Family Fun | FAB Fridays!
Every Friday from 24 July to 28 August 2026, 10 – 11.30am | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
FAB Fridays are here for the summer holidays!
Every week, join a hands-on creative session inspired by the world of Thunderbirds! Children will get to design and make their own puppet character before stepping into the role of director to film an action-packed mini adventure using tablets. From daring rescue missions to out-of-this-world explorations, imaginations can run wild as young creators bring their stories to life.
Perfect for budding artists, storytellers and future filmmakers, this exciting workshop is a fantastic way to make something truly FAB!
Sessions are from 10 – 11.30am every Friday in the holidays.
£5.50 per child; please book via the link below. A parent or carer must stay during the session. Free entry to the Art Gallery and Museum.
Museum After Hours | 54321! ‘Standby for action, we are about to launch’
Friday 24 July 2026, 6.30 – 9pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Standby for action as the first Museum After Hours of the year launches in celebration of the summer exhibition 54321 FAB! The exhibition brings Thunderbirds and friends to Worcester, with 1960s nostalgia at the forefront this year.
Enjoy a rockin’ Friday night with Jamie Hill, guitar-vocalist, performing classic rock and pop numbers including hits from the 60s. Jamie has been in love with music since he got his first guitar at the age of 6 and will take you on a rockabilly rollercoaster for the evening!
The bar will be open, so don’t forget to try a FAB themed cocktail: blast-off with a Stingray, or be brave and take on a Mysteron! 🍹
Free entry. Fancy dress encouraged!
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Museum After Hours returns on Friday 21 August 2026!
Museum After Hours is aimed at adults, 18+.
Get Arty: 3…2…1…Make!
Thursday 23 July – Thursday 27 August 2026, 10.30 – 11.30am | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Get creative this summer at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum with Get Arty: 3…2…1…Make!
In these fun hands-on sessions, children can design and build their own puppet characters before turning their imagination to junk modelling, creating incredible secret bases just like Tracy Island. From hidden launch pads to daring rescue HQs, every creation is unique! Perfect for young makers and storytellers.
Get Arty is on every Thursday through the summer holidays (from 23 July to 27 August), 10.30 – 11.30am.
£5.50 per child; please book via the link below. A parent or carer must stay during the session. Free entry to the Art Gallery and Museum, including summer exhibition 53421! FAB.
Record Fair with Raspberry Records
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September 2026, 10am – 3pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Raspberry Records are at the Art Gallery and Museum for a proper weekend of vinyl this September!
A digger’s paradise, the museum will be filled with local independent traders spreading their treasures throughout the galleries.
There’ll be hard-to-find titles sitting alongside bargain classics, pocket-money finds alongside serious rarities, and all genres are welcome: from jazz, punk, reggae and dub to prog, pop, dance, and everything in between.
Get the full experience by dropping the needle before you buy on the listening decks. 🎧
Have you got duplicates gathering dust at home? Bring your own records to trade or sell! Raspberry Records’ dealers love a good haggle and are always up for chatting tunes.
Take a browsing break at Little Al’s at the Balcony café with a cup of tea or coffee, homemade food, and more.
Free entry.
Festive Foliage | Christmas Table Centres with Florist Natalie Vale
Saturday 12 December, 10.30am – 1.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Create a fabulously festive centrepiece to spruce up your Christmas tablescape with florist Natalie Vale of Witley Park Floristry.
Get into the Christmas spirit at the beautiful Art Gallery and Museum as Natalie leads you through the process of putting together your own unique floral piece using real foliage with natural and wild elements.
This workshop is run by florist Natalie Vale.
All materials will be provided, as well as refreshments throughout the morning.
£55 per person.
Learning Linocut | Lino Printing with Jake Gammon
Saturday 21 November, 10.30am – 1.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
This lino printing workshop offers a hands-on, beginner-friendly experience to learn relief printing, carving designs into linoleum, ink them, and press them onto paper.
Take inspiration from autumn exhibition Reflections, which focuses on the fluid beauty and immense power of water, to create a unique piece of art. Enhance your wellbeing and knowledge, guided by Jake as he takes you through the process of this new skill.
This workshop is run by artist Jake Gammon.
All materials will be provided, as well as refreshments throughout the morning.
£55 per person. Please book below:
Spotlight Talk | Graham Bleathman | Master of the Cutaway + meet and greet
Saturday 18 July 2026, 11am – 12noon | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Graham Bleathman, one of the country’s leading illustrators, is well known for his work on Gerry Anderson’s TV series including Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray.
He is best known for producing cross-section, ‘cutaway’ illustrations of spacecraft, vehicles and locations from these shows, as well as Dan Dare and Wallace & Gromit. He started illustrating for fan magazines in the 1980s, and since then has his illustrations have appeared in a number of books, magazines and comics. Graham’s other work includes historical subjects, alongside production art on animated releases of Doctor Who and Dad’s Army episodes.
A master of the technical illustration, join Graham for a fascinating insight as he talks about his experiences working on these amazing projects and his fantastic new work Worcester: 2066, specially commissioned for our summer exhibition 54321FAB!
The talk will be followed by a meet and greet with Graham in the exhibition, where he will be autographing, sketching and meeting fans. There’ll even be appearances from Captain Scarlet himself and other favourite characters!
£10 for the talk; free entry to the exhibition.
Family Trail | Secrets of the Sea
Saturday 23 May – Sunday 31 May 2026 (closed Mondays and bank holidays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Oh no, there’s been a shipwreck at the museum!
Can you use your fin-tastic skills to find the sea creatures and plot the coordinates on your trail sheet? The answer will show you the location of the missing ship!
£1, purchase your trail from the Art Gallery and Museum shop.
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am – 4pm, and Sunday 10am – 3pm.
Free entry to the Art Gallery and Museum (closed Mondays and bank holidays). Plan your visit.
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Bags of Fun – Secrets of the Sea. Saturday 23 May – Sunday 31 May (closed Mondays and bank holidays), £2.50 from the shop.
Get Arty – Secrets of the Sea. Thursday 28 May, 10.30 – 11.30am, £5.50 per child (pre-booking essential).
Heritage Open Day | Free entry to The Commandery
Sunday 20 September, 10am – 3pm (last entry 2pm) | The Commandery
Enjoy free entry to The Commandery on Sunday 20 September to celebrate the Heritage Open Days Festival!
Discover the everyday histories of the people who have lived at The Commandery. Read about the Wylde and Dandridge families as you explore, and see if you can spot the clues around the building of how it used to be divided into separate dwellings.
Children can let off steam in the walled gardens, explore the nature play area, and get dressed up on their way around The Commandery!
Head to Little Al’s Kitchen at The Commandery café for hot drinks and homemade food.
Find out more about The Commandery.
Talk | Worcester’s Afflictions: The Plague in Worcestershire in the 14th and 17th centuries
Saturday 12 September, 4 – 5pm | The Commandery
Plague came to Worcestershire in both the 14th century and the 17th century.
Hear from medical historian Kevin Goodman in this talk as he examines the symptoms, causes and treatments of one of the most feared diseases of the past – and its impact upon the people of Worcestershire across the centuries.
£10. Book your place below.