Exhibitions & Workshops events
Move and Play
Thursday 11 July 2019 – Sunday 10 November 2019
Location: Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1JD
Explore an immersive world of games, challenges, and triumph in this must-see exhibition!
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Let's Animate Presents: Monthly Animation Club
Monday 15 July 2019 – Monday 9 December 2019
Location: Fargo Village Far Gosford Street, Coventry, CV1 5ED.
Calling all Home Ed students, come along to the Let’s Animate studio and have fun animating.
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Mini Makers
Thursday 5 September 2019 – Thursday 5 December 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
There is tons of creative fun for little hands and feet in this informal drop-in art session.
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Coventry Improv Presents: Full of Beans
Friday 13 September 2019 – Friday 13 December 2019
Location: Esquires Coffee, Coventry Transport Museum, Millennium Place, Hales St, Coventry, CV1 1JD.
Coventry's monthly improv comedy show.
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Sensory Play Days
Thursday 19 September 2019 – Friday 20 December 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Let imaginations soar as your child learns to play creatively in this interactive space.
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Mothers Who Make
Saturday 28 September 2019 – Saturday 30 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
This innovative nationwide movement continues in Coventry this autumn.
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Silversmithing Workshop
Saturday 28 September 2019 – Saturday 14 December 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Led by our informative tutors, Laura and Naim, this workshop will teach you all the basic techniques of silversmithing and because we keep numbers small, there is time to explore a range of techniques
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Coventry Biennial 2019: The Twin
Monday 30 September 2019 – Sunday 24 November 2019
Location: Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP.
The Biennial’s title this year is The Twin and it comprises a series of exhibitions, events and activities about relationships.
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Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art 2019
Tuesday 1 October 2019 – Sunday 24 November 2019
Location: Coventry
Coventry Biennial is a young, social and political platform for contemporary art in Coventry, the UK and internationally.
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Coffee and Cake Chinwag
Tuesday 1 October 2019 – Wednesday 4 December 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Kick starting on International Coffee Day, meet and mingle with other parents and care givers in this new monthly social gathering.
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Heritage Storeys
Thursday 3 October 2019 – Sunday 3 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Heritage Storeys is a Virtual Reality storytelling experience where you can travel through time in a lift and immerse yourself in a series of compelling historical stories.
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Stretch With Us: Artist-Led Yoga
Saturday 5 October 2019 – Saturday 26 October 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
LYNNEBEC are thrilled to be leading a series of Stretch With Us: Artist-Led Yoga sessions. They will combine the joy of partner-based work, stretching and their approach to the body.
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Partisan Social Club
Saturday 5 October 2019 – Sunday 24 November 2019
Location: The Row 8 Ironmonger Row, Coventry, CV1 1FD
Partisan Social Club (PSC) is a project initiated by artists Mel Jordan and Andy Hewitt. For Coventry Biennial 2019 they are developing a new project.
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Where's Wally? The Big Museum Hunt
Saturday 12 October 2019 – Sunday 3 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
This half-term, WALLY, the world’s favourite children’s book character – wearing a red-and-white striped shirt and black-rimmed specs – will be travelling the country.
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October Half Term - Festival of the Dead
Saturday 19 October 2019 – Sunday 3 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Join us to create some spooktacular crafts as part of our Festival of the Dead celebrations.
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Off the Beaten Path
Sunday 20 October 2019
Location: Coventry Central Library Smithford Way, Coventry, CV1 1FY.
To mark World Mental Health Day on the 10th October 2019 Art-Folks members are exhibiting mixed media work exploring the human drive to creativity as well as a 'the final jigsaw' sculpture.
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Radiant Roman Lamps
Monday 21 October 2019 – Friday 25 October 2019
Location: Lunt Roman Fort Coventry Rd, Baginton, Coventry CV8 3AJ
Give thanks to the Gods for another successful campaign, by making your own working Roman lamp! All materials are provided.
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Environment Matters to Us Too! Communities, 'Race' and Class - Black History Month 2019
Tuesday 22 October 2019
Location: Ryton Organic Gardens Wolston Lane, Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3LG
This year the Centre forAgroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) will be hosting a special event to mark Black History Month.
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Behind the Scenes Family Store Tour
Wednesday 23 October 2019 – Thursday 31 October 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Join our curator for a 30 minute behind the scenes talk and tour in our Natural History store, where you will encounter objects from our skeletal collection and a mummified cat too!
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Art Masterclass: Screen Printed Canvas Bag
Thursday 24 October 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Continuing with our programme of exciting art classes for children, we will be discovering the techniques for screen printing using Day of the Dead imagery as inspiration.
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ESC X Proof Bakery
Friday 25 October 2019
Location: Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5.
With tickets for the first instalment of our experimental series ESC X selling out soon after listing, we're stoked to be announcing our next event early.
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Phoenix City Screenings
Friday 25 October 2019
Location: The Row 8 Ironmonger Row, Coventry, CV1 1FD
Join Coventry Biennial 2019 for an evening of artists’ film and video works to inform and inspire ahead of the Phoenix City symposium exploring the discourse around UK City of Culture.
