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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; [...]
Monday 3 April 2023, 10.30am – 12noon | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum There are lots of animals represented in the museum collections - but have you ever thought about their poo? Find out what we can learn about animals from their droppings in a fun family workshop! £4.50 per child (accompanying adults do not need to book, but must stay throughout the workshop). Free entry to the museum. Plan your [...]
Tuesday 21 to Sunday 26 February | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Fancy some February holiday fun that's out of this world? You're in luck, Space Week is coming to Hartlebury Castle! Embrace your inner astronaut as you take off around the museum, castle and gardens to complete the family trail. Trail: Tuesday 21 to Sunday 26 February, admission + 50p Please note the Space Week craft activities run during [...]
Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 February | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Fancy some February holiday fun that's out of this world? You're in luck, Space Week is coming to Hartlebury Castle! Get hands-on with crafts, decorate your own fantastic wooden rocket, and embrace your inner astronaut as you take off around the museum, castle and gardens to complete the family trail. Crafts: Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 February (whole-site [...]
Bank Holiday Monday 8 May, 11am - 4pm | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle A coronation celebration! See fantastic falconry displays at this special coronation bank holiday Monday in celebration of King Charles III being crowned on Saturday 6 May. Children can experience being crowned like a monarch in the Great Hall, meet "King Henry" and follow a royal trail around the castle. Visitors can view reproductions of costumes worn by [...]
Various dates through the Easter holiday | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle From rainbows and kingfishers to jelly beans, COLOUR is at the centre of the fun this Easter! Create beautiful crafts brimming with colour, and follow the Scavenger Hunt trail of greens, blues, reds, pinks and more around the museum. Crafts: Tuesday 4, Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 April (whole-site admission + £3.50, includes trail) Crafts: Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12, [...]
Saturday 4 March – Saturday 1 July (closed Sundays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Test your safari skills and go wild looking for fabulous famous animals on this grrreat trail! Look out for fantastic animals like Shaun the Sheep and Peppa Pig hidden around the museum… The trail will be running from Saturday 4 March to Saturday 1 July. Pop into the shop to pick up a trail for £1 [...]
Wednesday 8 February, 11am - 3pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Do you have any small archaeological finds? To have them identified or recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, please get in touch with the County's Finds Liaison Officer to make an appointment for Wednesday 8 February. Find out more about the Portable Antiquities Scheme at finds.org.uk. Free, appointment only. Please email Susheela.burford@worcester.gov.uk to book. Plan your visit to Worcester [...]
Saturday 18 March, 2 - 3pm | The Commandery The Devil was a commanding figure in the age of the English Civil War. In this talk - the Devil in Stuart England - Professor Darren Oldridge invites you to turn the pages of seventeenth-century books that describe the Devil's various manifestations: from a spirit in the mind to a physical creature that could annihilate sinners. Darren Oldridge is Professor of Early [...]
Saturday 29 April, 2 - 3pm | The Commandery The execution of Charles I was the most radical and divisive moment in the English Revolution. It was also, perhaps, the most widely publicised. Professor Darren Oldridge shares contemporary printed accounts of this extraordinary event and considers its impact on seventeenth-century society. Darren Oldridge is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Worcester. £7 for the talk + optional half-price [...]
