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Suitcase Stories Project News 2018

Suitcase Stories was a reminiscence, storytelling and music project for people living with dementia and their carers The aim was to improve the health and wellbeing of participants by using real objects to evoke memories, allowing them to share their stories of the past with their friends, relatives and carers as well as with a professional storyteller. Learning staff from Museums Worcestershire ran fun and interactive workshops where participants could look [...]

By |2020-09-18T12:33:56+01:00July 28th, 2018|Uncategorised|Comments Off on Suitcase Stories Project News 2018
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Oak Apple Day Celebrations at The Commandery

Saturday 25 May (10am-5pm) Sunday 26 May (1.30-5pm) and Monday 27 May (10am-5pm) Oak Apple Day at The Commandery brings a traditional celebration back to life, telling the tale of Charles II’s flight from the Battle of Worcester through living history and spring-inspired family fun, on the last weekend in May. The spectacular Grade I listed Commandery in Worcester will see its medieval Great Hall festooned with garlands of oak leaves, [...]

By |2019-05-21T09:58:13+01:00May 21st, 2019|2019, The Commandery|Comments Off on Oak Apple Day Celebrations at The Commandery
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Museums Worcestershire receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund

Museums Worcestershire has been awarded £96,454 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure it has a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today. Museums Worcestershire is one of 1,385 cultural and creative organisations across the country receiving urgently needed support. £257 million of investment has been announced today as part of the very first [...]

By |2020-11-09T10:14:56+00:00October 12th, 2020|2020, Art Gallery and Museum|Comments Off on Museums Worcestershire receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund
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Sabrina

The legend of Sabrina (the woman in this statue) dates back to the 12th century, where it is found in a compilation of welsh traditional tales. The Legend of Sabrina Milton's 'Comus' “There is a gentle nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream, Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure” The legend tells of Sabrina’s father, Locrine, who at one time ruled over [...]

By |2020-04-09T13:45:44+01:00November 28th, 2018|, |0 Comments
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Mayflower 400 Exhibition

Mayflower 400 Exhibition When our exhibition Mayflower 400 opened back in January we could not have anticipated the wonderful reception it received. While our gallery doors are closed, we bring you Mayflower 400 online so you can still enjoy it! On this page: hear from our World Cultures Curator who developed the exhibition, browse the information panels just like you would in the gallery, and find extra discussion topics, [...]

By |2020-04-29T13:46:43+01:00April 20th, 2020||0 Comments
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Roman Worcestershire: On Tracks of Iron and Salt

Recreation of Bays Meadow Roman Villa in Droitwich. Roman Worcestershire: On Tracks of Iron & Salt Exhibition This popular exhibition was displayed in our museums in 2011. While our gallery doors are closed, we bring you an online version so you can enjoy it once more from home! On this page: Discover the story of Roman Worcestershire, take a 360-degree tour of Bays Meadow Roman Villa which once [...]

By |2020-10-28T20:53:47+00:00May 21st, 2020||0 Comments
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Social History

The Social History Collections aim to document the social and economical history of the city of Worcester and the county of Worcestershire. Both the Worcester City collection and the Worcestershire County collections have been actively collected since the late 1960s. Items in the collection are mainly donated by local people, and each object is collected not just for its own sake but because of its connection to Worcestershire and its [...]

By |2018-11-28T19:59:51+00:00November 28th, 2018|, , |0 Comments
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Worcestershire at War: ‘Remembrance’

Key Stage 1 and SEN groups 2.5 hours Approx. 30 children City Art Gallery and Museum £130 The children will be able to discover, handle and discuss objects from our WW1 collection. They will also make single poppies and a collective poppy wreath to take back to school. This workshop introduces methods of historical enquiry, events beyond living memory, local history, significant historical events and [...]

By |2018-12-12T23:36:15+00:00December 12th, 2018||0 Comments
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Bite size talk: Japanese Masters (online)

Tuesday 13 April 2021 – 1:30pm Join Museums Worcestershire's curators on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for a series of talks about the collections. Discover new research into the museum’s Japanese Print collection, and take a peek into an exciting exhibition coming in 2022. Online bite size talks are approximately 15 minutes long. This event will run online. Registration is compulsory - you will be emailed the online link for [...]

By |2021-03-26T12:15:01+00:00November 18th, 2019|0 Comments
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