Join Museums Worcestershire curators on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for a series of talks about the collections.

Get a behind the scenes insight of our newest exhibition Skyscape, which is touring from The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Online bite size talks are approximately 15 minutes long.

This event will run online. Registration is compulsory - you will be emailed the online link before the event.

Please consider making a donation:

Online talks are free but donations are welcomed (suggested donation £3 - the usual fee for Bite Size Talks). Donations can be made via this link (donations are taken by Worcester City Council but 100% of the funds will come to Museums Worcestershire). Simply choose 'Museums' and 'Donations' to City Art Gallery & Museum from the drop down options - we appreciate any contribution you can make to help us continue the work that we do during this time.

If you prefer, you can also send a cheque payable to Worcester City Council to: Henrietta Rusnak, Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Foregate Street, Worcester, WR1 1DT

More 2021 bite size talks

Tues 11 May , 1.30pm - Hidden Histories: slavery and abolition in the collections

Discover links to both sides of Worcestershire's slave trade - those who sought to abolish it and those who benefitted from it - in the Museum's Numismatics (coins & medals) Collection, with numismatist Dr. Murray Andrews .

Tues 8 June , 1,30pm - Titanic Stories

Hear true stories of love and loss in the lives of those on board the HMS Titanic, including local Worcestershire people.

Tues 13 July , 1,30pm - The Voyages of HMS Rattlesnake

Find out more about HMS Rattlesnake's adventures and the objects it brought back to Worcester.

Tues 10 August, 1,30pm - Worcester Life Stories

Tues 14 September, 1.30pm - Egyptian funerary objects

Find out what sort of objects the deceased were buried with for use in the afterlife, with our World Cultures curator.

Tues 12 October, 1.30pm - China Clay, Cornwall with artist Kurt Jackson

Delve into the Art Gallery & Museum's latest exhibition with artist Kurt Jackson.

Tues 9 November, 1.30pm - The Founders of the City Museum

Who were the early founders and collectors of Worcester City Museum? What did they collect and where did it come from? Join the curators as they shed new light on information uncovered by recent research.

Tues 14 December, 1.30pm - Portable Antiquities Scheme: Top Treasure Finds from 2020

Join our Head Curator for a look back to Worcestershire’s most important archaeological treasures and some exciting recent discoveries.