In 1912, Bashford Dean became the first curator of arms and armor at the Metropolitan Museum of New York. He Bashford Dean in Japanese Armor, ca. 1900. (Courtesy the Met) In 1912, Bashford Dean became ...

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Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armor, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV. In this video he reacts to the warriors of Warhammer Fantasy and ...

Toby Capwell is an American historian who lives and works in London. His principal interest is in European arms and armor of the medieval and Renaissance periods. He has written and spoken extensively ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that the cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder would donate 91 objects from his collection of medieval and Renaissance arms and armour to the institution.

WORCESTER — Long before Spain’s King Philip II launched his armada’s ill-fated attack against England, the then-prince donned an elaborate suit of armor to have his portrait painted by Titian. The ...

They will have more than 1,000 objects from around the world that span centuries. The core of the collection was acquired from the former Higgins Armory Museum, which closed in 2013. WORCESTER – Three ...

A.R.E. North (1942-2012) was a remarkably self-effacing individual, given that he was one of the greatest modern scholars of arms, armour and metalwork. In a career spanning nearly four decades at the ...