Hello WAM fans! Allow me to
introduce myself to the frequent visitor as I mainly reside underground with
the object of our precious collection. I’m Sarah Gillis, Assistant Registrar for Image Management, and I’m the
point person to make information about the collection available to you!
Did you know that only about
5% of the collection is on display at one time? We’re making every effort in the Registrars office to share as much of
the collection with you the visitor as possible! We are passionate about this collection, and
being able to work closely with the objects on a daily basis is such a
treat! I’m working as hard as possible
to put as much of the collection out there as possible. With over a century of history within this
collection, it’s a lot of work making these objects available to you. Part of what I do every day is make sure that
the record has all of the required cataloguing information, and hopefully an
image. This could sometimes require
further researching into our Curatorial files
Since we launched our online
collection search in July 2012, more than 14,000 object records have been made
available for your viewing and research enjoyment (although not all of them
have been photographed yet)! Some of the
records, such as the Freakes have zoomify enabled so you can get closer to the
details of the painting than you can within the gallery spaces!
So please, take some time to enjoy more of the collection!
- Sarah Gillis, Assistant Registrar for Image Management
- Sarah Gillis, Assistant Registrar for Image Management
Image: Wine Cup, Venetian, 16th-18th century, glass, 11.1 x 9.2 cm (4 3/8 x 3 5/8 in.), Worcester Art Museum (MA), Gift of Mrs. Philip L. Carbone, 1937.104
Image © Worcester Art Museum, All Rights Reserved.
Image © Worcester Art Museum, All Rights Reserved.