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Saturday 29 June 2024, 6.30pm til late | The Commandery Experience a night out in Worcester with a twist this summer! Enjoy an evening of fun at The Commandery, one of the most historic places in the city, where you can enjoy the atmospheric Great Hall and gardens by night. Meet the characters and see if you can suss out who can be trusted and who is the murderer... Can you [...]
Friday 15 and Saturday 16 September | Hartlebury Castle Enjoy FREE ENTRY to Worcestershire County Museum and Hartlebury Castle for the Heritage Open Days festival! Hartlebury Castle has a fascinating history, with many intriguing stories to tell. Three of its bishops became saints, two were burned at the stake and one became the Pope who refused Henry VIII his divorce. They have amazing stories to tell and their history alongside that [...]
Discover a botanical history In the museum world, a Herbarium is what we call a collection of plants which are formally preserved, catalogued and used for research. Herbaria collecting dates back over 500 years, but the specimens in Worcester’s collection were mainly gathered throughout the nineteenth century, with examples of many thousands of specimens of plants, lichens, fungi and ferns from that time. The most active collectors who can be [...]
Charity registration number: 1197448 News release For release 27 February 2024 Second major donation ensures future of new galleries at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum Donor Martin Cook to donate a six-figure sum to fund gallery celebrating Worcester’s role in the international gloving trade Follows major donation by Professor Rolf Olsen in 2022 Donation will also fund internship programme to support young people wishing to have a career [...]
Tues 10 August, 1:30pm - Worcester Life Stories Join Museums Worcestershire's curators on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for a series of talks about the collections. Hear all about the newest exhibition at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum - Worcester Life Stories. This project was launched in 2020 to boost Worcestershire’s local health and well-being by making our shared history and accessible to all. Worcester City Historic Environment Record’s [...]
Tuesday 18th May – Thursday 17th June (excluding Mondays) To celebrate their 10th anniversary The British Wildlife Photography Awards has a brand-new touring exhibition, coming to The Commandery in May. The competition has captured the imagination of photographers from all over the UK over the past decade and we are lucky enough to be able to exhibit these beautiful award-winning photographs in the glorious surroundings of The Commandery gardens. From Tuesday 18th [...]
Summer Tonic Workshop, 11am - 1pm Increase your confidence and knowledge of the uses of herbs for healing and enjoyment. This two hour workshop will cover some of the basic principles of western herbal medicine, and how herbs can be used to enhance health and wellbeing. We will discuss self help using herbs, identifying and sourcing them, some of the many different ways to use them, and when to use them. [...]
All day, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 February | The Commandery Come face to face with the past at The Commandery's biggest weekend of the year! Walk through living history encampments, watch marvellous military displays, and see musketeers, pikemen, Vikings and pirates in action throughout the historic Commandery. The site will be alive with performances by musicians, dancers, and you can learn about traditional crafts too. Encounter reenactors throughout the beautiful [...]
Monday 20 and Friday 24 February | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Who was Mary Anning? Find out about this remarkable palaeontologist and fossil collector's life in a fun and interactive workshop, and handle fossils too! The workshop will run twice through the February half-term holiday for different age groups: Monday 20 February for ages 4 to 7 years. Friday 24 February for ages 8 to 11 years. 10.30 – 12noon; [...]
Saturday morning yoga sessions in the gardens with Zoe Meachem are coming to The Commandery. Ease into your weekend with gentle yoga and mindfulness, at one of Worcester’s most historic and beautiful buildings and gardens.
