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The County Museum at Hartlebury Castle reopens to visitors this Saturday 4 July Measures put in place to ensure the safety of visitors and staff Following new government guidance the County Museum at Hartlebury Castle will reopen to visitors this Saturday, 4 July following a significant period of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The museum is following government safety advice with a number of measures in place to keep visitors [...]

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum has been successful in its bid for funding from Arts Council England’s coronavirus emergency response fund. There are 14 commissions available for artists, creative practitioners and performers in the new ‘From the Art Gallery with Love’ project.  Digital artworks and online events, such as Museum After Hours, will be created to engage with people who are isolated as well as the wider community. Worcester City [...]

County organisations join together on major new People’s Collection Residents asked to donate objects, photos and documents from their Coronavirus experience to the collections of Museums Worcestershire and Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service Collections will record personal experiences in extraordinary times Whilst the residents of Worcestershire are living through the Covid-19 pandemic, Museums Worcestershire and Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service want to collect their objects, images, stories, documents and ephemera that [...]

On Monday 16 March 2020 at The Commandery, Museums Worcestershire and Arts Uplift CIC will present a symposium on 'Suitcase Stories' for the arts, health and heritage sectors to celebrate the achievements of the project and the impact it had on people’s lives. “brilliant as always, no matter how we feel when we come in, we are always happy when we leave” Suitcase Stories participant The Suitcase Stories project explored the use [...]