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What’s on for families this autumn!

Looking for fun things to do with family in Worcestershire during the October half-term holiday? 🎃

There’s plenty on at the museums in this most spooky of school breaks!

At The Commandery

Commandery halloween

Tuesday to Thursday, 10.30am – 12noon.

Have lots of fun in the spookiest of half-term holidays…

Make a chatting clothes-peg skeleton, weave a spider web, and create an egg-carton mini monster as The Commandery becomes a haunted house once more!

There’ll also be a haunted house trail which you can follow and explore all the nooks and crannies of The Commandery.

Every session includes a spooky story, drink, and a biscuit. Aimed at children from pre-school ages to 10 years. Please book via the link below.

Admission info

The family morning is £5 per child. General admission also applies and can be paid for on arrival or booked online.

You can get free admission to The Commandery if you have a season or Worcester Residents’ pass (£5 for crafts still applies) – find out more and plan your visit.

Have lots of fun in the most spooky of half-term holidays…

Follow the Haunted House family trail at The Commandery! What monsters and spooks can you find in this historic building?

Admission info

The trail is £2. General admission also applies and can be paid for on arrival or booked online.

You can get free admission to The Commandery for the year if you have a season or Worcester Residents’ pass (£2 for trail still applies) – find out more and plan your visit.

At Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle

Halloween at Hartlebury Castle

Choose a pumpkin, scoop the seeds and draw your design, then Hartlebury Castle’s fantastic carvers will cut it out for you!

Carving times are 10.30 and 11.30am, 12.30, 1.30 and 2.30pm from Monday 28 to Thursday 31 October.

Whole-site admission applies + £6.50 per pumpkin – includes a hot chocolate for the carver (dairy free available).

Spaces are limited, so book now to guarantee your pumpkins!

Create your very own magic wand and then practise your spells with everyone’s favourite teacher, Professor Bumbledum! Get into the spirit of the season in your best Halloween costume and have fun with other young witches and wizards.

Witch and Wizard School is on every day from Monday 28 October to Thursday 31 October:

  • Wand-making crafts: 10.30am – 3pm.
  • Witch and Wizard School: 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3pm.

Whole-site admission + £3.50 (includes the Spooky Skeleton Hunt).

Drop in; plan your visit at hartleburycastle.com.

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 adventure playground too!

Whole-site admission + 50p per trail. Drop in; plan your visit at hartleburycastle.com.

If you fancy joining Witch and Wizard School (Monday 28 to Thursday 31 October), the trail is included!

At Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum

Potion making

Meet Simon from Corner Exotics who will be bringing some very special guests with him… including a chinchilla, an African pygmy hedgehog, tarantulas, scorpions, various types of insects, frogs, a tortoise, 4 species of lizards, and 8 snakes.

Inspired by the animals you meet, you will also get the chance to create your own paper snakes, jumping frogs and colourful hedgehogs to take home!

There will be two sessions on the day:

  • Session 1 – 10.30 – 11.30am
  • Session 2 – 11.30am – 12.30pm

There are limited spaces, so please book here to guarantee your spot.

The session is £6 per child; entry is free to the Art Gallery and Museum, so you can enjoy exploring before or after the workshop.

Experiment with mixing together fizzy and foamy ingredients to make your own potion.

Mix different colours and even add a bit of shimmer before bottling up your wonderful concoction to take with you.

You will also get to make your own sensory bottle which you can shake to see your chosen objects float around, as well as decorate the outside!

There will be two sessions on the day:

  • Session 1 – 10.30 – 11.30am
  • Session 2 – 11.30am – 12.30pm

There are limited spaces, so please book here to guarantee your spot.

The session is £6 per child; entry is free to the Art Gallery and Museum, so you can enjoy exploring before or after the workshop. Steward’s Chemist Shop will be open for you to step inside on this day too!

The October half-term holiday brings a SPECTACULAR week of science to the Art Gallery and Museum!

There are Bags of Fun and trails that can be picked up from the shop all week.

Bags of Fun

Pick up your activity bag and head upstairs to the Activity Space in the museum, which is fully equipped for young creatives to get going on their making.

Each bag has multiple themed activities inside: make a mummy with a paper plate, weave a web for your spider to live on, and build your own monster puppet! There are colouring and puzzle sheets to enjoy too. £2.50; purchase from the shop.

Potion Trail

Albert, the albatross you can see in the museum, is feeling a bit under the weather…

We need help finding all the ingredients that have been hidden around the museum to make a potion that will make him feel better!

Can you spot them all and record them on your trail sheet? £1; purchase from the shop.

Have fun! 

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