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Nightmares and Nibbles 2019
Friday 25 October 2019 – Friday 1 November 2019
Location: The Old Grammar School Bishop Street, Coventry
Nightmares and Nibbles allows you to join Dr. Frankenstein for the grand unveiling of a secret laboratory at Coventry’s medieval Old Grammar School for an immersive theatrical and food experience.
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Phoenix City Convergence
Saturday 26 October 2019
Location: Ellen Terry Building, 34-35 Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW.
A symposium exploring the discourse around UK City of Culture.
What is a City of Culture, and who is it for? What do local artists and residents want it to be, and (how) can it be influenced?
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Monstrous Minibeast Hunting
Monday 28 October 2019
Location: Brandon Marsh Nature Centre Brandon Lane, Coventry, CV3 3GW.
Can you make your own web and find some creepy crawlies hiding out in the deep dark woods. This session is suitable for children aged 2+.
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Hibernating Hedgehogs
Monday 28 October 2019
Location: Brandon Marsh Nature Centre Brandon Lane, Coventry, CV3 3GW.
Find out about hedgehogs and their night time lives, what do they eat? Where are they in Winter? Plus make a mud hedgehog too! This session is suitable for children aged 2+.
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Den Building
Tuesday 29 October 2019
Location: Brandon Marsh Nature Centre Brandon Lane, Coventry, CV3 3GW.
Would you be able to survive outside this Autumn? Come find out as you discover how to make a survival den in the woods, to keep warm and sheltered away from the cold.
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Jesmonite Jewellery Workshop
Saturday 2 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Create a beautiful and on-trend jesmonite pendant and design it in block colour, or with a marble effect.
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Mini Museum Engineers - Dens
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Location: Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1JD
Come and build dens of all shapes and sizes in our museum.
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Lino Cutting Workshop
Saturday 9 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Discover the techniques needed to cut designs, create a relief surface and experiment with inking and printing.
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Coventry Accents in the Coventry Archives
Saturday 9 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Dr. Christopher Strelluf uses the treasure trove of old sound recordings in the Coventry Archives to show what English in Coventry was like.
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Midlands Arts Papers 3 - Launch
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
An event celebrating the new issue of the online journal.
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Tales from Coventry Tables: A Supper Club
Saturday 16 November 2019
Location: The Old Grammar School Bishop Street, Coventry
Food is much more than sustenance.
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Hands on History for All Ages
Saturday 16 November 2019
Location: Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery 227 Coton Rd, Nuneaton CV11 5TU
Get hands on with Museum objects every third Saturday of the month! Join one of our Museum Access Assistants as they spotlight items from the Museum’s collections.
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World Nursery Rhyme Week: On Tour!
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Location: Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1JD
It's World Nursery Rhyme week and to celebrate we are taking our Sensory Stories and Rhymes activities on tour to Coventry Transport Museum for this day only.
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Mini Museum Engineers - Travelling the World
Wednesday 20 November 2019
Location: Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1JD
We move around the world in many different ways.
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Making Merry: Arts, Crafts and Gifts Fair
Friday 29 November 2019 – Saturday 30 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Our fabulous feast of festive fun returns, bringing you the best local and ethical arts and crafts. Get ahead of the festive game with workshops, music, choirs and more.
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Wreath Making
Saturday 30 November 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Create a fabulous wreath in this ever popular workshop.
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Mini Museum Engineers - Tool Skills
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Location: Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1JD
Join this session to practice your tool skills and make a beautiful wooden toy to take home.
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Christmas Early Years Celebrations
Tuesday 10 December 2019 – Tuesday 17 December 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Tis the season to sing with Santa and enjoy a Christmas story too.
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GreenMatthews presents: A Brief History of Christmas: 600 Years of Yuletide Songs, Carols, Tunes and Tales
Wednesday 11 December 2019
Location: The Old Grammar School Bishop Street, Coventry
Acclaimed musicians GreenMatthews (with special guest Jude Rees of Pilgrim's Way) present a festive romp through 600 years of Christmas music, songs and carols.
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Mini Museum Engineers - Lights
Wednesday 11 December 2019
Location: Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1JD
Come into the museum to discover light and shade through play.
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Family Saturday: This makes That with These - Star Struck
Saturday 14 December 2019
Location: Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1JD
Celebrate the festive season with this wonderful Family Saturday.
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Herbert Illuminations - George Eliot at 200 - and the Coventry Connection
Tuesday 17 December 2019
Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP
Mary Ann Evans spent the first 21 years of her life at Griff, midway between Bedworth and Nuneaton.
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Mini Museum Engineers - Marble Runs
Wednesday 18 December 2019
Location: Coventry Transport Museum Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1JD
We are going to finish our Mini Museum Engineers year with our most popular session.
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Hands on History for All Ages
Saturday 21 December 2019
Location: Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery 227 Coton Rd, Nuneaton CV11 5TU
Get hands on with Museum objects every third Saturday of the month! Join one of our Museum Access Assistants as they spotlight items from the Museum’s collections.
