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Discover 3 fantastic museums: 🎨 Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum 🏰 County Museum at Hartlebury Castle 👑 The Commandery & 💫 Escape Room: Commandery Quest https://linktr.ee/museumsworcestershire
We've had a lovely afternoon hearing the county's plans to mark 375 years since Worcester became the stage for the final clash of the English Civil Wars, shaping the future of the nation. We even had a go at mastering a canon! Thanks for the invite @museumsworcs.bsky.social
Zandvoort Fishergirl (1884) by Elizabeth Adela Forbes – oil on canvas portrait of a young Dutch fisher girl standing indoors, holding a green basin with freshly caught fish. The girl wears a dark long-sleeve blouse and a light blue apron over a skirt, her hand resting on her hip. She has fair skin, brown hair parted at the centre and tied back, and a serious, contemplative expression. The background features a rustic interior with muted blue-grey tiled walls, soft natural window light, and warm terracotta floor tiles, creating a moody, realistic atmosphere: 19th-century European realism art, coastal life genre painting, traditional fishing culture portrait.
✨Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art✨
Discover a powerful new exhibition at Penlee House (30 April – 27 September 2026) celebrating the impact and legacy of women artists - over 50 remarkable works spanning from the 1850s to today.
Find out more: penleehouse.org.uk/exhibition/m...
We had a great day with History students from Erdington Academy yesterday. They were our first groups to enjoy our new joint day with The Commandery @museumsworcs.bsky.social 'Leeches to Lister'!
Great to see this story resurfaced – have a read of 'Laura Knight: enduring expressions of British summertime' by @womensartbluesky.bsky.social 🌊
Can't make it today? Find out about volunteering with
Museums Worcestershire on the website
museumsworcestershire.org.uk - we'd love to hear from
you!
A photo showing a volunteer with a stall in the Guildhall with leaflets, gardening equipment and historical objects.
A photo showing a volunteer speaking with members of the public in the Guildhall.
We're at Worcester Volunteer Expo at the Guildhall today! 🎉
Come and say hello to our brilliant volunteers and find
out about what you can get involved with - from
welcoming visitors at the museums to looking after the
beautiful gardens at The Commandery.
The expo is on until 2pm on Fri 6 June.
today is World Bee Day. not to be confused with World Bidet
A photo showing a bee hotel - a terracotta pot with bamboo and sticks - at Hartlebury Castle.
Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝
Buzz on over to Hartlebury Castle in the May half-term holiday to make your own bee hotel to take home - to help the bees where you live! 💛🖤
Make mini bee hotels from Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 May, 11am - 4pm. hartleburycastle.com/event/make-m...
See what's on through the day www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/oak-a...
There's just a week to go until we celebrate Oak Apple Day at The Commandery on Bank Holiday Monday 26 May!
But what does the day have to do with pub names? 🍻 Have a read to find out... ➡ researchworcestershire.wordpress.com/2018/05/25/t...
A photo showing Sophie and Andrew on their wedding day in The Commandery courtyard.
Congratulations to Sophie and Andrew who got married at The Commandery last weekend! ❤️🎉
Did you catch social history curator David Nash talking about the history of gloving in Worcester on BBC Hereford & Worcester this morning? 🧤
Listen here (2:09) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Thanks everyone who came to the launch of new exhibition Your Worcester at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum on Saturday! ✨
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2515379...
A photo showing a display of objects commemorating VE Day, including soldiers' uniform, maps, photos and more.
In Worcester today?
Pop into Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum to see this commemorative display marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day and Operation Varsity.
See objects on temporary display in the Worcestershire Soldier Gallery, put together by the Worcestershire Yeomanry Museum.
Free entry.
Stay tuned for more information, we can’t wait to tell you more about it with @penleehousegallery.bsky.social and OnFife.
Find out more ➡️ www.artfund.org/professional...
We’re taking part in Going Places, an @artfund.bsky.social programme made possible with generous support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Julia Rausing Trust.
Working with 2 other museums, we’ll explore stories of women artists to create touring exhibitions during 2025-2030. ✨
Visiting the Elizabeth & Stanhope Forbes exhibition @museumsworcs.bsky.social and finding unexpected traces of #PreRaphaelitism #exhibition #womenartists serenatrowbridge.substack.com/p/elizabeth-...
We are thrilled to announce that several of our cherished Elizabeth and Stanhope Forbes paintings are currently on loan to @museumsworcs.bsky.social for their current exhibition, “Elizabeth and Stanhope Forbes: A Marriage of Art.” Running until 29 June 2025, this exhibition is a must-see!
A photo showing the front of Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum with the exhibition banner for Elizabeth and Stanhope Forbes: A Marriage of Art.
The new banners are up, a new exhibition is on its way 👀
Elizabeth and Stanhope Forbes: A Marriage of Art opens on Saturday 5 April!
📍 Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
More info and exhibition tickets ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/eliza...
Two glass exhibition cases show four dummies wearing tight fitting military jackets made from red fabric with gold braid decoration and one dummy wearing a black jacket with silver braid. There are also some tall hats and helmets decorated with braid, fur or feathers.
Have your say about the exciting relocation of The Worcestershire Soldier Gallery to The #Commandery!
Tell the project team what you would like to see…
LINK: form.typeform.com/to/v3M9DWrs
@museumsworcs.bsky.social
Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund
#museum #militaryheritage #Worcester
The Commandery features in @thehistoryguy.bsky.social's recent History Hit video! ✨
Hear from medical historian Kevin Goodman all about Battlefield Surgery in the Age of Gunpowder: the Gruesome History...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf56...
A family visiting Hartlebury Castle.
Enjoy a great family day out at The Commandery or Hartlebury Castle on Mothers’ Day! 🌸
At both museums, mums get free entry with a ticket-paying child on Sunday 30 March.
Plan your visit ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk
A photo showing two children wearing bunny ear headbands.
The Easter holidays are fast approaching! 🐣
Families can have a bunny-rilliant time at The Commandery, Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, and Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle.
See what's on ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/whats-on/eas...
A photo showing staff member Kate Potter-Farrant looking into a display case holding lots of silver coins from the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard.
There's just over a week left to catch the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard! 🌟
Pop into Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum to see this beautiful treasure while it's here.
Free to visit until Sunday 30 March.
Big old medieval hall shaped wave from Worcester 👋❤️
These 21 women artists names were lost, but are now found!
Discover the women artists we've uncovered in UK museums and galleries 👉 buff.ly/pBZh2lI
👩🎨 (Frances) Maud Porter (1863–1942) 📷 Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
#WomensHistoryMonth
A photo showing the exterior of The Commandery with blue sky.
A beautiful bit of blue sky for Bluesky 🙌💙
📍 The Commandery, Worcester.
A very large Exmoor Horn ram, with a small yet noticeable smile.
look at this absolute unit
A photo showing a sign reading "Welcome to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum".
Can you help us as an Audience Research Volunteer? ✨
This role involves carrying out face-to-face visitor research at the Art Gallery and Museum.
If you're a good communicator, enthusiastic, and friendly, we'd love to hear from you!
Get in touch ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/wp-content/u...
A thank you to everyone for contributing to the fundraising campaign for the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard from Chair of Trustees Caroline Naisbitt of Worcestershire Heritage, Art and Museums charity.
youtu.be/n5U-B6rxWxA