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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wednesdays 2, 16 and 30 August, 10.30am – 12.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Time-travel back to the 1980s with fantastic family workshops inspired by the summer exhibition I Grew Up 80s. Choose between a canvas bag, pencil case or picture frame and decorate it with your best colourful '80s designs! £4.50 per child; book via the link below (accompanying adults do not need to book, but must stay [...]
Saturday 28 October to Sunday 5 November | The Commandery Have lots of fun in the most spooky of half-term holidays... Follow the Haunted House family trail at The Commandery! What monsters and spooks can you find in this historic building? Admission info The trail is £2. General admission also applies and can be paid for on arrival or booked online. You can get free admission to The Commandery for the [...]
Tuesday 12 March 2024, 2 - 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Curator Deborah Fox and author Heather Whatley will explore the life and work of Dame Laura Knight and introduce the spring exhibition I Paint Today. Heather Whatley is the author of 'Laura Knight in the Malverns', where the painter spent much of her time later in her career. The dramatic landscape of the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire served [...]
Do you know the difference between a diplodocus and a t-rex? Put your dinosaur knowledge to the test and see if you can match the dinosaurs to their silhouettes.
Friday 18 October, 6.30 - 9pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum What takes place in the museum after dark... in October? The most spookalicious Museum After Hours, of course! Have a bop to hauntingly good tunes, sip a blood-curdling cocktail, and dress up in your most frightening finery in one of Worcester's most iconic Victorian buildings. Free entry; cash bar. Plan your visit to Worcester City Art Gallery and [...]
