Past Exhibitions
Take a look at past exhibitions which have been on show at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum as well as Coventry Transport Museum, ranging from contemporary visual arts and transport innovation to historic artefacts and cutting edge design.
2025
Jason and the Adventure of 254
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Friday 11 July - Sunday 5 October 2025
A Prayer For Coventry, Life Starts Here (Forever) by Cora Sehgal Cuthbert
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
23 August 2025 - 12 October 2025
Brick Dinos
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
31 May - 7 September 2025
Coventry Open 2025
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
28 March - 8 June 2025
Collecting Coventry
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
11 May 2024 - 27 April 2025
Playful Planet | Early Years
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
19 July 2025 - 31 August 2025
2024
Microworld Coventry
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
26 October 2024 - 23 February 2025
JOY… inspired by nature
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
20 July 2024 - 22 September 2024
After The End Of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
29 March 2024 - 16 June 2024
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
27 October 2023 - 1 April 2024
CASE: Coventry Art Societies Exhibition
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
2 February to 3 March 2024
2023
Coventry Biennial 2023: …like a short cut through the brambles
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
6 October 2023 - 14 January 2024
Work on Walls
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
23 June - 3 September 2023
Divided Selves
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 February - 24 September 2023
The City is Full of Noises
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
1 March – 26 March 2023
Coventry Open 2023
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
23 March – 21 May 2023
2022
Women in Motorsport
Coventry Transport Museum
29 January - 29 May 2022
Coventry Banner Project
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
13 May - 30 August 2022
Alex Billingham: WoRD SouP
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 November - 15 December 2022
Creative Connections Coventry
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
4 March – 30 May 2022
Grown Up In Britain
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
1 July 2022 - 12 January 2023
Bombed - A Trilogy
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
11 November - 21 November 2022
Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 February - 26 June 2022
Brought To Light
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
12 August 2022 - 8 January 2023
Caludon Castle
Coventry Archives
30 March - 21 May 2022
Ali Cherri: If you prick us, do we not bleed?
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
12 August 2022 - 8 January 2023
2021
Coventry Biennial 2021:
HYPER-POSSIBLE
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
8October 2021 - 6 February 2022
UnNatural History
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
28 May - 22 August 2021
Gearing Up:
From Saddle to Spoke
Coventry Transport Museum
12 March - 13 June 2021
Turner Prize 2021
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
29 September 2021 - 12 January 2022
What Photography & Incarceration Have In Common With An Empty Vase
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
15 January - 18 April 2021
2 Tone: Lives & Legacies
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
28 May - 12 September 2021
Gearing Up: Behind the Frame
Coventry Transport Museum
26 February - 13 June 2021
Our Future Moves
Coventry Transport Museum
17 July - 31 October 2021
Work on Windows: The Herbert in a new Perspective
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
15 August 2020 - 9 August 2021
2020
![[Image Description: Golden chains and orange material drape down from the ceiling of a white gallery room. In the background are several artworks hung on the wall.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1610459895580-4QTYRK15ZIX3YEAD3AVH/TWOL-herbert-HR-%40garryjonesphotography-85.jpg)
13 Ways of Looking
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
2 October - 13 December
![[Image Description: Four people framed by the parts of an airplane, standing in front of a blue background, looking up.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1610461176439-MO1QY5K920VOQCBW3PFQ/CTM+Flight-49.jpg)
Taking Flight
Coventry Transport Museum
25 January – 1 November
![[Image Description: Abstract sculpture of a ship in the foreground with various pieces of art hanging on the wall in the background.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1610460719590-ZTPHPMPGYTMRWBGDEKVO/image-HAEzDptZOC6gIA-large.jpg)
Coventry Open
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
29 February – 19 April
![[Image Description: Shots of three different projectors in an exhibition space. All of them show some sort of landscape, the one in the foreground is most visible and shows a figure walking on a path.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1610461072270-89H3X02517PSU3X9YBW0/image-YQEesTSKNyNZ0w-large.jpg)
Quinn: A Journey
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
14 February - 31 May
2019
![[Image Description: Close-up image of an abstract sculpture installation.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611671771045-ZNF5JIWLSKF1QU37J3US/Herbert+Twin+-9.jpg)
Coventry Biennial 2019 - The Twin
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
5 October - 26 January 2020
![[Image Description: Gallery photo of five drawings. Some are reflecting off of each other due to the way they are framed.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611742563500-WRYJ2RLJOXHSVXTXTZD2/Herbert+Radical+Drawing-6.jpg)
Radical Drawing
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 October - 19 January 2020
![[Image Description: A young girl is walking on a tightrope. Below her there is an image of a city street.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611743545454-7ZU15F7O7ZK14EKNSLSX/LP21%2BTightrope%2Bwalking.jpg)
Move & Play
Coventry Transport Museum
30 June - 10 November
![[Image Description: Gallery shot of Wonder featuring an interactive light pavilion in the foreground and a gallery wall filled with paintings in the background.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611671543244-K1GGEW59QJO3OLSMG8LJ/Advent_28-06-19_Wonder_1_Exhibition107.jpg)
WONDER: Where Reality and Imaginary Collide
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
29 June - 15 September
![[Image Description: Image of a female lion drinking water while staring directly at the camera.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611743193837-ISTUBG9JNKT2RHT7CR4A/Isak+Pretorius+-+Wildlife+Photographer+of+the+Year.jpg)
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
16 February - 2 June
![[Image Description: Abstract portrait painting of a lady in grey, blue, and blood orange.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611743384628-S08BXEDQRROY5KNW7HUH/Herbert+Radical+Drawing-6.jpg)
CASE 2019
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
18 April - 19 May
![[Image Description: Image of the back of a classic, yellow New York taxi.]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff712fd67a5a02a5d531f25/1611743498202-4DB8XASHT69H9M8H5T08/NYC%2BCab.jpg)
TAXI: The Story from A to B
Coventry Transport Museum
26 January - 12 May
2018
More coming soon…