The Commandery gardens will open for free for local residents seeking a breath of fresh air, a walk and a coffee at Easter, with a Family Fun Fitness Trail encouraging little legs to let off steam, from Good Friday 2 to Sunday 18 April (excluding Monday 12 April). Situated next to Fort Royal Hill and just off the canal footpath, The Commandery is in the ideal spot for local residents to [...]
Councillors have today given the green light to the development of a new interactive experience at The Commandery, in the heart of historic Worcester. Following approval at today’s Joint Museums Committee, planning will begin to create an ‘Escape Room experience’ at The Commandery, one of Worcester’s oldest buildings. Escape Rooms are interactive quizzes where teams solve puzzles to ‘escape’ a room or a building. £26,000 has been allocated to development, with [...]
Two Worcester City Museums have joined forces to offer visitors a saving and the chance to visit both historic sites. The Commandery and The Museum of Royal Worcester are launching the brand new ‘Pikes and Porcelain Saver Ticket’ this week and will be available to buy from the Worcester Tourist Information Centre. The new ticket will allow visitors to explore both museums at a discounted price as well as the option [...]
A Walk amongst Urban Ruins To coincide with the Living Ruins exhibition at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum Saturday 9 November 2019 On Saturday 9 November artist Andrew Howe invites families to explore Worcester’s living ruins in a fun walk and workshop using photography, creative writing and drawing. The Urban Tour is part of the Living Ruins exhibition currently showing at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum. From 11am – [...]
There’s roarsome fun this May Bank Holiday weekend when Hartlebury Castle encourages its visitors to discover dragons at the historic site. On Bank Holiday Monday 27 May visitors can hear modern and traditional tales of dragons with the Puppet Tree storytellers, follow the dragon trail around the Castle and enjoy dragon-themed craft activity such as making a dragon puppet or hatching their own dragon egg. Visitors can have a go at [...]
Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle is the home of amazing collections of transport, costume and archaeology, and expert curators are about to shine the spotlight on these fascinating objects in a new series of talks open to the public. The first talk takes place at Hartlebury Castle on Thursday 21 March at 1pm and is an introduction to the new exhibition Fashioning Peace which explores the effect the First World [...]
