City Art Gallery & Museum - looking at the Foregate Street entrance. The Commandery - Looking at the main Sidbury entrance. The Commandery - The central courtyard looking towards the Great Hall.
City Art Gallery & Museum - Children's workshop
 
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The Commandery - The central courtyard looking towards the Great Hall. City Art Gallery & Museum - Gallery 5 The Commandery - Stained glass pain in the Oriel window of the Great Hall
City Museum Art Collection - Painting by B.W.Leader
 
 
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  HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
 

Prospect of Worcester from the east, anonymous - Click on image for a bigger picture.
Doharty's map of Worcester, 1775 - Click on image to go to map.
Aerial Survey of Worcester 1999 - Click on image to view the survey images
Worcester 1250 model - Click on image to see more pictures of the model Manadarin Sauce Label - Click on image for a bigger picture

Cromwell - The text from a special exhibtion on Oliver Cromwell held at the Commandery. NEW
Now & Then - An exploration of the changing face of Worcester using old photographs from the Museum's Social History Collection.
The Worcestershire Soldier - A 150 page preview of this exhibition featuring the collections of the Worcestershire Regiment and the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry.
The Spirit of Enterprise - Preview of the exhibition at the City Art Gallery & Museum featuring Worcester's Victorian industrial past.
A Chemist's Counter - The Steward Chemist Shop display at the City Art Gallery & Museum.
Aerial Survey of Worcester, 1938 - Composite Image of Worcester City Centre from a 1938 survey.
Aerial Survey of Worcester, 1999 - Resampled images from the Millennium Mapping Project's Worcester survey data - 55 vertical views based on the OS grid referencing system.
  Old Maps and Plans of Worcester.
Old Photographs and Paintings - Over 160 works from the Museum's Art and Social History Collections.
Archaeology in Worcester, 2000/01 - a detailed report on the archaeological sites investigated in the City during this period.
Archaeology in Worcester, 1997/99.
Hot off the Spade, Spring 2004 - The latest archaeological news from the City.
Medieval Worcester - Over 80 pages of images and information drawn from the exhibition Plotting the Past, Planning the Future: Worcester 2000.

Worcester 1250 AD Model - Explore this fascinating recreation of the medieval city with over 40 pages of interactive plans, photographs and illustrations.
Potted History of Worcester - Just that !
The Early History of the Commandery.
  ART & DESIGN
 

Afternoon on the Thames by B. W. Leader - Click on image for a bigger picture
Dandy Lion by Nathan Garner - Click on image for a bigger picture
Ska Beat by David Cox - Click on image for a bigger picture

 Permanent Art Collection: Artist Index - 50 images added 24.06.4
Work by Kurt Jackson.
Work by Glyn Griffiths.
Work by Serenna Partridge.
Work by Dawn Ford.
Photography by Lesley James.
Ellipsis Series: Alan Smith.
Works by Nathan Garner.
Upstairs, Downstairs - Photos from Victorian make-over sessions held at the City Art Gallery in December 2002.
Works by Ron Boyd.
Rush on Them: Parodies in Paper, new work by Peter Rush.
Works by Vered Lahav.
The Circle Press Loan Collection for Schools.
The City Art Gallery's Print Loan Collection - Over 40 prints which you can borrow
Collaborations in Patterns and Print - An innovative look at the various ways of applying patterns to materials based on a recent community project and exhibition.
  FOR FUN & GENERAL INTEREST
 

Curator's Curiosities - Newfooty Table Soccer - Click on image for the full story

Upstairs Downstairs - Dressing up like Victorians, Christmas 2002 - see what a difference a colour photo makes!
A Roman Story for Worcester - The story of Tribune Marcus Vinicius Spatula and his adventures in Roman Britain comes to a conclusion with the publication of Chapter XXVI - The River and the Bridge.
Curator's Curiosities - Some of the objects featured on the site in 2002 and 2003.
Iron Age Village model - previously on temporary display at the Museum of Local Life.
 
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