Saturday 25 May (10am-5pm) Sunday 26 May (1.30-5pm) and Monday 27 May (10am-5pm) Oak Apple Day at The Commandery brings a traditional celebration back to life, telling the tale of Charles II’s flight from the Battle of Worcester through living history and spring-inspired family fun, on the last weekend in May. The spectacular Grade I listed Commandery in Worcester will see its medieval Great Hall festooned with garlands of oak leaves, [...]
Museums Worcestershire offer fun for all the family this February 2019 half term. A whole host of great activities at all three venues: The Commandery, City Art Gallery & Museum, and Hartlebury Castle. Living History at The Commandery, Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th February Super Heroes activities at the County Museum at Hartlebury Castle, Tuesday 19th - Friday 22nd February Love Worcester, Love Matisse at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Tuesday 19th February Amazing Ancestors lucky dip bags at [...]
Thursday 29 November – Sunday 23 December 2018 This winter step back almost two hundred years and delight in The Commandery dressed for Christmas inspired by Charles Dickens’ festive story ‘A Christmas Carol’. As visitors wander the beautiful grade I listed historic building nestled in the heart of Worcester, they will discover vignettes of the spirits of Christmas past, present and future, encountering the Beetling shop and Marley’s ghost along the [...]
Museums Worcestershire staff are celebrating today as The Commandery has been awarded the accolade of Best Visitor Attraction in the Visit Worcestershire Awards for Excellence 2018 Museums Worcestershire staff are celebrating today as The Commandery, one of Worcester’s most historic buildings, has been awarded the accolade of Best Visitor Attraction in the Visit Worcestershire Awards for Excellence 2018, presented yesterday at the Bank House Hotel, Worcester. Last summer The Commandery launched [...]
Volunteers are needed to support museum staff and carry out face-to-face visitor research at each of our museums – Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, The Commandery & Worcestershire County Museum About the Role Volunteers are needed to support museum staff and carry out face-to-face visitor research at each of our museums – Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, The Commandery and Worcestershire County Museum. At Museums Worcestershire we are always [...]
Sunday 26 – Monday 27 August (10am – 5pm) Visitors to The Commandery can step back 800 years to experience medieval celebrations and discover what life was like during The Middle Ages in one of Worcester's oldest buildings. The joyful medieval celebrations will bring together two days of activities where visitors can join in with terrific tournament games, explore a living history camp with Amicorum re-enactors, try their hand at traditional [...]
