Paintings spanning the 13th through the 20th centuries are on display, along with decorative arts, sculptures, photographs, prints and drawings. Since acquiring the Higgins Armory collection in 2013, the museum now is home to the second-largest collection of arms and weapons in the Americas.

Food is available.