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23 - 31 October (excluding Monday) Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble! This October half term, take part in our Witches Potion Trail! Willa the Witch has lost the ingredients for her creepy concoction, can you help find them all? At The Commandery there'll be a hand-printing station so you can make lots of different witch pictures to take home, and a spooky sensory tray with lots [...]
Thursday 13 October, 6 - 8pm (doors 5.30pm) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Hear from Matthew Hirst, Curator at Woburn Abbey, as he discusses fascinating paintings by Canaletto from the collection currently on display at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum. He will also explore their context in wider fine and decorative arts in the collections at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. Ticket includes exhibition entry, a drink, and the [...]
Thursday 24 November, 6 - 8pm (doors 5.30pm) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Though famed for his depictions of Venice, Canaletto spent almost a decade living in London. Art dealer and agent Charles Beddington will introduce the artist’s paintings of his home city alongside those he made in England – including paintings of Warwick Castle and Vauxhall Gardens. Ticket includes exhibition entry, a drink, and the talk. Adult £20 [...]
Saturday 17 December to Saturday 31 December | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Can you find all of Santa’s reindeer hidden around the museum? Have fun helping Santa roundup his reindeer in time to deliver all the children’s presents for Christmas. The answers to the trail spell out the word that Santa needs to start his Christmas sleigh ride! Get creative making your own wonderful decorations and more. Reindeer-themed family [...]
Tuesday 7 February 2023, 2 - 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum The best-known painting by Worcester’s most famous artist, Benjamin Williams Leader, has returned to his home-city for a short period. 'February, Fill Dyke', the beautiful, waterlogged evening landscape inspired by the winter fields of Worcestershire is the centrepiece of the display Benjamin Williams Leader: A Homecoming from 14 January to 25 February 2023. The painting is currently [...]
Tuesday 10 October 2023 , 2 - 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Worcester Paint Festival brings street, mural and graffiti artists to the city showcasing renowned names in the UK scene, supported by emerging artists to create a vibrant outdoor art gallery with artwork that stays in place for at least twelve months or more. Kate Cox, director of Worcester Paint Festival and co-curator of Paint the Streets, [...]
Tuesday 30 May - Friday 2 June | 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 [...]
Sunday 3 September, 11am - 3pm | The Commandery The Worcester Reenactors commemorate 372 years since the Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the Civil War, which took place on 3 September 1651. The Commandery was a headquarters for the Royalists during the battle. See exciting musket-firing and pike drills and displays. Musket firing will take place in The Commandery gardens at: 11.30am 1.30pm Enjoy exploring The Commandery's Civil War [...]
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 [...]
A box of original and replica Neolithic domestic artefacts to inspire learning in the classroom. Contents of Loans Box 1 x v. small quern stone + smooth hand stone + grain (used in bread making) 1 x Shire Book- Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery 1 x card of decorating techniques for pots 5 x postcards of a Bronze Age beaker 2 x teazles for 'teasing' out fleece 1 x Wooden [...]
