AND SOME PLACES TO VISIT WHEN INDOOR VISITOR ATTRACTIONS BEGIN TO RE-OPEN...
This is currently closed, but could reopen over the summer as lockdown measures are eased. This timber-beamed museum with leaded windows and decorated plaster ceilings is located on what is described as Worcester’s “most historic street”.
Inside you’ll discover rooms that are almost 500 years old. There are displays focusing on Tudor weaving and brewing – the activities that once went on in the house.
In later years it was also used as a coffee shop for the poor, an Air Raid Precautions (ARP) office and a school clinic. As well as hands-on activities there is also a cafe on site.
If medical science or things of a sometimes macabre nature intrigue, then these museums will be right up your street.
Collections tell the story of the development of medicine and healthcare over the last few centuries, with a specific focus on Worcestershire and the West Midlands.
Housed in the University of Worcester’s City Campus, The Infirmary is one of England’s oldest infirmaries.
Its museum features an interactive exhibition exploring a host of stories including the founding of the British Medical Association. The George Marshall Museum at Worcestershire Royal Hospital reveals 250 years of history. Its artefacts include a collection of death masks of hanged criminals.
Incredibly, both of these delightful museums are free to enter.
Described as a “truly beautiful building” that’s a “veritable feast for the eyes”, the Guildhall dates back to 1721 and it’s brimming with history and character.
Once the seat of justice throughout the city, housing a prison, it has welcomed many high profile visitors over the years, including King George III in August 1788, and was twice visited by Queen Elizabeth II - in 2001 and 2012.
Highlights include the great hall with its vaulted ceiling, fascinating artefacts, superb ballroom, impressive gold decorated front gates and lovely facade.
Housed in an elegant Victorian building in the city centre, it features special exhibitions and regularly changing temporary exhibitions.
As well as dinosaur footprints, Worcestershire Sauce archive, a real Roman mosaic, a Native American totem pole and a recreated Victorian Chemist Shop, you can also discover the story of the Worcestershire Regiment and the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry.