Your Worcester: Gallery Tour
Every other Saturday, 11am and 2pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Enjoy a guided tour of permanent display, Your Worcester, an exciting exhibition new in 2025. Find out about the city, its astonishing history and changing traditions, and what this all means to the people who live here now.
Your Worcester features favourites from the museum collection together with new objects added to the collection by the community, all with a link to Worcester’s long and rich heritage.
Covering everything from the teeth of King John to Lea & Perrins, Worcester City Football Club, and the clothes of Windrush arrivals to the city, the exhibition is designed by the community, for the community.
This tour will take you on a journey through Your Worcester – bring along your questions and see what you’ll discover!
Talk dates, autumn 2025
- Saturday 6 September, 11am and 2pm (unfortunately, 20 September talks have been cancelled)
- Saturday 18 October, 11am and 2pm
- Saturdays 1, 15, 29 November, 11am and 2pm
- Saturday 13 December, 11am and 2pm
£4.50 for the talk (free entry to the Art Gallery and Museum). Book your tour.
Spooky House Family Mornings
Tuesday 28 – Thursday 30 October, 10.30am – 12noon | The Commandery
Where better to be in the October half-term holiday than one of Worcester’s oldest buildings?!
In these fun family mornings, children can decorate their own spooky doorway to take home. Who lives behind it and what would their door be like? From witches’ cottages to Dracula’s den, we can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with.
Delve into the messy play tables, create a bubbling cauldron picture and make a spooky puppet too!
Then, explore the rest of The Commandery with the Spooky House trail which will take you through Medieval, Tudor, Georgian and Victorian eras, and more.
Every session includes a spooky story, drink, and a biscuit. Aimed at children from pre-school ages to 11 years.
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.
Potion Bags of Fun
Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November (closed Mondays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
This October half-term holiday is all about potions at the Art Gallery and Museum!
Pick up an activity bag and get creative in the Activity Space. From creating your potion ingredient garden, magical power spinner wheel, and a fantastic potion book for your own recipes, there’s plenty to get stuck into.
Each activity bag has multiple themed activities inside along with colouring and puzzle sheets. The Art Gallery and Museum is fully equipped for young creatives to get going on their making.
£2.50; purchase from the shop. Free entry to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum. Plan your visit.
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Potion Making – family sessions on Saturday 25 October
Potion Making
Saturday 25 October, 10am – 2pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Kick off the October half-term holiday by making your very own potion!
In this fun workshop, experiment with mixing together fizzy and foamy ingredients to come up with your own creation. Mix different colours together and even add a bit of shimmer before bottling up your wonderful concoction to take with you.
What magical powers will your potion have? Come up with the story behind yours and make a recipe for it too.
There will be 3 sessions through the day:
Session 1: 10 – 11am
Session 2: 11.30am – 12.30pm
Session 3: 1 – 2pm
Admission info
£6 per child. Book Now! Free entry to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
1483: The Year of Three Kings
Saturday 18 October, 4 – 5pm | The Commandery
Author and historian Nathen Amin returns to The Commandery this October.
1483 was a truly turbulent year in English history.
A year of three kings, one infamous coup d’etat, one failed invasion and the curious disappearance of two royal princes – perhaps murdered by their uncle, perhaps not.
Bloodshed and conspiracy darkened every corner of England, as civil war threatened once again to tear the kingdom apart.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
In this gripping talk, historian Nathen Amin takes us step-by-step through the drama-filled year, exploring the mystery of the Princes in the Tower, the ill-fated rise of Richard III, and the unexpected emergence of the Tudors – consequences we still feel today.
£12. Book your spot.
About Nathen Amin:
Nathen Amin is an author from Carmarthenshire, West Wales, who focuses on the 15th Century and the reign of Henry VII. He wrote ‘Tudor Wales’ in 2014 and ‘York Pubs’ in 2016, followed by the first full-length biography of the Beaufort family, ‘The House of Beaufort’ in 2017, an Amazon #1 Bestseller in three historical categories (Wars of the Roses, Norman England, and The Plantagenets & Medieval History). His fourth book, ‘Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders; Simnel, Warbeck and Warwick’, was released in in 2021.
Nathen is an experienced public speaker, presenting talks on the Beauforts, Wars of the Roses, and Henry VII, for more than fifty societies and book festivals, including the BBC History Weekend, Windsor Castle, HistFest, British Museum, Gloucester History Festival, Alison Weir Tours, Lichfield Literature Festival, Oundle Festival of Literature, Lancaster Historical Writing Festival, Bosworth Medieval Festival, Barnet Medieval Festival, and the Richard III Society. He has also featured on British, Australian and German radio and television, as well as in print and online media across the UK. As of 2020, he is a trustee and founding member of the Henry Tudor Trust, and in 2022 was elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Pikelets: Tots Through Time (early years sessions)
Wednesdays, 10.15 – 11.45am | The Commandery
Pikelets: Tots Through Time is The Commandery’s first early years programme designed to encourage little ones to explore, play and learn.
Each week, the session will take place in a new area of the museum and gardens, with the activities tailored to the space. Be a shape detective in the Great Hall, join in a tea party in the Georgian rooms, take part in sensory scavenger hunts in the beautiful walled gardens and much more. 🌻
Pikelets: Tots Through Time has been carefully designed for crawlers to pre-school children, with fun activities each week to help develop fine motor skills, counting, play-based learning and creative thinking – all within The Commandery’s unique museum setting.
Sessions end with drink, biscuit and a story.
Facilities include a baby change, lift access, and onsite café Little Al’s at The Commandery, all in a convenient city centre location (WR1 2HU) with parking nearby.
£5 per child (£2.50 per additional sibling).
If you wish to visit the museum after the session, you can enjoy a 50% discount on day admission (£4.50 for adult day ticket instead of £9).
Christmas Makers’ Fair 2025
Friday 5 and Saturday 6 December, 10am – 6pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
It’s the weekend of Worcester’s Victorian Christmas Fayre! 🎄
Step inside the cosy Art Gallery and Museum as you leave the chilly outdoors behind. Enjoy browsing a range of stalls dotted around museum, a beautiful Victorian building in itself.
Check out a whole variety of unique and exquisite gift opportunities for your loved ones – or yourself – in the lead-up to Christmas. Explore the work of local designer-makers and crafts people, each hand-picked for their quality products.
Browse the fabulous Museum Shop which has an excellent range of cards and gifts, and enjoy cosy coffee or lunch in Little Al’s Kitchen at the Balcony Café.
Free entry. Plan your visit to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
While you’re here, check out exhibitions Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: 30 Years of Paul Kidby’s Illustration (tickets required) and Jilly Oxlade-Arnott – A Celebration of Worcester (free entry, sales support the artist and Art Gallery and Museum).
Would you like a stall? We’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with event organiser Tracey Ayre at tracey.ayre@worcester.gov.uk.
Autumn Makers’ Fair 2025
Saturday 4 October, 10am – 4pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Enjoy browsing a range of stalls dotted around the Art Gallery and Museum offering a broad selection of unique and exquisite gift opportunities for your loved ones – or yourself!
Explore the work of local designer-makers and crafts people, each hand-picked for their quality products to help you get prepared for Christmas early.
Browse the fabulous Museum Shop which has an excellent range of cards and gifts, and enjoy morning coffee and cake or lunch in Little Al’s Kitchen at the Balcony Café.
Free entry. Plan your visit to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
While you’re here, check out exhibitions Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: 30 Years of Paul Kidby’s Illustration (tickets required) and Jilly Oxlade-Arnott – A Celebration of Worcester (free entry, sales support the artist and Art Gallery and Museum).
Would you like a stall?
We’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with event organiser Tracey Ayre at tracey.ayre@worcester.gov.uk.
Museum after Hours: On the Shoulders of Elephants
Friday 24 October, 6.30 – 9pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (The Mended Drum, Filigree Street, Ankh-Morpork)
Get your friends together on a Friday night as Museum After Hours steps into fantasy this October!
Enjoy music, themed cocktails, and get free entry to the autumn exhibition Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: 30 Years of Paul Kidby’s Illustration.
In an evening inspired by Terry Pratchett’s brilliant Discworld, set foot on the flat planet and take part in the fantasy in ‘The Mended Drum’, Ankh-Morpork’s “reputable disreputable tavern”, at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
Have a drop of scumble and dance to Discworld DJs Le Grande Fromage. Even Rincewind himself may put in an appearance. It’s a splendiferous way to start the weekend!
Free entry (including free entry to the exhibition during the event). No booking needed. Card and cash payments accepted at the bar.
Museum After Hours is aimed at adults, 18+.
Bite-size Talk | Unveiling Deception: Exploring Forgeries in the Egyptian Collection
Tuesday 14 October 2025, 2 – 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Can we be sure that all the objects in the collection are authentic?
Hear from curator Kerry Whitehouse about some of the fake objects that have been discovered in Worcester City’s Egyptian collection.
This seated talk takes place in the Committee Room.
£4.50; book via the link below.
Check out the full programme of Bite-size Talks 2025.