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Audio guide | Dame Laura Knight - I Paint Today Pop some art in your ears with the audio guide for the exhibition. You can listen wherever you are, but the audio is designed to be enjoyed when you are in the exhibition, which you can book tickets for online. Use your own headphones if you have them, and you can log into the Museum [...]
Museums Worcestershire welcomes Home Educators Our Home Education sessions feature inspiring and interactive sessions. All of our school sessions across our venues can be booked by Home Educator groups which can be tailored to your needs. A visit to one of our award winning historic venues will give a fascinating insight into their local history, and the gallery and museum is the perfect place [...]
Tailored sessions for SEND learners Museums Worcestershire's SEND school programme strives to ensure that children with special educational needs gain access to learning opportunities. Our multisensory learning sessions are tailored to students’ needs and offer an enriching experience. A visit to one of our museums can be particularly beneficial to SEND students and can help with developing life skills and social skills, and improve [...]
Top 10 things to do at The Commandery The Commandery’s most important moment in history was its role in the Battle of Worcester of 1651. Join a regiment and find out how you would have fared during the battle in Worcester’s Civil War Story. Have fun with the interactive exhibition that will take you back over 350 years into a murky, conflicted 17th-century Worcester of [...]
Various dates | Worcestershire County Museum, Hartlebury Castle This one-day course is a unique opportunity for you to try your hand at the traditional craft of blacksmithing in the beautiful surroundings of Hartlebury Castle. You will be working on an original Victorian forge which was relocated to the County Museum from Dog Lane, Bewdley in the 1960s. The course tutor is Paul Ashmore (AWCB, LWCB), a qualified teacher with over 30 [...]
Saturday 10 - Sunday 18 February 2024, 11am - 4pm (closed Monday) | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Celebrate the Year of the Dragon at Hartlebury Castle as the lunar new year begins on Saturday 10 February. Follow the lantern trail around the museum and learn about the Chinese zodiac to discover which animal represents you. This family trail runs from Saturday 10 - Sunday 18 February (closed Monday). 50p. [...]
Tuesday 28 - Friday 31 May 2024 | The Commandery What was life like for a Civil War soldier? Follow in their footsteps at The Commandery, which was the Royalist battle headquarters in the English Civil War in 1651... Have a go at pike and cannon drills, play games soldiers would have played, and help King Charles II escape from the Parliamentarian army! Join soldier school sessions from 10.30 – 11.30am [...]
Summer holidays, 11am - 4pm | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Families can enjoy a fantastic day out and summer fun with themed crafts, activities and trails every week through the holidays! Beside the sea family trail | from Sunday 14 July to Sunday 1 September Sandpit fun - new for summer 2024 | from Tuesday 23 July to Sunday 1 September Summer crafts | Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from [...]
Wednesday 13 November 2024, 6 - 7.30pm | The Commandery What stories are waiting to be told inside one of Worcester's oldest buildings? In this creative writing workshop, run by Dr Jack McGowan and Dr Lucy Arnold of the University of Worcester, we will explore how heritage spaces and historical architecture have a unique relationship to the ghost story genre. Through a series of writing exercises focusing on our physical presence [...]
Saturday 26Â October to Sunday 3Â November | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Are you feeling brave in the half-term holidays? If you are, join the hunt for the skeletons lurking around the Castle this Halloween... this spooky trail is ideal for a family visit this autumn as you explore the Bishop's Palace and Worcestershire County Museum. Dress up in your favourite Halloween costume and get up to mischief in the woodland [...]
