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The From the Art Gallery with Love project was launched in Summer 2020 by Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum in response to the closure of our museums during lockdown. During this challenging time, we became determined to support our creative community and improve access for those who may be unable to physically visit our museums by offering high quality museum experiences online. Over eighteen local artists and creatives were [...]
Discover a botanical history In the museum world, a Herbarium is what we call a collection of plants which are formally preserved, catalogued and used for research. Herbaria collecting dates back over 500 years, but the specimens in Worcester’s collection were mainly gathered throughout the nineteenth century, with examples of many thousands of specimens of plants, lichens, fungi and ferns from that time. The most active collectors who can be [...]
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 [...]
County organisations join together on major new People’s Collection Residents asked to donate objects, photos and documents from their Coronavirus experience to the collections of Museums Worcestershire and Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service Collections will record personal experiences in extraordinary times Whilst the residents of Worcestershire are living through the Covid-19 pandemic, Museums Worcestershire and Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service want to collect their objects, images, stories, documents and ephemera that [...]
Georgians: The Pride & The Prejudice Exhibition The Georgians lived through a time of contrasting shades. In many ways the age has been seen as one of splendour: the might of Empire, the dominance of the Royal Navy, the extravagances and luxuries of the wealthy, cultural expression, Industrial Revolution, beautiful landscapes, and an exploration of newfound political and religious freedoms. However, the Georgian way of life was built [...]
About the exhibition Visit highlights of our newest exhibition from home! Skyscape celebrates the skies, their important role in art and the emotions they can evoke. Here we explore how some of Europe’s most famous artists have captured the sky in their paintings. Exhibition Organised by the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.  Visit Skyscape Highlights Online
Until Saturday 5 June 2021 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers on board the Mayflower, from Plymouth in the UK to Plymouth, Massachusetts USA. Today, an incredible twenty million Americans can trace their ancestry back to those founding Pilgrim Fathers. Worcestershire is proud to be one of eleven Mayflower partner locations in England working with local, national and international partners to commemorate the anniversary and [...]
Due to our museum closures during this time, we have decided to bring our exhibitions online so you can stay connected with your local art & heritage. Visit the our Exhibitions section of the website here to take a digital wander through our galleries - including highlights from Skyscape, Mayflower 400 & Georgians exhibitions. About the exhibition Delve into the age of the Georgians, explore the characters and stories of the [...]
As featured on The Repair Shop to be aired Wednesday 29 April 8pm BBC1 Malcolm Steward (Right) with Garston Phillips (Left), in the re-created Steward Chemist Shop at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery. Pic Jonathan Barry 31.1.19 In 1974 a mammoth task was achieved when Steward's Chemist Shop, formerly situated on Worcester High Street, was relocated lock, stock and many bottles to Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum on [...]
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, [...]
