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Family Trail | Find the Nutcrackers and Their Stockings!

Saturday 23 November to Sunday 22 December | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Can you find all the nutcracker soldiers standing on guard all around Hartlebury Castle? See if you can spot their all-important stockings ready for Christmas morning too... This festive family trail will take you around the Bishop's Palace and Worcestershire County Museum. Pop into Hayley's Kitchen Café for a cosy warming drink and homemade food when you [...]

By |2024-08-23T12:54:05+01:00August 23rd, 2024|Comments Off on Family Trail | Find the Nutcrackers and Their Stockings!

Talk of the Devil: Oliver Cromwell, Evil Spirits, and the English Civil War – POSTPONED

Saturday 29 October 2 - 3pm | The Commandery - POSTPONED Unfortunately this talk has been postponed - if you have booked, the team will be in touch soon and a new date will be arranged. Belief in the Devil was almost universal in Stuart England. In this talk Professor Darren Oldridge, lecturer at the University of Worcester, explores the role of evil spirits in seventeenth-century thought, as revealed in the [...]

By |2022-10-27T09:28:19+01:00September 28th, 2022|0 Comments

Make and Create for Christmas

Enjoy free Christmas Crafts on Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th December, and Saturday 21st - Sunday 22nd December 2019! Make a beautiful Christmas Candle holder as a gift for your favourite person, and design your own Christmas card too. Normal admission prices apply. A 12 Days of Christmas scavenger hunt is also available in The Commandery on these dates.

By |2019-11-18T16:39:09+00:00September 2nd, 2019|0 Comments

Visit Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum

Plan your visit The Art Gallery and Museum is getting even better! Work is taking place from 2024 to 2027 to improve visitor facilities, introduce new displays and create brand-new galleries for the permanent collection. If you are planning to visit from Tuesday 10 September to Friday 18 October 2024, please be aware there will be limited public toilets available. Find out more about what’s [...]

By |2024-09-02T12:12:26+01:00May 4th, 2023|0 Comments

Henry and Elizabeth: The Marriage that Made the Tudors | Nathen Amin

Saturday 2 March 2024, doors open 4.30pm; talk starts at 5pm | The Commandery In the climax of Shakespeare's thrilling play Richard III, the great Bard describes how Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York were 'conjoined', bringing together the warring houses of York and Lancaster and ending the Wars of the Roses. It is this political marriage that gave birth, symbolically and literally, to the Tudor Dynasty. In this enthralling and [...]

By |2024-02-13T16:12:43+00:00January 18th, 2024|Comments Off on Henry and Elizabeth: The Marriage that Made the Tudors | Nathen Amin

Improvements to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum 2024 to 2027

Improvements to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, 2024 to 2027 Work is taking place over the next three years to improve visitor facilities, introduce new displays and create brand-new galleries for the permanent collection. Although there may be disruption at times, this work will improve the museum for all of our visitors, and it will remain open with temporary exhibitions, Little Al's at the Balcony Café and the [...]

By |2024-09-02T12:04:12+01:00August 22nd, 2024|0 Comments

Things to do at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum

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 [...]

By |2024-07-01T09:38:12+01:00May 4th, 2023|0 Comments

Recycled Ruins

Join artist Mark Riley in this creative fun workshop to make 3D buildings built from your imagination, and recycled materials. Inspired by Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum's exhibition Living Ruins. Suitable for age 12 and under. £5 per child, pre–booked session only. Book in advance at the Art Gallery or call 01905 25371. Image: Ged Quinn, Bela Forgets the Scissors, 2016. Oil on linen, 200 x 331cm (78 3/4 x [...]

By |2019-09-26T12:40:56+01:00September 10th, 2019|0 Comments

Family fun | Back in Time: Age of the Dinosaurs Art Sessions

It's the summer of DINOSAURS at the Art Gallery and Museum! Inspired by the dinos and their habitats you discover in the exhibition, experiment with lots of different art materials to create your own dinosaur scene. Make stamps to print onto your designs too!

By |2024-07-19T11:40:07+01:00May 15th, 2024|Comments Off on Family fun | Back in Time: Age of the Dinosaurs Art Sessions

WW1 session: For King and C

Key Stage 1 4 hours Approx. 30 children City Art Gallery and Museum The morning session at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum: £100.00 (c. 30 children) The afternoon session with Discover History: £5.00 per child (Please note that the morning and afternoon sessions can be booked in as separate sessions) This session will focus on the Great War. In the morning, the children will [...]

By |2019-07-22T13:47:34+01:00December 12th, 2018||0 Comments
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