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:
Tree Fusion | Fused Glass Christmas Tree Decorations with Suzanne Bunce
Saturday 17 October, 10.30am – 1.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
With Christmas on the doorstep, join Worcester-based glass artist Suzanne Bunce for a wonderful festive workshop.
Create your own unique festive fused-glass Christmas tree decoration. Try your hand at a new craft and learn the basic techniques involved to produce a stunning addition to your Christmas trimmings.
This is a fun and inspirational workshop for all abilities and you don’t need to be artistic, just enthusiastic! You will be able to make up to two Christmas trees with wooden stands and LED lights.
This workshop is run by artist Suzanne Bunce.
All materials will be provided, as well as refreshments throughout the morning.
Please note: Please wear close-toed shoes for the workshop. Your glass will not be available to take away on the day. It will be fired and be available for you to collect from the Art Gallery and Museum within 2 weeks.
£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).
The High Dosage Tour of Steward’s Chemist Shop
The High Dosage Tour of Steward’s Chemist Shop
First Friday of the month, 11 – 11.30am | 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 for the talk; book via the link below. Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum is free to visit.
Please note there is no High Dosage tour on Friday 4 December 2026, but the chemist shop will be open (free to visit) to have a look around!
Or call the telephone box office on 0333 666 3366.
Your Worcester: Gallery Tour
Saturdays (dates below), 11 – 11.30am | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Enjoy a guided tour of permanent display, Your Worcester, an exciting exhibition which opened 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 2026
- Saturdays 4 and 18 April
- Saturdays 2, 16 and 30 May
- Saturday 27 June
- Saturdays 8 and 22 August
- Saturday 19 September
- Saturdays 3 and 17 October
- Saturdays 14 and 28 November
- Saturday 12 December
£4.50 for the talk (free entry to the Art Gallery and Museum).
Or call the telephone box office on 0333 666 3366.
Bite-size Talk | All Dug Up!
Tuesday 8th September, 2 – 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Each year thousands of finds, excavated across Worcestershire, come into the care of the Museums Service. Join our Curator to hear about significant discoveries and recent highlights.
£4.95 for the talk. Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum is free to visit.
Bite-size Talk | Introducing the new British Impressionism Gallery
Tuesday 10 November 2026, 2 – 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
2026 will see a new gallery dedicated to the display of Worcester City’s permanent art collection. Hear all about about these wonderful artworks, now on permanent display in the Shirley & Rolf Olsen Gallery of British Impressionism.
£4.95 for the talk. The exhibition [not yet open] and Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum are free to visit.
Bite-size Talk | Reflections
Tuesday 13 October 2026, 2 – 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Artist Wayne Warren, curator of Reflections, will delve deeper into the concepts behind the works in this Bite-size Talk.
The exhibition features a diverse range of artists spanning the last three centuries – including works from Worcester City’s own collection as well as high profile loans from the National Gallery. Brand-new works by Wayne Warren and Jonathon Wright have been created especially for the exhibition.
£4.95 for the talk. If you’d like to visit the exhibition too, advance booking will be available online later in 2026. The rest of Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum is free to visit.
Image: Blackbirds Singing to Me Across the Severn, 2004, Kurt Jackson © the artist.
Bite-size Talk | 54321! Counting down to a Great Exhibition!
Tuesday 14 July, 2 – 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Bringing together this extraordinary collection of original screen-used props and puppets, faithful reproductions, original toys, memorabilia and paraphernalia dedicated to the science fiction TV shows of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Space: 1999 et al), was no mean feat.
See behind the scenes of this nostalgic exhibition and hear about some interesting local links at this talk by the exhibition’s curator.
£4.95 for the talk. This exhibition and the rest of Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum are free to visit.