Activities and Events

Jigsaw Jumble

FREE ACTIVITY

Design a jigsaw with images from books, comics, packets and adverts inspired by the 1950s.  Have a go and make one yourself!  Free activity throughout the exhibition for all ages.  Normal admission prices apply.

Easter Weekend

Come and soak up the nostalgia at our special Vintage Fair and fashion show in the Great Hall on Easter Sunday and Monday.  Explore the classic car exhibition on Saturday and Easter Monday and hunt for Easter eggs in the gardens or take a rest in our 1950’s tearoom with classic hits. 

Join our 1950’s housewives as they watch footage of the Queen’s Coronation, explain the role of a 1950’s housewife and join in with our special knitting workshop.  Get creative with our spring daffodil family craft activities and enjoy our special story sessions featuring classic 50s characters.

Bags of Design – Printing Workshop

10.30am – 12.30pm or 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Cost £4.50 per child – booking essential
Suitable for 7 – 12 year olds

Using the Fashion, Design and Innovation exhibition as inspiration, print a design on your very own bag to take home.  Using blocks, pens and paint, personalise your creation with innovative images and designs from the 1950s.

Family Trees in the 21st Century

FREE ACTIVITY

Make your own family tree using the template and materials provided.  Include yourself, your friends, family, pets and even your favourite toys and hobbies to create a fun and personal tree. Free activity throughout the exhibition for all ages.  Normal admission prices apply.

Illuminating Workshop

10.30am – 12.30pm or 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Cost £4.50 per child, Booking essential
Suitable for 7 – 12 years

Join us for a morning of illumination.  Write your name in Gothic style and learn how to decorate it in the monastic way.  Take home your personally illuminated name.

Design and make a Tudor wall hanging

10.30am – 12.30pm or 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Cost £4.50 per child, booking essential
Suitable for 7 – 12 years

Create your very own decorative Tudor wall hanging inspired by the Commandery’s features, using collage and paint.  Explore and sketch the building’s fascinating features and apply then to your design.

Shakespeare at The Commandery

Much Ado About Nothing

Tuesday 8th – Saturday 19th June
(Excluding Monday 14th)
(Book via Worcester Live on 01905 611427)

Guided Walks and Tours

Daily at 3.00pm
Tours last approximately 45 – 60 minutes
(Tours included in normal admission price)

Discover more about the Commandery’s long and varied history, uncover its fascinating architecture and find out more about the characters that lived and died here.

Talk on Tudor Worcestershire

Cost £6.50, booking essential
(Cost includes admission and light refreshments)

Join Robin Whittaker, Archives Manager and Diocesan Archivist from Worcestershire Record Office as he brings Tudor Worcestershire to life via this special talk.  Using original Tudor documents including personal letters, wills and city records, Robin will illuminate the local social, religious and political life of that period.

Opening Times

• Monday > Thursday
10am - 5pm

• Fridays
Closed until Friday 2nd April 2010

• Saturday
10am - 5pm

• Sunday
1.30pm - 5pm

To book a place on any of the workshops or talks, please contact the Commandery on 01905 361821.

Sidbury, Worcester WR1 2HU
Tel: 01905 361 821
thecommandery@worcester.gov.uk

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