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Join Museums Worcestershire's curators on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for a series of talks about the collections. This bite size talk will give you an understanding of the process of making a pair of Worcester gloves. Worcester was once the home of glove-making the world over, so get in touch with local history and get inspired! Bite size talks are 30mins, starting at 1pm and cost £3 per person. [...]
Join us for an online event with a twist... of lime! We're hosting a new series of our popular Museum After Hours events, this time for you to enjoy at home. Get the date in your diary and tune in for an evening of museum revelry. Kick start your evening with: • cocktail masterclasses from guest mixologists Tonic Bar, who'll demonstrate how to make your themed tipple for the evening • [...]
Explore Sarah Leavesley's Mosaic of Modern Worcestershire online exhibition. This project is the second to be shared as part of our From the Art Gallery with Love project. ‘Mosaic of Modern Worcestershire’ is inspired by one of the best known artworks in Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum’s collection, John Harris the Younger’s A Prospect of Worcester from the East (c.1750). Over the course of her project, Sarah produced a poem with accompanying film, and [...]
Tuesday 13 September 2022, 1.30 - 2pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum * This event has been postponed. Please check back for a new date. * Return to the earliest years of Worcester’s fine art collection with this introduction to new research, conservation and surprising discoveries in the historic Bowles collection of portraiture. £3. Booking is not available currently. Find a full list of Bite-size Talks here.  This [...]
Tuesday 11 October 2022, 1.30 - 2pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum With two years of research at hand, learn what we have discovered from the City’s historic collection and fabulous gloving archive. £3; please book via the link below. Book via Art Tickets  Find a full list of Bite-size Talks here.
18 June 2022 – January 2023 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum A celebration of the foundations of Worcester’s art collection, The Power of Portraiture is the first time these portraits of historical figures have been displayed together for more than 100 years. With thanks to the Leche Trust and the West Midlands Museum Development ‘Expert Eye’ programme. Want to know more? Book your place on the The Power of [...]
Saturday 9th - Sunday 24th April 2022 Enjoy the annual array of Easter-rific activities throughout the Easter holidays this April. There’s an Easter-egg hunt with a historical twist, inspired by The Commandery’s amazing history, with chocolatey prizes for those who can spot them all around the building, as well as Eggs-tremely arty design & colouring activities. Don’t forget to check out the sprouting spring flowers in the gardens and get stuck [...]
Family drop-in workshop. 11am – 1pm Join artist and illustrator Sarah Millin to create FAB POP ART illustrations, using everyday household packaging as inspiration. Drop-in, no booking required. This event will take place in the activity space and is therefore limited to a maximum of 10 participants. The cost of the workshop is £4 per participant. You might also be interested in the Beautiful Book Illustration Family Workshop on Friday 25th [...]
Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 October | The Commandery From fizzing pumpkins to ghostly biscuits – it’s a hands-on Halloween in the museum lab this October half term! See what you can create with playdoh, and what mysterious things can you find in the sensory trays? Every session ends with a story, drink and a biscuit. Usual admission + £5 per child. Admission to The Commandery can be paid for [...]
Tuesday 4 to Sunday 16 April | The Commandery Inspired by Aspire, follow the trail to find all the things with wings emerging from their eggs and get a prize! Make your very own hatching chick to take home with you - and challenge yourself to design an egg too. Aspire is an exhibition of winged creatures - from angels to butterflies - which will take over The Commandery this summer. [...]
