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.
Heritage Open Day | free entry and talks
Sunday 21 September, 10am – 3pm | The Commandery
The Heritage Open Days Festival returns for 2025!
Enjoy free entry to The Commandery on Sunday 21 September.
Enjoy free talks
This year’s festival theme is architecture, so you can join one of the Midlands’ leading architects specialising in building conservation, Nick Joyce. Hear about his work with The Commandery over the decades and his expertise which has helped keep this incredible building in such good repair and open to the public.
Talks are at 10.30am and 1pm, lasting up to an hour.
Booking information
If you would like to join a talk, please book this in advance due to limited numbers. If you can no longer make it, please let us know by calling 01905 361821 or emailing commandery@museumsworcestershire.org.uk. Thank you.
If you are enjoying a general visit to The Commandery, there is no need to book – just come along on the day.
Bite-size Talk | Your Worcester Stories
Tuesday 9 September 2025, 2 – 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Hear from Suz Winspear about some of the wonderful objects on display in Your Worcester and in the chemist shop.
This seated talk takes place in the Chemist Shop.
£4.50; book via the link below.
The High Dosage Tour of Steward’s Chemist Shop
First Friday of the month, 11 - 11.30am and 2 - 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Step inside the fantastic Steward's Chemist Shop at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum and discover its history...
Take the High Dosage tour – with the chance to see items that are not usually on display – in the hidden realm behind the Dispensing Screen.
What secrets does the Victorian Chemist’s Shop hold? Come and find out!
The display was set up after the closure of Steward's Chemist Shop at 27 High Street, when the entire shop along with the fixtures and fittings were purchased in 1974 and transported to the museum to be redisplayed.
£4.50; book here (free entry to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum including the chemist shop, which is open to visitors on the first Friday of every month from 11am - 3pm).
Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum is free to visit.