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We asked Dirk Breiding, Associate Curator of Arms and Armor at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, to answer questions about the museum's world class collection.  His newly released book "Arms & Armor: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art"  is available for purchase here. What are the most visited/asked about pieces?  In general, the Museum’s collection is numerically very strong in the area of armor while the majority of our excellent firearms holdi …