Spring Makers’ Fair at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Saturday 9 May 2026, 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 your loved ones – or yourself!
Little Al’s Café at the Balcony will be open for drinks and homemade food, and you can visit exhibition John Singer Sargent: an American in Worcestershire (tickets are required for this exhibition) while you’re here.
Free entry. Plan your visit to Worcester City 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.
Murder Mystery | Downturn Abbey
Saturday 4 July 2026, 7pm til late | The Commandery
It is November 1914 and despite the shadow of war hanging over the country a party is being held at Downturn Abbey to mark the birthday of the Dowager Countess Ivy Crawling.
Her son, Lord Cakebole, has invited most of the village to celebrate with the family.
Below stairs the staff are working flat out to make it a night to remember, but this party will be remembered for all the wrong reasons…
Murder Mystery returns to The Commandery’s Great Hall this summer! The perfect venue for a party.
Immerse yourself in the hunt for the murderer as the story unfolds before you. Can you work out who can be trusted and who is the murderer?
Enjoy an evening of fun at The Commandery, one of the most historic places in the city, where you can enjoy the atmospheric Great Hall and gardens by night.
The bar will be open and a two-course meal will help fuel your detective work – with gluten-free and vegan options available.
£49.50, includes two course meal. Booking closes on Wednesday 1 July.
Spring Wreath-making Workshop (ages 16+)
Saturday 21 March, 10.30am – 12.30pm | The Commandery
Embrace the beauty of a new season with a relaxed spring wreath-making workshop at Worcester’s Commandery.💐
In a wooden-beamed room upstairs at The Commandery, you’ll use natural materials from the surrounding gardens to create your wreath – either following an example or creating your own design.
Sip a tea, enjoy a coffee, and enjoy some biscuits as you craft your wreath.☕
£27.50. All resources supplied. Ages 16+ years.
Book your spot. If you’d like to look around The Commandery, you can get half-price general admission from the shop on the day of the workshop.
The Big Worcester Pub Quiz
Friday 22 May, 7 – 9pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Get your team together and enjoy a fun-packed evening with lively banter hosted by quiz master Sheena Payne-Lunn.
There’s a treat in store for local pub quizzers this May as the Big Worcester Pub Quiz comes to the Art Gallery and Museum. Sheena will deliver an entertaining and fact-filled evening to test even the most ardent quizzers.
£7.50 per person: teams of up to 5 people. Buy 5 tickets for a team, or a single ticket to be matched with your team-mates on the night.
Glass of wine and nibbles included. The bar will be open too!
Spotlight Talk | Landmarks with David Birtwhistle
Saturday 14 March 2026, 11am – 12noon | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Artist David Birtwhistle takes us through his working processes in this Spotlight Talk.
Hear about his production methods and choice of materials, as well as how the exhibition David Birtwhistle: A Retrospective came together at the Art Gallery and Museum.
This will be an insight into his artistic practice, and you’ll have the chance to ask David about his working methods and choice of subjects.
The talk will end with a walk-through of his free-to-visit exhibition currently on show at the Art Gallery and Museum.
£10 for the talk.
Family | Roar-some Bags of Fun
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 22 February 2026 (closed Mondays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Have roar-some fun at the Art Gallery and Museum this February!🦕
Pick up an activity bag and get creative in the Activity Space during the school holiday. Here’s what you’ll be able to get up to:
➡️Make a pop-up dinosaur in its very own paper-plate egg
➡️Create your own dinosaur matching game
➡️Make your own mini palaeontologist notebook
The Art Gallery and Museum is fully equipped for young creatives to get going on their making. Each activity bag has multiple themed activities inside along with colouring and puzzle sheets.
£2.50, purchase your activity bags 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). Plan your visit.
More dino fun in February:
Get Arty: Roar-some Makes – Saturday 14, Wednesday 18, Friday 20 February, 10.30 – 11.30am. Find out more.
Family Trail | Egg-splorers: Dino Discovery Trail – Saturday 14 February – Sunday 22 February 2026 (closed Mondays), £1. Find out more.
Family Trail | Egg-splorers: Dino Discovery Trail
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 22 February 2026 (closed Mondays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
This February half-term holiday is perfectly prehistoric!🦕
Follow a fun family trail and become a dino detective. Search for 8 hidden eggs around the museum as you reveal the dinosaurs hidden inside each mysterious egg… what will you find?🪺
£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). Plan your visit.
More dino fun in February:
Get Arty: Roar-some Makes – Saturday 14, Wednesday 18, Friday 20 February, 10.30 – 11.30am. Find out more.
Roar-some Bags of Fun – Saturday 14 February – Sunday 22 February 2026 (closed Mondays), £2.50. Find out more.
Family Fun | Get Arty: Roar-some Makes
Saturday 14, Wednesday 18, Friday 20 February 2026, 10.30 – 11.30am | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Come and get arty this February half-term holiday at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum!
Children will be able to make a roar-some clay creation – will it be a dino egg, footprint or a fossil?🦖
To go with it, make a fantastic prehistoric companion to take home, a 3D cardboard dinosaur.
And design collagraph prints inspired by dinosaurs and fossils too!
Get Arty is on: Saturday 14 February, Wednesday 18 February, Friday 20 February at 10.30 – 11.30am.
£5.50 per child. A parent or carer must stay during the session. Free entry to the Art Gallery and Museum.
More dino fun in February:
Family Trail | Egg-splorers: Dino Discovery Trail – Saturday 14 February – Sunday 22 February 2026 (closed Mondays), £1. Find out more.
Roar-some Bags of Fun – Saturday 14 February – Sunday 22 February 2026 (closed Mondays), £2.50. Find out more.
Family Mornings | Spectacular Space!
Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18, Thursday 19 February 2026, 10.30 – 12noon
Go out of this world in a fun galactic stay and play family morning in the February half-term holiday!
Children can design their very own astronaut mask, create moving rocket pictures, and paint the planets with balloons. Get hands-on with space-themed messy play trays too! 🚀
Family mornings end with a drink, a biscuit and a story.
Suitable for children pre-school age to 11 years old.
£5.50 per child + general admission. General admission applies to all visitors and can be purchased online or on the day of your visit.
Pikelets: Tots Through Time (early years sessions)
Wednesdays in term time, 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. Pikelets takes place in term time only, so there is no session on Wednesday 18 February.
£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).