The Higgins Museum in Worchester, Mass, is a museum dedicated to weapons.
  They have a video series on the Weapons of the Middle Ages, including a video on slings and spears.
  Go to www.higgins.org and check it out.
  Does anyone live nearby that can check the Museum out???

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     Slingbadger!                                                                           
         I work in Worcester, Mass at one of the hospitals and I drive past the Higgins every day on my way to work! Although the Higgins is on a residential road, the building is up on a hill and is easily visible from the highway which is elevated and passes through the center of Worcester. Indeed, I have been meaning to stop by for the past few months but I just haven't gotten around to it. It has been a couple of years since last I visited there. They have an excellent book shop.   
         If I remember correctly, the founder of the Museum was John Woodman Higgins, a wealthy industrialist whose family owned Worcester Press Steel. It is the largest PRIVATE collection in the USA, that is, all of that wonderful "hardware" once belonged to one person!
         I will try to check this out in the next couple weeks and I'll let you Slingers know what I find.                                .......Dan

I've been there several times and am on pretty good terms with the Sword Guild, www.higginssword.org. Haven't been there in a while, though. Last time I saw my friend there we lamented together on the lack of ranged weaponry on display.