Feel festive this year at one of Worcester’s oldest buildings now the gates can once again be opened. The Commandery reopens on Wednesday 2 December and has a cracking Christmas event lined up for visitors to enjoy. Following the ease of the national lockdown The Commandery, Worcester is pleased to be able to welcome visitors back and staff have put together a safe festive fun event for the whole family to [...]
Crafted for You features beautiful work created by artists from across Worcestershire, opens 2 December until 16 January 2021. Worcester Society of Artists annual exhibition also on 2 December to 16 January. Reindeer trail for families and Christmas activity workshops. The Art Gallery & Museum has been awarded Good to Go status by Visit England This Christmas, Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum is urging residents to support their local artists [...]
Following a successful bid to Museums Association’s Esmee Fairbairn Collection Fund, Museums Worcestershire will be able to offer 'access not isolation' to their body of volunteers during the pandemic in their Volunteers at Home project. Volunteers cleaning the Victorian rooms at Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Most museums and heritage sites nationwide rely on the assistance of volunteers, who donate their time and skills to many area of [...]
Museums Worcestershire has been awarded £96,454 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure it has a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today. Museums Worcestershire is one of 1,385 cultural and creative organisations across the country receiving urgently needed support. £257 million of investment has been announced today as part of the very first [...]
New exhibition The Printed Line opens at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum on Saturday 19 September A national exhibition on tour from the Arts Council Features almost 60 artists including David Hockney, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum has been awarded the ‘Good to Go’ industry standard – with measures in place to ensure the safety of visitors and staff This Saturday 19 September sees [...]
This Halloween, Wally, the world’s favourite children’s book character – wearing a red-and-white striped shirt and black-rimmed specs – will be travelling the country, appearing in museums, including Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum. Families will be able to join the search for Wally at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum as part of the Where’s Wally? Spooky Museum Search, organised by Walker Books and Kids in Museums, to celebrate the [...]
