Discworld

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Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
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Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Foregate Street, Worcester, WR1 1DT

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Date

06 Dec 2025

Time

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: 30 Years of Paul Kidby’s Illustration

Saturday 13 September 2025 – Sunday 4 January 2026 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum

This unique exhibition brings together a stunning selection of Paul Kidby’s paintings and drawings of Discworld characters. Paul started working with Terry Pratchett in 1993, becoming the ‘artist of choice’ for the Discworld books. He designed the Discworld book jackets from 2002 until the final volume appeared in 2015, shortly after Sir Terry’s untimely death.

The exhibition includes colourful paintings, exquisite pencil drawings, and a rogue’s gallery of favourite characters including Rincewind, Twoflower, the Librarian, Tiffany Aching, the Wee Free Men, Nanny Ogg, Conina, Baron Saturday and Errol.

This is a touring exhibition from St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery.

Exhibition admission

Tickets are required to visit this exhibition. Book online or call the telephone box office on 0333 666 3366. There are a variety of ticket options to choose from. The rest of the Art Gallery and Museum is free to visit as usual.

You are welcome to pay in the shop when you arrive.

The exhibition is open: Tuesdays to Saturdays: 10am – 4pm. Sundays: 10am – 3pm. Last entry is one hour before closing.

Christmas opening times: closed 24 – 26, 29 December and 1 January. Open 27, 28, 30 and 31 December.

Exhibition admissions and concessions
Adult£6
Worcester Resident£4Please bring proof of Council Tax bill payable to Worcester City Council.
Art Fund Member£3Please bring your Art Fund card with you.
Art Gallery and Museum MemberFREEPlease bring your membership card with you.
Under 16sFREE
Museums Worcestershire VolunteersFREEYou must be a current volunteer with Museums Worcestershire.
CarerFREEWhen it is necessary for a visitor to be accompanied by a carer we will give free admission to the carer.
Pay it forward | donate a ticket for a student to visit for free£4This donation ticket goes towards funding a student to visit the exhibition for free on a Wednesday or Saturday.
Student (ages 16+)FREE (limited spaces on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons only)Limited spaces available; funded by Worcestershire Heritage, Art & Museums Charity and public donations.
Book online or call the telephone box office on 0333 666 3366. 
Pay it forward | donate a ticket so a student can visit for free

Students aged 16+ can get free entry to the exhibition (student ID required) on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.

These tickets are funded jointly by Worcestershire Heritage, Art & Museums Charity and public donations.

If you would like to contribute, please purchase a “pay it forward” ticket alongside your own. All donations are gratefully received, thank you.*

If you are a student, there is no need to book, just come along on a Wednesday or Saturday. Please note there are limited numbers of these tickets and they are available on a first-come, first-served basis from the shop.

*Any unused funds at the end of the exhibition will be donated to Worcestershire Heritage, Art & Museums Charity.

Pay it forward donation tickets can be purchased online or by calling the telephone box office on 0333 666 3366. Please note the date you choose when purchasing does not matter as the pay it forward donation tickets will be shared with visiting students throughout the exhibition.

Audio guide

You can listen wherever you are, but the audio is designed to be enjoyed when you are in the exhibition.

Use your own headphones if you have them, and you can log into the Museum Guest wifi when you are at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum. The audio is about 28 minutes long.

The team is happy to help if you have any problems, and there are physical audio guides if you’d prefer to borrow one of those.

Happy listening – find the audio guide online here.

Related events

Celebrate the opening day! – Saturday 13 September, 11am – 1pm.

Worcester Music Festival – Featuring Fear, The Man – Saturday 13 September, 6.30 – 9pm.

Fantasy Quest Family Trail inspired by the exhibition – Saturday 13 September – Friday 12 December (excludes October half-term holiday).

Museum After Hours: Discworld – Friday 24 October, 6.30 – 9pm (aimed at adults, 18+).

Bite-size Talk: Illustrating Discworld with curator Claire Cheshire – Tuesday 11 November 2025, 2 – 2.30pm.

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📷 ‘Great A’Tuin’, Paul Kidby.

Discworld ® is a registered trademark of Dunmanifestin Ltd.

Dunmanifestin Ltd. owns the intellectual property rights of the late Sir Terry Pratchett.

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