Present Exhibitions:
Artwork: Golden River by Pat McHale
Until 19 April 2026
This is the Coventry Art Societies’ 17th exhibition at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.
The show presents a diverse and inspiring collection of artworks created by members of art societies and art groups across Coventry and Warwickshire, featuring paintings, sculpture, ceramics and more.
Photo: Garry Jones
Saturday Town
Until 4 May 2026
Since 2013 Casey Orr has travelled the UK, photographing young people in towns and cities on Saturday afternoons, documenting changing society as seen through youth culture, fashion, tribes and identity.
The pop-up portrait studio has worked with hundreds of young people, spanning a decade of major changes in culture, style and diverse identities – as well as the ways we use our public spaces.
Until 25 May 2026
Stories That Made Us – Roots, Resilience, Representation traces the experiences of a South Asian family in Coventry from 1968 to 2010, drawing on Coventry Archives’ Virk Collection and curator & artist Hardish Virk’s personal archive.
Through sound, film, photographs, books, magazines, posters, vinyl records, cassettes and immersive design, the exhibition explores migration, activism and cultural identity across generations.
Until February 2027
Fresh from its recent return home to the Natural History Museum, Dippy the Diplodocus (DIP-low-DOCK-us) is stomping into Coventry this February half-term, set to remain as dino-in-residence at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum until 2027!
Dippy the dinosaur is a life-size, plaster-of-paris replica of a Diplodocus carnegii skeleton. It became the first Diplodocus to go on display anywhere in the world when it was gifted to the Natural History Museum by Andrew Carnegie on 12 May 1905.
It quickly became a star, capturing hearts and imaginations, and went on to complete a whirlwind tour of the UK in 2017. After a brief return home to London, Dippy is now living in Coventry until 2027.
Image: Dippy the Dinosaur | Photograph: FiveSix Photography
Dippy the diplodocus is on loan from
the Natural History Museum, London.
