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Tuesday 12 September 2023, 2 - 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum This Bite-size Talk from the World Cultures Curator looks ahead towards a new exhibition that will be at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum in 2024. Be introduced to the land of snowy mountains, yawning fjords, deserted, wild coastlines and fiery volcanoes in Aotearoa – Māori Myths and Legends of New Zealand. The exhibition will explore the [...]
Monday 28 October to Thursday 31 October 2024 | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Enjoy an enchanting day out at Hartlebury Castle this October half-term holiday... Create your very own magic wand and then practise your spells with everyone’s favourite teacher, Professor Bumbledum! Get into the spirit of the season in your best Halloween costume and have fun with other young witches and wizards. Witch and Wizard School is on [...]
Olympics: Ancient and Modern - box of artefacts to facilitate learning in the classroom Contents Ancient Games A pair of Ancient Greek long jumper hand weights- halteres Ancient Greek dish depicting the Olympic torch Laurel leaf head wreath Strigil (A tool with a curved blade used, especially by ancient Greeks and Romans, to scrape sweat and dirt from the skin after exercise; a scraper Modern Games 'Roll of victors' book [...]
Nursery, Reception and Key Stage 1 Approx. 30 children City Art Gallery and Museum £100 per session This workshop can be adapted for Key stage 1 and 2. The group can discover our wonderful butterfly and moth collection. Inspired by the incredible shapes and colours, children can create their own 3D insects, and portray working in charcoal. Kate Phillipson, Access and Learning Officer kphillipson@worcestershire.gov.uk 01905 [...]
Sunday 5 November, 1 - 2pm | The Commandery On the anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot on 5 November 1605, Professor Darren Oldridge returns to The Commandery to explore the moment in history known today as Bonfire Night. 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 Transport Gallery is currently closed for essential maintenance. We are taking this opportunity to assess possible improvements to this part of the site, and we hope to have an update for you later this year. Please be assured there is still plenty for you to enjoy at Hartlebury Castle! The most famous section of our Travel & Transport gallery is the unique collection of Vardoes, showing the evolving style [...]
Key Stages 1 and 2, Nursery, Reception and SEN groups Approx. 30 children City Art Gallery and Museum £100 per session Children will be able to examine and handle examples of replica armour from different periods, and have fun making origami paper dragons ready for battle! Kate Phillipson, Access and Learning Officer kphillipson@worcestershire.gov.uk 01905 25371
Wednesday 6 - Sunday 17 July | The Commandery Gardens, presented by Worcester Repertory Company. Round and Round the Garden by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Ian Good. Worcester Repertory Company will perform their annual theatre production in the stunning Commandery gardens. All is calm, serene and peaceful – here we meet Sarah desperate to have a nice, civilized weekend - the subsequent sequence of events, as other family members arrive ensures [...]
Saturday 1 June 2024, 11am - 12noon | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum A talk by Pamela Gerrish Nunn, author & professor of Art History & Theory at Canterbury University, New Zealand. In the 1938 book Women of To-day, Laura Knight was declared to be 'at the top of the tree', one of the leading artists of the day and an inspiration to other women. This illustrated talk looks at Knight in [...]
Saturday 28 to Tuesday 31 October | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Calling all young witches and wizards… Dress up in your favourite spooky costume, create your own magic wand in the craft area, then use your magic in Professor Bumbledum's enchanting spell sessions in the Great Hall! Wand-making crafts: 11am – 4pm Spell sessions: 11.30am and 12.30, 2, and 3pm You can also follow a magical pumpkin trail around [...]
