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Top 10 things to do at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum The Art Gallery and Museum is home to an array of exciting (and varied!) exhibitions every year. Works from the permanent collection are on display throughout the building. There’s always a bright selection on the balcony, gorgeous Benjamin Williams Leader landscapes on the grand staircase and a variety of artworks in the museum [...]
Join us for the launch of our new exciting exhibition Lavish Living: Worcestershire in the 1950s. Staff and volunteers will be dressed in 50s style and visitors are welcome to join in - there will be a prize for the best dressed! Get into the swing of things and enjoy music by the fabulous Bluebird Belles who will be singing popular songs from the period in the Castle’s Great Hall. Learn [...]
Meet the Chefs of the Titanic! with Gergo Danka Join experienced drama-therapist Gergo Danka for a fun and physical drama workshop in our welcoming Activity Space. Drawing inspiration from our new and exciting Titanic: Honour & Glory exhibition, join Gergo for this dramatic and creative workshop based on the original menu and wine list on display, a fun creative workshop playing with what they ate then (1912) and what we eat now [...]
Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 February | The Commandery Hard hats and high vis at the ready this February half-term holiday! Get hands-on in the real-world construction area and see what you can create in this family morning for all those ace engineers out there. Can you build a bridge? And what can you make with Lego? Enjoy sensory play tables and fun colouring in too. Every session ends with [...]
Suitcase Stories was a reminiscence, storytelling and music project for people living with dementia and their carers The aim was to improve the health and wellbeing of participants by using real objects to evoke memories, allowing them to share their stories of the past with their friends, relatives and carers as well as with a professional storyteller. Learning staff from Museums Worcestershire ran fun and interactive workshops where participants could look [...]
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 [...]
Sunday 10 September, 11am - 3pm | The Commandery Enjoy free entry to The Commandery - part of Worcester Heritage Weekend - on Sunday 10 September as Worcester Mela hosts an event for the West Midlands Mayors' Community Weekend in the historic gardens. The day aims to unite different communities and residents in the city which mirrors the aims of Worcester Mela as an organisation, to 'Unite the City through Culture, [...]
Saturday 16 September 2023 – Saturday 6 January 2024 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Celebrating the story of graffiti and street art in partnership with Worcester Paint Festival, Paint the Streets explores the work of pivotal artists from the US and UK such as Basquiat, Haring, Shepard Fairey (Obey), Banksy, Goldie and Inkie, alongside a selection of current street artists who have been part of Worcester Paint Festival. Worcester [...]
Charity registration number: 1197448 News release For release 27 February 2024 Second major donation ensures future of new galleries at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum Donor Martin Cook to donate a six-figure sum to fund gallery celebrating Worcester’s role in the international gloving trade Follows major donation by Professor Rolf Olsen in 2022 Donation will also fund internship programme to support young people wishing to have a career [...]
Saturday 8 July - Saturday 9 September 2023 (closed Sundays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Share your love of the 1980s with family and friends at this fun, nostalgic exhibition featuring iconic objects of this colourful era of great change. Travel through the cultural landscape of 80s Britain - from Betamax to BMX, the Rubik’s Cube to the ZX Spectrum, the Thompson Twins to Transformers. Bring along your 50p [...]
