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Crafted for You with Worcester Society of Artists exhibitions

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum begins festivities with two favourite annual exhibitions featuring the work of local artists     Crafted for You features beautiful work created by artists from across Worcestershire, opens 27 November 2021 – 22 January 2022 Worcester Society of Artists 74th annual exhibition opens 27 November 2021 – 22 January 2022 12 days of Christmas trail for families, Christmas activity workshops and a special festive [...]

By |2022-04-25T15:08:31+01:00November 15th, 2021|2021, Art Gallery and Museum|Comments Off on Crafted for You with Worcester Society of Artists exhibitions

Hokusai’s Great Wave: Reflections of Japan

Image: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), 'The Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave off Kanagawa', 1831, from the series ‘Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji’. Image courtesy of Bristol Culture, Bristol Museums & Art Gallery. PRESS RELEASE 9 March 2022 Significant new exhibition at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum exploring the impact of Japanese art and culture, 2 April – 2 July 2022 Exhibition brings together for the first time newly researched Japanese ukiyo-e [...]

By |2022-03-30T14:04:10+01:00March 30th, 2022|2022, Art Gallery and Museum|Comments Off on Hokusai’s Great Wave: Reflections of Japan

Reindeer Round-Up! Children’s Christmas Trail & Activity Bags

Enjoy the festive fun at the museum – help Santa round up his reindeer on time to deliver all the children's presents for Christmas. Hidden around the City Art Gallery & Museum are all of Santa’s reindeer! Find them and spell out the word that Santa needs to start his Christmas sleigh ride. After completing the trail, collect a special Activity Bag with a little bit of Christmas magic inside for [...]

By |2021-01-05T12:51:17+00:00November 3rd, 2020|0 Comments

Museum After Hours (table booking available)

Drop-in 5.30pm - 8pm on Fridays 25 June, 30 July, 27 August, 24 September and 10 December 2021. End your week the perfect way: enjoy the Museum collections out of hours with music and a cocktail in hand! Throughout the summer we will be celebrating the rich local musical talent! There will be a variety of performers from classical to more contemporary, and we'll be serving a range of themed delicious [...]

By |2021-06-21T15:50:13+01:00March 24th, 2021|0 Comments

Battle of Worcester Society Talk: Recent Investigation of the Battlefield at Worcester

This talk details recent commercial archaeological fieldwork (2017-2020) undertaken during the widening of the Southern Link Road, particularly in the vicinity of Powick. Part of the 2021 Civil War Nights Programme. The talks take place in the historic Great Hall of The Commandery where seating is limited, so we would advise pre-booking for all talks. The Commandery Cafe will remain open from 5pm until the talk starts should you wish to [...]

By |2021-04-28T08:45:13+01:00April 26th, 2021|0 Comments

Battle of Worcester Society Talk: The Private Life of Oliver Cromwell

Who was Oliver Cromwell? Soldier, Statesman, Lord Protector? This talk looks at this fascinating and controversial character as a person, providing and looking beyond an overview of his background and career, exploding some of the myths about him to hopefully see him ‘warts and all’. Part of the 2021 Civil War Nights Programme. The talks take place in the historic Great Hall of The Commandery where seating is limited, so we [...]

By |2021-04-28T08:44:55+01:00April 26th, 2021|0 Comments

Battle of Worcester Society Talk: Impeachment, Personal Rule & the Lead up to the English Civil War

Chris Monaghan is a Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester. Join him for what promises to be a fascinating talk. Part of the 2021 Civil War Nights Programme. The talks take place in the historic Great Hall of The Commandery where seating is limited, so we would advise pre-booking for all talks. The Commandery Cafe will remain open from 5pm until the talk starts should you wish to [...]

By |2021-04-28T08:44:53+01:00April 26th, 2021|0 Comments

Virtual Time Travel Trail

Thursday 27 October, 5.30 - 8.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum The Virtual Time Travel Trail is intended to bring together the activities of the Worcester Life Stories project from the last 2 years. The evening will be a grand celebration of local memories and nostalgia using the historic city of Worcester as a large-scale canvas. Worcester Life Stories was awarded National Lottery Heritage Funding in 2020 and the [...]

By |2022-10-27T09:52:48+01:00October 12th, 2022|0 Comments

Science Spectacular! Animal Man and Potion Making

October half-term holiday | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum The October half-term holiday brings a SPECTACULAR week of science to the Art Gallery and Museum! There are Bags of Fun and trails that can be picked up from the shop all week - and on Tuesday and Friday you can get hands-on in some extra-special workshops... Here's what's on: Meet Simon from Corner Exotics who will be bringing some [...]

By |2024-09-24T12:02:42+01:00August 7th, 2024|Comments Off on Science Spectacular! Animal Man and Potion Making

The Young Turner: Ambitions in Architecture and the Art of Perspective will open 4th May

New exhibition announced at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum 4th May – 6th July 2019 • See Turner’s first sketchbook • Turner’s oil painting A View of the High Street, Oxford, 1809-10, is centrepiece of the exhibition • Includes JMW Turner’s first commissions Hot on the heels of the record-breaking Matisse exhibition at Worcester Art Gallery & Museum, the Gallery are showing the work of another internationally renowned artist this [...]

By |2019-04-16T13:27:51+01:00April 16th, 2019|2019, Art Gallery and Museum, Collections, Exhibition, Gallery|Comments Off on The Young Turner: Ambitions in Architecture and the Art of Perspective will open 4th May
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