Head to the Frist Art Museum’s upper-level galleries, and you’ll come face-to-face with a 500-year-old knight in shining armor. OK, so it’s not an actual knight. The armor, however, is the real deal.

The second life for the Higgins Armory Museum collection begins Friday. The Worcester Art Museum will debut roughly 100 of the Higgins’ 2,000-piece collection of arms and armor from throughout the ...

One historical theme to be gleaned from the Bowers Museum’s new exhibit, “Knights in Armor,” is the 17th century invention that led to the downfall of armor and its accompanying weaponry as effective ...

Up above, "Tamara de Lempicka" puts on a Ritz and a different kind of fashion show. With more than 90 works on view, the first major U.S. retrospective of this Art Deco siren celebrates her particular ...

Belonging to Holy Roman Empire Archduke Maximilian I, the aim of this armor was not merely to protect, but to impress. Portions of an Armor for the Joust of Peace of Maximilian I, German, Augsburg, ca ...

Knights had their day in the historical sun when fighting featured grueling hand-to-hand combat with swords, shields and lances. For centuries, they were the top of the food chain, elite fighters and ...