NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center presents “Forged & Fired: The Art of Weaponry,” an exhibition featuring the skilled artistry and practical design of weapons, with an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 13.
Swords and firearms were used by soldiers for battle, and for hunting, self-defense and sport. Elaborate designs, excellent craftsmanship and opulent materials make weapons highly valuable for collectors. This exhibition explores swords and firearms, which may be similar in purpose culture and period, but creatively different. The exhibit further explores how weapons are depicted in art and their role in storytelling on the battlefield, in ceremony or as symbols.
This exhibition draws from Norwich University’s permanent collection includes some of its finest and most significant weapons, with remarkable loans from The International Spy Museum, the Fleming Museum of Art at the University of Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Fenimore Art Museum, Northfield Historical Society and other private lenders. The exhibit includes 40 swords and sabers; 40 guns, pistols, rifles, revolvers and shotguns; 10 daggers; five knives; three short swords; and 25 works of art along with steampunk weapons and reproduction weapons from “Star Wars” and “Star Trek.”
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About the Sullivan Museum
The Sullivan Museum and History Center, Vermont’s only Smithsonian Affiliate, features permanent exhibitions and changing exhibitions. The museum is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday during the academic year. For more information about the programs or exhibit, call 802-485-2183 or visit https://www.norwich.edu/museum.
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About Norwich University
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army and is the oldest private military college in the United States of America. Norwich is one of our nation's six senior military colleges and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu Please reply with “unsubscribe” in the subject if you wish to be removed from this distribution list
