✨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 🌊

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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!

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...

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...

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

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...

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.

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 beautiful bit of blue sky for Bluesky 🙌💙 📍 The Commandery, Worcester.

look at this absolute unit

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

It's the February half-term holiday! ✨ Check out what's on for families at the museums ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/whats-on/feb...

And with the Mayor cutting a very big ribbon with some very big scissors, new exhibition Wyldgate Lane – A Walk Through Victorian Worcester is open! 🎉 📍 The Commandery. Plan your visit ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/exhib...

Did you know the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard was buried in a vessel, likely made locally? 🌳 Malvern has a rich history of pottery industry spanning back to the Iron Age (~800 BC). Read more about the vessel and Severn Valley Ware here ➡️ researchworcestershire.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/t...

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We are continuing to practise our "steady hand for taking photos while loud guns are fired" skills. 🙌 Living History is back at The Commandery this February! ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/livin...

Worcestershire Conquest Hoard currently on display in @museumsworcs.bsky.social

Coin of a Voter - issued 63 BC - enlarged image featured in the display of a horde of Roman coins at @museumsworcs.bsky.social

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The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is on temporary display for the first time from this weekend! ✨ 📍 Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Saturday 11 January to Sunday 30 March 2025. Free to visit ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/the-w...

Planning a festive visit to the museums? There's plenty to enjoy - be sure to check opening times over the Christmas period! 🎄 ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk

How did I miss @museumsworcs.bsky.social on here? So glad I’ve found them now 👍

Introducing the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard 🙌 Find out about one of the top archaeological finds in the county in the last 100 years and the campaign to keep it in Worcestershire ➡️ researchworcestershire.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/i...

Not a day for the queasy.

This magical tree is a Hartlebury and it’s well worth a visit to see it! @museumsworcs.bsky.social

Stacey Hodgkins of the Travellers’ Times visited exhibition Atchin Tan - Travelling Through Art ✨ She caught up with curator Georgie Stevens and two artists who created work for the exhibition. 📍 Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum. Read the story ➡️ www.travellerstimes.org.uk/features/atc...

According to Murray: "This is the largest hoard of the reign of Nero AD 54–68 ever found in Britain, & 1 of the largest of this period ever found in the entire Roman Empire." Read more: BBC - bit.ly/4fWEzuA Birmingham Live - bit.ly/49kc7QQ

Reposting now with a clickable link to the news on our website #RomanEmpire bit.ly/3B8mFG5

The medieval Great Hall at The Commandery, Worcester, is looking beautifully festive this December! 🎄 Fancy seeing it for yourself? Find out all you need to know ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/museums/the-...

Help keep this important find in Worcestershire and accessible to the public!

It's the third day of our #ArtUKAdvent calendar 🌼 Some flowers to brighten your day! 'Christmas Roses' by James Valentine Jelley (1856–1950) 📷 Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard has been on telly! 🙌 It featured on BBC Midlands Today this afternoon. Thanks to everyone who’s donated already to keep the Hoard in Worcestershire. ❤️ www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-... Have a watch here (3.30) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Hear from Kate Potter-Farrant who is working on the campaign to save the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard and keep it in the County 🙌 m.youtube.com/watch?v=wSfh... Donate today to help save the Hoard for Worcestershire ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/support-us/w...

Help us save the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard! ✨ We need your help to keep this important Roman hoard in Worcestershire, where it was buried in AD 55 and discovered last year. Donate today ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/support-us/w... Thank you!