Activities
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Arley Arboretum & Gardens, Bewdley
Renowned for its stunning beauty, Arley Arboretum sits on the banks of the River Severn at Upper Arley, within the 1,600 acre Arley Estate. One of the oldest in Britain, this beautiful arboretum s open to the public courtesy of the Trustees of the Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust.
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Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove
An open-air museum of relocated buildings, it was founded in 1963 following the dismantling of a 15th-century timber-framed house in Bromsgrove. The museum's collection contains more than 30 buildings and structures which have been relocated to the museum, including a toll house, a perry mill, an earth closet, and a counting-house.
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Forge Mill Needle Museum, Redditch
This is a historic museum depicting Redditch's Industrial Heritage, which was opened in 1983 by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Harvington Hall, Worcestershire, England
Humphrey Pakington’s house was built in the 1580s and has priest hides from when it was dangerous to be a Catholic priest in England. The Elizabethan building is now owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham.
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Museum of Royal Worcester, Worcester
The museum holds over 10,000 ceramic objects, exploring the history of 250 years of industrial heritage.
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Stone House Cottage Garden, Kidderminster
The garden at Stone House Cottage is the display garden for the adjoining nursery, which has the reputation of having one of the largest selections of rare plants for sale in the country – all the plants in the garden are painstakingly labelled.
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The Commandery, Worcester
The museum is in what was the Royalist headquarters during the deciding battle of the English Civil War - the Battle of Worcester 1651.
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The Firs: Elgar's Birthplace, Worcester
This National Trust site is the former home of famous composer Edward Elgar, who was born here on 2nd June 1857 and lived here until his family moved to Worcester two years later.
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The Transport Museum, Wythall
The museum collections include over 90 buses, bus company art and photographs, as well as the largest collection of restored battery electric vehicles in the world. There is also the opportunity to see the restoration process in the yard.
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Tudor House and Garden, Worcester
Tudor House was established as Southampton's first museum in 1912. The site of the house has been occupied since 1180, with part of the walls turned into Southhampton's defensive walls in 1338. The main body of the house was built in the late 14th and early 15th-century. The museum collection includes Georgian and Victorian jewellery, medieval and Tudor artefacts, and local history.
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Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Worcester
The museum was founded in 1833 by members of the Worcestershire Natural History Society. It is in a Victorian building in central Worcester, which opened in 1896. The gallery exhibits contemporary art and craft exhibitions, as well as local and natural history.
