Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Home to Coventry's History, Art & Culture
The Herbert has a large and wide-ranging collection including social history,
archaeology, natural history and art which are displayed in a series of engaging and
interactive exhibitions.
Some of the Museum’s finest paintings are on show in the Old Masters gallery,
including a portrait of King George III by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Luca Giordano’s
monumental 17th century painting of Bacchus and Ariadne, Johann Zoffany’s
painting of 1768, The Porter and the Hare shows what is believed to be the very first
depiction of a sandwich in art.
The Herbert is also home to Coventry Archives, the city’s destination for historical documents, photographs, maps and archival materials.
Remembering the Coventry Blitz | 85 Years Later
Playful Planet
Lunt Roman Fort Camp Outs
Great Big Green Week | THE HERDS
Dippy in Coventry: Visitor Reactions
Dippy in Coventry: Time Lapse
Dippy in Coventry: Exhibition Flythrough
Collecting Coventry Curator Q&A Part 7
Collecting Coventry Curator Q&A Part 6
Collecting Coventry Curator Q&A Part 5
Collecting Coventry Curator Q&A Part 4
Journeys Within
Collecting Coventry Curator Q&A Part 3
Collecting Coventry Curator Q&A Part 2
Collecting Coventry Curator Q & A
JOY...Inspired by Nature: Curator Tour
Nahem Shoa: Finding a Voice
JOY…Inspired By Nature Exhibition Flythrough
Collecting Coventry Exhibition Flythrough
After The End Of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024, Curator Tour
Caring for the Nation's Favourite Dinosaur: The life and times of Dippy the Diplodocus
Confessions Of A Real-Life Palaeo-Barbie: Curatorial Talk By Emma Bernard
After The End Of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024 Exhibition Flythrough