Worcester Porcelain Museum

Events

Each year the museum mounts a vibrant series of exhibitions, ranging from loan collections of porcelain to contemporary commercial artists who have based their work on current day manufacture and materials.

Past exhibitions include a county wide children's design competition, that attracted over a thousand entries from Worcestershire schools, as many of the exhibits as possible were placed on display alongside the winning hand painted tea cup and saucers.

A superb loan collection of Nelson memorabilia commemorated the 200th anniversary of Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton's visit to the Worcester factory in 1802 and in 2003 the tale of teapots and tea was told in 'Time for Tea', a loan exhibition from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery.

With free open days, talks and demonstrations there is always something new to see and do.

This year's itinerary

Botanic Seasons Art Exhibition

04 Dec 2009 - 27 Feb 2010

By the Ross Botanical Art Group 4th December 2009 to 28 February 2010. This stunning new botanical exhibition at the Worcester Porcelain Museum by the Ross Botanical Art Group, a group of seven artists producing work to the highest standards and numbering two RHS medallists among its membership, illustrates the seasons with remarkable accuracy and detail. With a heritage of beautiful flower painting in the world’s largest collection of Worcester Porcelain housed at the museum, what could offer a better complement than this carefully selected range of flower, fruit and tree studies, including work by David Pethers (RHS Gold and Silver medallist) who specialises in studies of tree bark and Wendy Gibson (RHS Silver medallist) who has produced a special series of Christmas studies for the exhibition. The exhibition will be open Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 10.30am to 4pm. Entry to the exhibition is included in the entry price to the Porcelain Museum.

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Antique Porcelain & Glass Fair

20 Feb 2010 - 21 Feb 2010

The thrid in a series of highly successful antique porcelain and glass fairs will take place during opening hours over the weekend and a record number of stallholders will be attending. Last years events received rave reviews from our visitors and so this is a date to definately put in your diary! Further information will be posted nearer the time.

In the 19th Century children as young as six were employed. They worked 12 hours a day with just two hours off for play and meal breaks!