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Borrow a Loans Box You can access the extensive Worcestershire County collection through Loans Boxes, covering themes including Roman life, Victorian life, toys from the past, and wartime Britain. Boxes can be borrowed for a half or full term. See the Loans Boxes price list here. Browse Loans Boxes for your school This is a selection of our Loans Boxes - for the full list see [...]
Thursday 4 and Friday 5 January 2024 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Did you know that Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum is part of the Worcestershire Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme? SEND Fun at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum | Thursday 4 January A specialist arts workshop tailored to the needs of children with SEND and their families as well as a facilitated arts and crafts [...]
Our Collections Museums Worcestershire cares for the museum collections of the city of Worcester and the county of Worcestershire, for the benefit of residents and visitors today and for future generations tomorrow. The Worcestershire County collection reflects the cultural history of a quintessentially rural English county. It includes a nationally important collection of colourful gypsy caravans, beautiful costume and domestic history, archaeology, travel and [...]
Worcestershire Heritage, Art & Museums Campaign, 2022 The acquisition of two Dame Laura Knight paintings Worcestershire Heritage, Art & Museums has supported Museums Worcestershire to purchase two paintings by Dame Laura Knight for Worcester’s art collection. Worcestershire Heritage, Art & Museums has supported Museums Worcestershire to purchase two paintings by Dame Laura Knight for Worcester’s art collection. The two works are a significant [...]
After a fantastic Love Worcester Heritage Festival in February 2019, the festival returns in 2020 with even more exciting activities, events and history to discover. Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum will be taking part with it's Mayflower exhibition and half-term Mayflower activities. The Commandery's most anticipated event of the year Living History will also make a return during the festival. Take a look at the events programme below, [...]
News release For immediate release Thursday 5 October 2023 It’s an exciting start to October for the team at The Commandery, one of Worcester’s most historic buildings, as it is awarded Visit England’s Gold Visitor Attraction Accolade for the first time. From visitor welcome and customer care to exhibitions, cleanliness and catering, the accolade celebrates the high-quality experience offered to visitors to the historic site, including the popular independent café Commandery [...]
Tuesday 13 July, 1:30pm Join Museums Worcestershire's curators on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for a series of talks about the collections. The year is 1845 and HMS Rattlesnake is due to set sail from Plymouth on a voyage down to Australia to produce hydrographic surveys of the area. Find out what else they got up to, and the items they bought back to Worcester, with Kerry Whitehouse our World [...]
Tues 8 June, 1:30pm - Titanic Stories Join Museums Worcestershire curators on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for a series of talks about the collections. Accompanying our Titanic: Honour & Glory exhibition, hear true stories of love and loss in the lives of those on board the HMS Titanic, including local Worcestershire people. This event will run online. Online talks are free but donations are welcomed, and registration is compulsory. Bite [...]
Saturday 23 November, 11am - 12noon | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum The Baby And The Snake is a short documentary exploring patriarchal roles within Romani Gypsy culture, the impact of culturally constructed ideas of masculinity, social exclusion and paternal relationships. A screening of The Baby and the Snake will follow a short introduction to the film by the director Corrina Eastwood. This film has been acquired into the museum's permanent [...]
