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Key Stages 2 and 3 90 minutes The Commandery £3.00 per pupil per session, £6 per pupil including two other taught sessions. Immerse yourself in the chaos of civil war as you learn about the life of soldiers during this divisive time in our history. A guided walk through the city of Worcester highlighting landmarks of the Battle of Worcester 1651, the last battle of the [...]
Key Stages 2 and 3 90 minutes The Commandery £1.50 per pupil per session Immerse yourself in the chaos of civil war as you learn about the life of soldiers during this divisive time in our history. Using a combination of contemporary maps of the City of Worcester and a visit to Fort Royal Park with excellent views of the surrounding landscape, this is an illustrated [...]
Key Stages 2 and 3 45 minutes The Commandery £1.50 per pupil per session Immerse yourself in the chaos of civil war as you learn about the life of soldiers during this divisive time in our history. Life in the Baggage Train is an illustrated and hands-on activity explaining a Civil War Baggage Train, the equipment used and the diversity of people involved in the organisation [...]
Key Stages 2 and 3 45 minutes The Commandery £1.50 per pupil per session Immerse yourself in the chaos of civil war as you learn about the life of soldiers during this divisive time in our history. Comprised of two hands-on activities that provide the opportunity to experience training in how to handle a pike and load and fire a cannon. Pupils will learn to listen [...]
Key Stages 1 and 2 45 minutes The Commandery £1.50 per pupil per session Building Detectives is an investigative activity providing children with the opportunity to learn how to look for clues on the construction of a timber-framed building. They learn how to explore the hidden secrets of the buildings such as; carpenter's marks, wattle & daube and wooden pegs. Led by museum staff pupils employ [...]
Key Stages 2 and 3 45 minutes The Commandery £1.50 per pupil per session A hands-on activity that discusses aspects of daily life under the Tudor monarchs, and how an individual's status could affect even the most basic needs, and schooling. Our sessions are full of handling opportunities and hands-on activities. In Candles and Quills pupils can make a beeswax candle and try writing with quill [...]
Key Stages 2 and 3 45 minutes The Commandery £1.50 per pupil per session Tudor Clothes and Costume is a practical demonstration during which pupils will learn how people's social status was reflected in their clothing; how the Sumptuary Laws dictated the attire of every person in the country from the King to the lowest servant; the daily care of clothing; the kinds of duties that [...]
From the Art Gallery with Love x ← back to project page Rebecca Farkas Object Love 2020 Object Love is an animated video of objects from the collections of Museums Worcestershire and from people’s own homes. Rebecca considers her work like a moving version of an art historical Still Life, adding a fresh dynamism to otherwise static objects. Her work brings new perspectives to the things that we collect, both [...]
Running Saturday 12 June 2021 - 5 March 2022. This project was launched in 2020 to boost Worcestershire's local health and well-being by making our shared history and accessible to all. Worcester City Historic Environment Record’s 35,000 historic photographs - spanning the last 70 years - are have been digitised, themed and available for the first time. This new digital hub will capture local knowledge and memories, which will be included [...]
Saturday 27th November - Saturday 8th January 2022 It's Christmas time! Do you know the 12 days of Christmas song? Come and help us out by finding all the goodies that 'my true love' has sent to us here at the Museum. Did someone say there were 12 drummers Drumming. Wherever will we put them all? Download our 12 days of Christmas trail to follow during your visit here. All [...]
