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Hartlebury Castle gets ready to welcome visitors from 1 February

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE 29 January 2025 Hartlebury Castle is welcoming visitors back into its magnificent buildings from this Saturday 1 February. The popular visitor destination situated just outside Kidderminster closes in January for essential maintenance and cleaning. The team have been working hard to get it ready for reopening this weekend. Set in the heart of the Worcestershire countryside Hartlebury Castle is the perfect place to escape with family [...]

By |2025-01-29T11:01:54+00:00January 29th, 2025|2025, County Museum at Hartlebury|Comments Off on Hartlebury Castle gets ready to welcome visitors from 1 February

The Victorians are coming to The Commandery

News release | For Immediate Release 20 January 2025 A brand new exhibition opening on 1 February at Worcester’s historic Commandery will transport visitors back to 1890 and shed light on living conditions in Victorian Worcester. The exhibition brings to life another significant period in The Commandery’s history when it was a school for blind boys. The wing where the new exhibition can be found was used by many different individual [...]

By |2025-01-20T12:42:17+00:00January 20th, 2025|2017, 2018, 2019, 2025, Collections, County Museum at Hartlebury, Event, Exhibition, The Commandery|Comments Off on The Victorians are coming to The Commandery

Crafty February Fun

Tuesday 18 to Thursday 20 February, 11am – 4pm | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Enjoy a fantastic family day out at Hartlebury Castle in the February half-term holiday. Discover 1,000 years of Worcestershire's history, explore the Bishop's Palace and the County Museum, and have fun playing on the woodland adventure playground. There are crafts to enjoy during the week where you can make pirate ships on Tuesday, superhero puppets on [...]

By |2025-01-17T15:08:17+00:00January 17th, 2025|Comments Off on Crafty February Fun

Family | Make a pop art masterpiece!

Wednesday 19 February 2025, 10.30 - 11.30am and 1 - 2pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Make a pop art masterpiece inspired by artist Eduardo Paolozzi! See lots of kaleidoscopic, colourful prints by pop art pioneer Paolozzi in exhibition General Dynamic F.U.N. when you visit - the best inspiration for you to create your own in this fun family workshop. Get creative on paper first - what colours, shapes [...]

By |2025-01-09T17:58:13+00:00January 9th, 2025|Comments Off on Family | Make a pop art masterpiece!

Family | Bags of Fun – Pop Art

Saturday 15 February - Sunday 23 February 2025 (closed Mondays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Get stuck into pop art during the February half-term holiday! Make your own vibrant, colourful pop art picture by tearing strips of paper, drawing everyday items, adding bold black outlines and creating patterns such as dots, zigzags or stripes. Each activity bag has themed activities inside, and the Activity Space in the museum is [...]

By |2025-01-09T17:34:43+00:00January 9th, 2025|Comments Off on Family | Bags of Fun – Pop Art

Family | Bags of Fun – Pop Art

Saturday 15 February - Sunday 23 February 2025 (closed Mondays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Get stuck into pop art during the February half-term holiday! Make your own vibrant, colourful pop art picture by tearing strips of paper, drawing everyday items, adding bold black outlines and creating patterns such as dots, zigzags or stripes. Each activity bag has themed activities inside, and the Art Gallery and Museum is fully [...]

By |2025-01-17T11:03:05+00:00January 9th, 2025|Comments Off on Family | Bags of Fun – Pop Art

The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard – on display

Saturday 11 January - Sunday 30 March 2025 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum In October 2023 an extraordinary discovery was made near Bransford and Leigh, a village not far from Worcester in the shadow of the Malvern Hills: a pot filled with gold and silver coins, dating to the earliest years of Roman Britain. The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is one of the largest early Roman coin hoards ever found [...]

By |2025-01-09T16:49:07+00:00January 9th, 2025|Comments Off on The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard – on display

Family | Pop Art Trail

Saturday 11 January – Sunday 30 March 2025 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Inspired by pop art exhibition Eduardo Paolozzi: General Dynamic F.U.N., follow a playful family trail around the Art Gallery and Museum. Using your silhouette clues, can you match up the shapes to the artists? The trail is £1 from the shop. Free entry to the Art Gallery and Museum (the exhibition is also free to visit [...]

By |2025-01-09T16:47:38+00:00January 9th, 2025|Comments Off on Family | Pop Art Trail

Family | Pop Art Trail

Saturday 11 January – Sunday 30 March 2025 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Inspired by pop art exhibition Eduardo Paolozzi: General Dynamic F.U.N., follow a playful family trail around the Art Gallery and Museum. Using your silhouette clues, can you match up the shapes to the artists? The trail is £1 from the shop. Free entry to the Art Gallery and Museum (the exhibition is also free to visit [...]

By |2025-01-09T16:47:59+00:00January 9th, 2025|Comments Off on Family | Pop Art Trail

Worcestershire Conquest Hoard on temporary display for the first time

News release For immediate release 7 January 2025 Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum Saturday 11 January – Sunday 30 March 2025 The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is one of the largest early Roman coin hoards ever found in Britain. It contains 1368 gold and silver coins, produced from the time of the Roman Republic (circa 509–27 BC) up to the reign of the emperor Nero (AD 54–68). This Saturday 11 January [...]

By |2025-01-08T09:48:48+00:00January 8th, 2025|2025, Art Gallery and Museum, Exhibition|Comments Off on Worcestershire Conquest Hoard on temporary display for the first time
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