History of Medieval Arms and Armor: The Samurai
Date and Time
Friday Aug 28, 2020
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
Friday, August 28, 2020
4:30 pm. to 5:30 pm.
Location
Hammond Castle Museum
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
Fees/Admission
In keeping with Massachusetts state regulations for the phased reopening plan, seating for this program will be held at 20 guests. Advance ticket purchase is required and tickets are available online at hammondcastle.org/events. Tickets are $20 each.
Learn more about our Code of Safety to help keep our guests and our staff safe on our event page.
Description
John Pettibone, former curator and executive director of Hammond Castle Museum, and Scott Cordiner, curator and creative director, will host a lecture and demonstration in the History of Medieval Arms and Armor. Pettibone spent many years studying the ancient art of armor and examples from the Museum's collection will be on display including: a Japanese samurai pole arm (naginata), an armored sleeve and the shoulder protection from a Japanese Samurai. At the conclusion of the program there will be a question and answer session.
John Pettibone was the founder of The Arms and Armor outreach program while on staff at the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, MA and has performed for thousands of people at the San Antonio Museum of Art in Texas, at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and during the 35 years he served as curator at Hammond Castle Museum.
