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Over the Counter: Poison, Pharmacy and Crime Fiction

Friday 21 October, 6pm (doors open 5.30pm) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Poison has played a significant role in crime fiction for decades. From the University of Worcester, Charley Barnes and Lucy Arnold will be discussing how poison - particularly poison obtainable from chemist's shops and other legitimate sources - has been represented by writers over the years. Their topics will range from the relationship between poison and science, [...]

By |2022-10-03T11:02:29+01:00September 28th, 2022|0 Comments

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

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: Anti-Catholicism in 17th-Century England

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 major part it played in the English Civil War. Participants will have the opportunity to hold and read early printed books that illustrate the prevalence and significance of “anti-popery” from the Gunpowder Plot to the Civil War and beyond. Half-price [...]

By |2022-09-28T19:58:18+01:00September 28th, 2022|0 Comments

Virtual Time Travel Trail

Thursday 27 October, 6 – 10pm | The Commandery 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 project team has commissioned [...]

By |2022-10-27T09:47:51+01:00October 27th, 2022|0 Comments

Fantastical Wildlife Illustration Workshop – family

Saturday 26 November, 10.30am - 12noon | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum What will Worcester look like in 2222? Taking inspiration from the animals in Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum's natural history collection, delve into exciting art supplies to create your imaginary wildlife of the future! This family workshop will help illustrator Sarah Millin and Andy Round of Paradise Multimedia to shape their environmental game 'The Severn Rising 2222', [...]

By |2022-11-03T15:11:28+00:00November 3rd, 2022|0 Comments

Nutcracker Family Trail

Saturday 3 to Friday 23 December (closed Mondays) | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle A brand-new family trail is coming to the castle this Christmas! There are wonderful nutcracker soldiers standing guard around the museum... can you find them all? Admission + 50p per trail; includes a small treat at the end. The trail is free on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December for A Family Christmas.

By |2022-11-25T14:07:01+00:00November 25th, 2022|0 Comments

Living History 2023

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 [...]

By |2023-02-07T17:00:30+00:00December 2nd, 2022|0 Comments

Severn Rising 2222 – game

Saturday 28 January - Saturday 3 June 2023 (closed Sundays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum As part of the Worcester-wide collaborative arts project Severn Rising 2222 we are delighted to offer a new interactive and immersive game at the Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum. Bringing together illustration and animation, site specific to Worcester, the game is set 200 years in the future in a flooded version of the [...]

By |2023-01-09T16:24:07+00:00December 12th, 2022|0 Comments

Benjamin Williams Leader: A Homecoming

14 January - 25 February 2023 (closed Sundays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Benjamin Williams Leader is Worcester’s most famous artist, famed for portraying idyllic and glorious views of British landscapes. 'February, Fill Dyke', the beautiful, waterlogged evening landscape inspired by the winter fields of Worcestershire is one of Leader’s most enduring works. On loan from Birmingham Museums Trust, the painting will be displayed alongside a selection of Leader’s landscapes [...]

By |2023-01-06T17:50:50+00:00December 22nd, 2022|0 Comments

Watermark – exhibition

Saturday 28 January - Saturday 3 June 2023 (closed Sundays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Situated as it is on the banks of the River Severn, flooding is an environmental phenomenon well-known to Worcester.  Watermark explores flooding as a result of climate change, both locally and globally, through contemporary artworks and paintings from the museum collections. The exhibition is part of a wider programme of events and exhibitions across Worcester. [...]

By |2023-03-23T16:08:39+00:00December 22nd, 2022|0 Comments
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