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Bank Holiday Monday 6 May 2024, 10am - 4pm | The Commandery Enjoy a relaxing Bank Holiday Monday at one of Worcester's most historic and beautiful buildings and gardens. Head into the gardens for yoga sessions during the day, explore The Commandery - from its wood-panelled Tudor rooms to the medieval Painted Chamber uncovered in the 1930s - and then round off the afternoon immersed in a wonderful sound bath in [...]
Box of Crime and Punishment objects to facilitate learning in the classroom Contents Model gibbet cage Model ducking stool for witches Model pillory Map of Botany Bay Five coasters depicting scenes of witchcraft Wooden truncheon Police whistle Set of handcuffs West Mercia Constabulary buttons (10) West Mercia Police radio holder Say No to Strangers badge Postcard The ducking stool, Leominster Jack the Ripper replica pack (17 documents) Look and Learn [...]
A selection of artifacts relating to enjoying the Seaside through the ages, for use in the classroom to aid learning. Contents Mr Punch puppet (replica) Glass Penny Lick (replica) Metal bucket and wooden spade Plastic bucket and spade Homemade women’s bathing costume (late 1940s) Bathing dress in navy blue/white (replica) Three Victorian sunhats (replica) Children’s sunglasses and sunhat (modern) Pair of plastic children’s flipflops (modern) Beach bag (1950s) Souvenir spoon [...]
Saturday 18 May 2024, 11am - 12noon | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Vardo Project Curatorial Officer, Georgie Stevens, focuses upon Dame Laura Knight’s relationship with Travelling communities and how her interactions with them informed the depictions within her Romany artworks. The talk will explore how these depictions differ to those by earlier artists and the long-standing impact, through representation, that they have had, and continue to have, on Travelling [...]
On Saturday 24th August, discover The Commandery's history as the former Hospital of St Wulstan through talks and tours of this Grade 1 listed building, as the site prepares for its Medieval Celebrations. Visit again on Sunday 25th August 2019 or Monday 26th August 2019, 10am – 5pm both days, for a medieval celebration with living history group Amicorum. On Sunday and Monday: Enjoy Medieval living history as The Commandery transforms [...]
Friday 21 October, 6pm (doors open 5.30pm) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Poison has played a significant role in crime fiction for decades. From the University of Worcester, Charley Barnes and Lucy Arnold will be discussing how poison - particularly poison obtainable from chemist's shops and other legitimate sources - has been represented by writers over the years. Their topics will range from the relationship between poison and science, [...]
Friday 29 November, Saturday 30 November, Sunday 1 December 2024 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Every year, the Victorian Christmas Fayre takes over the streets of Worcester - and this year, it's also coming to the Art Gallery and Museum! Enjoy a mooch away from the crowds of the main fayre and check out the work of some of the best craft makers in the region - you're sure [...]
The seventeenth century was a time of intense religious conflict and intolerance. Lecturer at the University of Worcester, Professor Darren Oldridge, reveals the importance of anti-Catholicism in this period, and the major part it played in the English Civil War. Participants will have the opportunity to hold and read early printed books that illustrate the prevalence and significance of “anti-popery” from the Gunpowder Plot to the Civil War and beyond. Half-price [...]
Curator's Talk: All That Glitters and Some That Don’t - A Round-Up of Recent Archaeological Discoveries Join Angie Bolton, Senior Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, as she talks about archaeological objects recently found by the public in Worcestershire. These fascinating objects give us a glimpse into the lives of Worcestershire's previous residents who lived through the dissolution of the monasteries, the Roman invasion and right back to a [...]
Saturday 27 May, 2 - 3pm | The Commandery Supernatural events were reported widely in seventeenth-century England, and politicised during the English Civil War. In this talk, Professor Darren Oldridge invites you to turn the pages of contemporary books describing strange apparitions, portents and judgements, and visions in the sky. Darren Oldridge is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Worcester. ÂŁ7 for the talk + optional half-price admission [...]
