Worcestershire Museums

Local history including Evesham Abbey, Battle of Evesham (1265), social and agricultural history of Vale of Evesham, anglo-saxon artifacts, archaeology, children’s activities

Abbey Gate, Evesham WR11 4BG Tel: 01386 446944   Email

Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings

15 acre open-air site housing over 25 historic buildings including a 1940’s prefab, windmill and National Telephone Kiosk Collection. Special Awards: Sandford Award for Heritage Education (4 times Winner) Worcestershire Family Attraction of the Year 2001.Free admission

Stoke Heath. Bromsgrove B60 4JR Tel: 01527 831363   Email

Bewdley Museum

Award winning museum set in a historic butchers shambles. Daily demonstrations of traditional crafts Special events and exhibitions. Special Awards: Sandford Award for Heritage Education 1992. 1997, 2003. Free admission

Load Street. Bewdley DY12 2AE Tel: 01299 403573   Email

Bordesley Abbey Visitor Centre & Forge Mill Needle Museum

A unique museum set in beautiful surroundings, which tells the fascinating story of needle making in Victorian times. Includes authentic Victorian water powered mill machinery.

Needle Mill Lane. Riverside, Redditch B98 8HY Tel: 01527 62509  Email

Bromsgrove Museum

Displays of past crafts including nail, button and salt making. Reconstructed street of Victorian and Edwardian shops. Also displays on Bromsgrove Guild and poet A.E. Housman. Free admission

26 Birmingham Road. Bromsgrove B61 0DD Tel: 01527 831809

The Carpet Museum Trust ­Weaver’s Loft

The Weaver’s Loft is a small exhibition of carpet making with a hand 100fT and weaving demonstrations. Free admission

New Meeting Church. Church Street,  Kidderminster DY10 1AQ  Tel: 01299 851214  Email

The Commandery

The Commandery is a magnificent historic building set within peaceful gardens right in the heart of Worcester. Free admission

Sidbury. Worcester WR1 2HU Tel: 01905361821  Email

Droitwich Spa Heritage and Information Centre

The Centre houses a permanent local history exhibition depicting the town’s "salty" past, having an excellent Roman section. Also a comprehensive Tourist Information Centre and Brass Rubbing Centre. Free admission

St Richard’s House, Victoria Square. Droitwich Spa WR9 8DS Tel: 01905 774312

The Elgar Birthplace Museum

Visit the Elgar Birthplace Museum for a fascinating insight into the life and music of one of England’s greatest composers, Sir Edward Elgar.

Crown East Lane. Lower Broadheath. Worcester WR2 6RH Tel: 01905 333224   Email

Malvern Museum

Malvern Museum Priory Gatehouse displays information on geology, medieval Malvern, the water cure, Elgar, the Morgan, Santler cars and the development or Radar

The Abbey Gateway, Abbey Road, Malvern WR14 3ES Tel: 01684 567811

George Marshall Medical Museum

A new museum the fascinating story of the history of medicine. Displays include an interactive touch screen and replica operating theatre. Film and activities for groups. Free admission

Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way. Worcester WR5 1DD Tel: 01905 760738
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Tenbury Museum

Folk museum, illustrating the history of Tenbury, everyday life and the local industries in the surrounding area. Free admission

Goff’s School Cross Street. Tenbury Wells WR15 8EQ Tel: 01584 810034

The Transport Museum, Wythall

The museum displays 100 vehicles, notably buses mostly built or operated in the midlands, and battery-electric vehicles. Buses and miniature steam trains run on events days,

Chapel Lane, Wythall B47 6JX Tel: 01564 826471  Email

Tudor House Museum

Museum of local life and history. Exhibits of tools, kitchen equipment. Victorian bedroom, local pottery, glass, early bath chair. chemists and doctors instruments, buttons, photos, etc

16 Church Street. Upton upon Severn WR8 0HT Tel: 01684 592447

Worcester City Museum and Art Gallery

Providing a lively programme of exhibitiors, activities and events Explore the fascinating historic displays. Visit the cafe. gallery shop, contemporary art gallery or the newly refurbished museums of the Worcestershire Regiment and Yeomanry. Free admission

Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DT Tel: 01905 25371   Email

Worcestershire County Museum

The museum is housed in Hartlebury Castle which was home to the Bishops of Worcester for over a thousand years. In the former servants' quarters of the North Wing a wide range of permanent exhibitions show the past lives of the county's inhabitants, from Roman times to the twentieth century.

Hartlebury Castle, Hartlebury, near Kidderminster DY11 7XZ Tel: 01299 250416  Email

The Museum of Worcester Porcelain

Travel through time and see how porcelain was used and displayed in room settings, dining scenes and shop fronts from 1751 to the present day.

Severn Street. Worcester WR1 2NE Tel: 01 905 617827    Email