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On V.J. weekend 15-16 August 2020, Hartlebury Castle will be running a small event to celebrate. On this weekend only, you will only be able to visit if you have pre-booked. Please see Hartlebury Castle main website for details and booking.
Museums Worcestershire is delighted to receive funding from the Historic England's COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund for the No one Left Behind project. A partnership between Museums Worcestershire and Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, the project aims are two-fold To survey Worcestershire’s heritage sector in order to understand the impact of the pandemic and inform Historic England and Government. To support the whole historic environment sector in Worcestershire recover by providing training, tool-kits, [...]
At the City Art Gallery we're welcoming you back with A Welcome View - read more about the exhibition here. We've also got activity packs with lots to make and learn on your visit or at home, inspired by the mini beasts in our collections! Discover all about Beautiful Bugs & Butterflies and make a peg butterfly or beetle bug. Plan a safe and enjoyable trip to our museums by reading [...]
At The Commandery we have beautiful gardens for families to explore, and a cafe with outdoor seating and canal views. Embrace the open space this summer with nature activity packs to use on your visit or at home. Activities include a maze, tree rubbing, leaf rubbing, ABC outdoor scavenger hunt, a word search, bits to make a sun catcher and crayons. Collect flowers, grass, rocks or whatever you fancy to put [...]
Brand new exhibition at the Art Gallery & Museum - A Welcome View features iconic Worcestershire scenes Rainbow of Art thanks NHS staff and Key Workers ‘Good to Go’ industry standard awarded - measures in place to ensure the safety of visitors and staff Safety signage in A Welcome View Visitors to Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum are being greeted by a brand new exhibition A Welcome View [...]
We are delighted to welcome back visitors to the Art Gallery & Museum with a display purely made from our collections. A Welcome View is really two exhibitions. In the main gallery, visitors will find a series of wonderful views from around Worcestershire, celebrating the wealth and diversity of Worcester’s Fine Art collection in addition to the beautiful tranquillity of our county. Lose yourself for a moment and reflect on wonderful [...]
The Commandery and Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum reopen to visitors Tuesday 7 July Hartlebury Castle opening Saturday 4 July Measures put in place to ensure the safety of visitors and staff Includes brand new exhibition at the Art Gallery & Museum - A Welcome View Following new government guidance Museums Worcestershire is pleased to announce that all its sites will be open by Tuesday 7 July. A vistitor [...]
The County Museum at Hartlebury Castle reopens to visitors this Saturday 4 July Measures put in place to ensure the safety of visitors and staff Following new government guidance the County Museum at Hartlebury Castle will reopen to visitors this Saturday, 4 July following a significant period of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The museum is following government safety advice with a number of measures in place to keep visitors [...]
Egyptian Collection Burials of the Rich – Excavations at Harageh, Egypt Shabti figure In the digging seasons of 1913-14, the eminent Archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie was in his element, getting together an excavation team to investigate the sites of Lahun and Harageh under the sponsorship of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt. Both sites are near the entrance to an area called the Fayum, and so Petrie [...]
Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum has been successful in its bid for funding from Arts Council England’s coronavirus emergency response fund. There are 14 commissions available for artists, creative practitioners and performers in the new ‘From the Art Gallery with Love’ project.  Digital artworks and online events, such as Museum After Hours, will be created to engage with people who are isolated as well as the wider community. Worcester City [...]
