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From the Art Gallery with Love x ← back to project page Sarah Leavesley Mosaic of Modern Worcestershire 2020 This project is the second to be shared as part of our From the Art Gallery with Love project. ‘Mosaic of Modern Worcestershire’ is inspired by one of the best known artworks in Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum's collection, John Harris the Younger's A Prospect of Worcester [...]
Audio guide | Paint the Streets Explore Paint the Streets with the audio guide for the exhibition. You can listen wherever you are, but the audio is designed to be enjoyed when you are in the gallery, which is free to visit. Use your own headphones if you have them, and you can log into the Museum Guest wifi when you are at Worcester City [...]
Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 October, 10.30am - 12noon | The Commandery Have lots of fun in the spookiest of half-term holidays… Make a chatting clothes-peg skeleton, weave a spider web, and create an egg-carton mini monster as The Commandery becomes a haunted house once more! There’ll also be a haunted house trail which you can follow and explore all the nooks and crannies of The Commandery. Every session includes [...]
Audio guide | From the Cornish Coast to the Malvern Hills Pop some art in your ears with the audio guide for the exhibition. You can listen wherever you are, but the audio is designed to be enjoyed when you are in the gallery, which is free to visit. Use your own headphones if you have them, and you can log into the Museum Guest wifi [...]
Lavish Living: Worcestershire in the 1950s The 1950s is sometimes referred to as the ‘optimistic’ decade. Although some of the hardships of the previous decades lingered on – some items were still being rationed as late as 1954 – Britain’s economy boomed and living standards rose rapidly too. We entered a new era of consumption, with labour-saving devices like vacuums and washing machines becoming the norm rather [...]
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 [...]
News release For Immediate Release Monday 27 March 2023 Family fun is flying into The Commandery and Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum for the Easter holidays. From spring chicks to birds and butterflies, there are all sorts of animal-inspired activities in store. At one of Worcester’s oldest buildings, The Commandery, there are winged creatures emerging from their eggs for families to spot on their way around the historic rooms and [...]
Get set for an unforgettable summer of fun family workshops, exciting events and sensory and science activities at The Commandery from Tuesday 20 July to bank holiday Monday 30 August. Inspired by The Commandery’s 1000 years of history, the museum will host a fun-filled programme inspired by a different period of history each week throughout the summer holidays. Fun workshops will take participants on a journey through history, from creating crazy [...]
Saturday 13 January to Sunday 30 June 2024 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum One of the most significant and prolific painters of the 20th century, Dame Laura Knight (1877 – 1970) was a great celebrity in her time. Her art is as loved today as it was at the height of her fame. This exhibition explores Knight as an artist who grew out of the Victorian era, developing and [...]
Saturday 13 January to Sunday 30 June 2024 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum One of the most significant and prolific painters of the 20th century, Dame Laura Knight (1877 – 1970) was a great celebrity in her time. Her art is as loved today as it was at the height of her fame. This exhibition explores Knight as an artist who grew out of the Victorian era, developing and [...]
