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News release For Immediate Release Friday 15 July 2022 The summer is set to be a magical one for all the family at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, The Commandery, and Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle. Visitors can step into The Magic of Middle-Earth at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum throughout the summer holidays and have fun with weekly workshops for families. Each Thursday, children’s imaginations can be [...]
News release For Immediate Release 25 April 2023  Follow the Enchanted Fairy Door trail at Worcester’s historic Commandery Bank Holiday Monday 1 May This Bank Holiday Monday 1 May The Commandery throws open its doors for families to enjoy a fabulous new enchanted family trail around the historical building. Twelve gorgeous fairy doors are hidden around the museum for questers to find, and the most intrepid explorers will also discover [...]
News release For Immediate Release Monday 18 September 2023 Discover the ghostly secrets of one of Worcester’s oldest buildings as After-dark Tours return to The Commandery this October. Hear tales of grisly historic happenings, mysterious footsteps and strange sightings reported by visitors, staff, and volunteers over the years. This guided tour with a Halloween twist takes you through The Commandery by torchlight – and into parts of the building which are [...]
Collections Centre Tours It is only possible to display a small amount of the collections at any one time in our museums and galleries, so what happens to the other items not on display? These items are stored safely at Museums Worcestershire's Collections Centre but are not hidden from view. We offer visitors the opportunity to visit the Collections Centre on a pre-booked tour and learn more about [...]
Tuesday 9 April 2024, 2 - 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum In Worcestershire, there have been almost 200 treasure reports to the Portable Antiquites Scheme since the implementation of the Treasure Act 1996. The largest of these is the Bredon Hoard comprising 3,874 Roman copper alloy coins, discovered in 2011. The Portable Antiquities Scheme is run by the British Museum and Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales to encourage [...]
Tuesday 10 September 2024, 2 - 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum The Worcester City collection is home to an extensive costume collection, featuring gloves, uniforms, shoes, and dresses for a variety of occasions and from different periods of history. Many of these items hold personal stories of Worcestershire people and also reflect the local shops and tailors that would have been frequented in various decades. Recent cataloguing of [...]
Saturday 2 March 2024, doors open 4.30pm; talk starts at 5pm | The Commandery In the climax of Shakespeare's thrilling play Richard III, the great Bard describes how Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York were 'conjoined', bringing together the warring houses of York and Lancaster and ending the Wars of the Roses. It is this political marriage that gave birth, symbolically and literally, to the Tudor Dynasty. In this enthralling and [...]
Wednesday 10 July - Sunday 21 July 2024 | The Commandery The Worcester Repertory Company presents THE THREE MUSKETEERS At the Commandery Gardens * The Worcester Repertory Company proudly invites you to their brand-new production of Alexandre Dumas’ classic swashbuckling adventure, The Three Musketeers. With all the danger, passion and wit of Dumas’ masterpiece, watch as our D’Artagnan (Shush! He is actually a GIRL!) fights for his King, Country and his love Constance alongside the courageous Athos, comical Porthos and hot-tempered Aramis. [...]
Monday 28 October to Thursday 31 October 2024 | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Enjoy an enchanting day out at Hartlebury Castle this October half-term holiday... Create your very own magic wand and then practise your spells with everyone’s favourite teacher, Professor Bumbledum! Get into the spirit of the season in your best Halloween costume and have fun with other young witches and wizards. Witch and Wizard School is on [...]
News release For Immediate Release Thursday 16 November Make magical Christmas memories in a weekend of exciting family fun at Hartlebury Castle this December. A Family Christmas is back for 2023 – and the event is more jampacked with festivities than ever. On Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 December, the Castle will be alive with seasonal music and enchanting decorations, and Mother Christmas will be waiting to greet families throughout the [...]
