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A Day of Wellbeing on Bank Holiday Monday 6 May at The Commandery, Worcester

News release For Immediate Release Friday 26 April 2024 On Bank Holiday Monday 6 May, enjoy a relaxing day at one of Worcester’s most historic and beautiful buildings and gardens. Visitors can head into the walled gardens for hour-long restorative yoga sessions led by Zoe Meachem. Her sessions will be slow and gentle practices suitable for all levels of experience including beginners. She says, “I want to help people experience a [...]

By |2024-05-02T11:31:24+01:00May 2nd, 2024|2024, Event, The Commandery|Comments Off on A Day of Wellbeing on Bank Holiday Monday 6 May at The Commandery, Worcester

The Sealed Knot – The English Civil War at Hartlebury Castle

Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July, 11am - 4pm | The Sealed Knot at Hartlebury Castle Step through the gates of Hartlebury Castle and into the midst of the Civil War. Experience history brought to life by the largest re-enactment society in Europe! The Sealed Knot are taking over Hartlebury Castle with over 200 re-enactors and transforming it into a Royalist garrison. Meet 17th century characters, watch demonstrations and have a [...]

By |2023-06-13T14:53:09+01:00June 13th, 2023|Comments Off on The Sealed Knot – The English Civil War at Hartlebury Castle

Christmas at The Commandery

Feel festive this year at one of Worcester’s oldest buildings now the gates can once again be opened. The Commandery reopens on Wednesday 2 December and has a cracking Christmas event lined up for visitors to enjoy. Following the ease of the national lockdown The Commandery, Worcester is pleased to be able to welcome visitors back and staff have put together a safe festive fun event for the whole family to [...]

By |2020-11-27T12:46:08+00:00November 27th, 2020|2020, The Commandery|Comments Off on Christmas at The Commandery

Worcester’s Commandery wins Best Visitor Attraction at the Visit Worcestershire Awards for Excellence

Museums Worcestershire staff are celebrating today as The Commandery has been awarded the accolade of Best Visitor Attraction in the Visit Worcestershire Awards for Excellence 2018 Museums Worcestershire staff are celebrating today as The Commandery, one of Worcester’s most historic buildings, has been awarded the accolade of Best Visitor Attraction in the Visit Worcestershire Awards for Excellence 2018, presented yesterday at the Bank House Hotel, Worcester. Last summer The Commandery launched [...]

By |2018-11-28T22:54:23+00:00September 12th, 2018|The Commandery|Comments Off on Worcester’s Commandery wins Best Visitor Attraction at the Visit Worcestershire Awards for Excellence

Hartlebury Castle Awarded Best Told Story Accolade by Visit England

News release For Immediate Release Wednesday 11 October 2023 The team is celebrating at Hartlebury Castle as it receives the Best Told Story accolade from Visit England. The Best Told Story accolade is awarded to attractions that convey a compelling narrative to its visitors, whether through technical innovation or enthusiastic staff and volunteers. Visit England’s Visitor Attraction Accolades assess all aspects of the attraction, from visitor welcome and customer care to [...]

By |2023-10-12T10:41:54+01:00October 12th, 2023|2023, County Museum at Hartlebury|Comments Off on Hartlebury Castle Awarded Best Told Story Accolade by Visit England

Meet Magnus the dinosaur at the opening of DINOSAURS ON THE DOORSTEP at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum – Saturday 13 July 10.30am – 12.30pm

Visitors to the opening of the exhibition Dinosaurs on the Doorstep at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum  on Saturday 13 July will be able to meet Magnus, the museum’s resident dinosaur, as well as enjoying family activities in a morning of dinosaur-filled fun to mark the opening of the exhibition which is on throughout the summer holidays. Dinosaurs on the Doorstep highlights the many dinosaurs which roamed Britain. More than [...]

By |2024-07-02T10:42:05+01:00July 2nd, 2024|2024, Art Gallery and Museum|Comments Off on Meet Magnus the dinosaur at the opening of DINOSAURS ON THE DOORSTEP at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum – Saturday 13 July 10.30am – 12.30pm

A talk with Dr Lucy Arnold – Is anybody there? The role of clairvoyants in contemporary fiction

Wednesday 25 October, doors open 6pm; talk from 6.30 - 7.30pm | The Commandery Enjoy a talk by Dr Lucy Arnold in The Commandery's atmospheric medieval Great Hall on an October evening. The spirit medium, most powerfully associated in Britain with darkened Victorian and inter-war parlours, is a figure which seems incongruous with a contemporary, largely secular society, and largely incompatible with ‘a culture ruled by hypervisibility.’ However, in recent decades, [...]

By |2023-08-16T12:00:22+01:00August 9th, 2023|Comments Off on A talk with Dr Lucy Arnold – Is anybody there? The role of clairvoyants in contemporary fiction

Discover volunteering at The Commandery, Worcester

Media Release 20 April 2023 Discover volunteering at The Commandery, Worcester Volunteering event Sunday 7 May, 11.30am – 1pm Worcester’s historic Commandery is looking for volunteers to support the museum and its activities and is calling on anyone interested to attend a volunteer recruitment event on Sunday 7 May, at The Commandery, Worcester. The Commandery offers a variety of public-facing and behind-the-scenes opportunities for volunteers, such as greeting visitors, helping to [...]

By |2023-04-24T10:52:28+01:00April 24th, 2023|2023, The Commandery|Comments Off on Discover volunteering at The Commandery, Worcester

Time Travelling Summer Fun

Become a time traveller this summer and experience different eras at The Commandery through hands-on craft, sensory and science activities. There’s a different theme every week – from designing baffling Victorian inventions to stepping into a print workshop and getting inky with rollers and stamps, you can visit every week and complete your time travelling passport to win a prize. 20-25 July: Discover the blood, bandages, old remedies and skeletons in [...]

By |2021-04-28T08:41:13+01:00April 26th, 2021|0 Comments

Support The Commandery

Support The Commandery A Spectacular Historic Setting The Commandery lies at the heart of Worcestershire’s 17th century Civil War story, and also represents multiple layers of history going back to the 12th century. It is one of Worcestershire’s key heritage attractions. This venue welcomes more than 20,000 visitors each year with extensive updating of its Civil War interpretation displays. The oldest venue of Museums Worcestershire’s portfolio, The Commandery is open to [...]

By |2023-07-18T14:18:02+01:00November 29th, 2018|0 Comments
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