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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 [...]
Saturday 26 October to Sunday 3 November | The Commandery Have lots of fun in the spookiest 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 year [...]
Tuesday 14 December, 1.30pm Join Museums Worcestershire curators on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for a series of talks about the collections. Join our Head Curator for a look back to Worcestershire’s most important archaeological treasures and some exciting recent discoveries. Bite size talks are approximately 30 minutes long. In-person talks cost £3 per person. Book Tickets through Art Tickets An online version of this talk will be released [...]
Tues 12th April 2022, 1.30pm - 2pm Our World Cultures Curator shares new research into the objects, stories and impact of the Scientific Voyages to Oceania in the nineteenth century. Bite size talks are approximately 30 minutes long. £3 per person. Bitesize talks take place at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum Book Tickets through Art Tickets  More 2022 bite size talks For a full list of all the [...]
Friday 20th May 2022, 11.30am - 12pm and 2 - 2.30pm. A gallery tour of Hokusai’s Great Wave: Reflections of Japan. Gallery introductory curator's tours are approximately 30 minutes long. £3 per person. Tours take place at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum Book Tickets through Art Tickets  Image credit: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), The Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave off Kanagawa, 1831, from the series ‘Thirty-six Views of Mount [...]
Enjoy live music, cocktails and art – the perfect way to end the week. Join us in our Crafted For You exhibition, raise a Christmas-themed cocktail with friends and enjoy the ambiance of the gallery. Free entry, no booking – just show up and have a lovely time!
Using images from Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum's 2019 exhibition as well as Russian folklore as inspiration, this workshop will help you to write drafts of poems that are rich with symbolism and sensory detail. Ruth Stacey’s latest poetry collection, I, Ursula, ‘… conjures a Dantesque lost forest, where foxes and wild children wrestle amid spells and rhymes of oral tradition…' - Fiona Sampson for Guardian 4th April 2020. Ruth is a lecturer in Creative [...]
Join us for some scientific silliness to celebrate Science Week! There'll be: GIANT bubble making GIANT ice cubes to melt and discover what's inside A hidden animal trail A GIANT rainbow art to make Saturday sessions 10-11am and 2-3pm. Sunday session 1-2pm. All activities are free and regular admission prices apply. Don't forget, Worcester residents can get a year pass for £5 (£12 for a family pass)! Just bring your council [...]
Friday 2 April - Sunday 11 April. Join us at Hartlebury Castle when we are opening up our beautiful grounds for free (donations welcome). From Tuesday 13 April, usual grounds & gardens admission fees and usual opening times apply. The grounds will provide local people with an opportunity to exercise in the fresh air, on their own, with their household, or with one other person. The café will be open for takeaways [...]
Sunday 19 March, 11am - 3pm | Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle Enjoy a great family day out at Hartlebury Castle on Mothers' Day this spring! Mums get free entry with a ticket-paying child. Explore the castle, museum and grounds - and get stuck into the fantastic play area too. Enjoy a picnic with a view, or head to Hayley's Kitchen for tea, coffee, and homemade food. Wheelchair-accessible benches are [...]
