Don't forget to book your HAF places this summer ☀️ CV Life are part of this summer's HAF Holiday programme and will be hosting events across our leisure centres and destination venues 🎉 📆 Places available 21 July to 1 September 2026 Book now: https://ow.ly/w67h50ZnI56

Youth Artists Holiday Clubs 🎨 Starting 28 July Little artists can enjoy a full day of hands-on arts and crafts inspired by our current exhibitions. 📆 Tuesdays & Wednesdays | 28 July - 19 August, 9.30am - 3.30pm 🎟️ £20 per person | Book online https://ow.ly/2ecw50ZnHIq

When you try to take a photo of our new exhibition and you accidentally open the front camera... 🫣 Curious Creatures, Stones and Bones is now open 🦴 Come and explore! 🐞 Over 250 individual items 🪨 Our cave with UV reactive rocks 🍃 Wellbeing area https://ow.ly/VM9Y50ZnkeF

📚 Sensory Stories & Rhymes Tuesday | 10.30am-11am | £1.50 per child 🦊 Warwickshire Wildlife Talks with Simon Watts Tuesday | 1pm-2pm | £12 per person 🦖 Home Educators Day - Dinosaurs & More Wednesday | 10.30am - 3pm | From FREE https://ow.ly/7eUL50VV3xO

We're opening two new exhibitions tomorrow! 🎉 🐠 Beneath the Waves An immersive, sensory-rich experience for children aged 0-4 🦊 Curious Creatures, Stones and Bones Explore incredible specimens from our natural sciences collection 📆 Open from 10am https://ow.ly/jNRr50Zmotp

FINAL CALL | We're #HIRING 📝 Culture Coventry Board of Directors (Trustee) Help shape the strategic direction of an organisation that brings together sport, culture and community engagement to create positive change. 📝 Voluntary Position 📆 Closes: 10 July 2026 https://ow.ly/shhm50Zexwo

📚 Sensory Stories & Rhymes | Tuesday | 10.30am 🧶 Create and Craft Café | Tuesday | 10.30am 🎮 Home Ed Gamers Meet Ups | Tuesday | 1pm 🦊 NEW! Curious Creatures, Stones and Bones | From Saturday 🪸 NEW! Beneath the Waves | From Saturday https://ow.ly/7eUL50VV3xO

To celebrate our summer exhibitions, we'll be hosting a Dinosaur Discovery Day on Saturday 25 July 🎉 🦕 🦖 Meet & greet dinosaurs throughout the day 🐚 Visit our three summer exhibitions 🍃 Drop in to our natural history–inspired craft activities https://ow.ly/iWPg50ZkF0y

As part of the Godiva in the City, we will be extending our opening hours this weekend 🎉 📆 Saturday | 10am - 5pm 📆 Sunday | 12pm - 5pm 🎟️ Tickets to the Herbert can be purchased online or at our front desk on the day. https://ow.ly/bLc150Zk48s

We're thrilled to announce our next exhibition, Curious Creatures, Stones and Bones will open on Saturday 11 July 2026 🦋 Explore incredible specimens from our natural sciences collection and discover fascinating facts about them 🦊 https://ow.ly/Kn0250ZjY2B

FINAL CALL | Freelancer Callout 🌻 HAF Workshops 🌳 Create workshops that help children and young people to feel more closely connected to nature ☀️ Workshops to be held in late July and August 📆 Closing Date: Friday 3 July 2026, 4pm Find out more: https://ow.ly/bSes50Zh9MY

Night of the Shadows 👻 Ghost Hunt Join us for a spooky ghost hunt in the Herbert's Undercroft! 🔦 Explore the medieval undercroft by torchlight 👻 Conduct EVP and spirit communication experiments 📚 Hear local legends stories 🎟️ £47 per person https://ow.ly/Oiwe50ZjzCA

📚 Sensory Stories & Rhymes Tuesday | 10.30am-11am | £1.50 🖌️ Mini Makers: Messy Play Thursday | 10.30am-12pm | £2.50 🎨 NEW EXHIBITION! TWO LIONESSES Open until 18 July 🎨 NEW EXHIBITION! Lou Blakeway: Painting Herstories Open until 18 July https://ow.ly/7eUL50VV3xO

☠️ Spooky Jo will be back tomorrow for Blood, Bandages & Barber Surgeons! Delve into the gruesome world of medieval medicine and the barber surgeons who practised it with our dark history talks. 📅 Thursday 25 June | 11am - 12pm 🎟️ £10.50 | For ages 10+ https://ow.ly/zTYH50XQHfN

Book your Doze Under Dippy now and enjoy a new Wave waterpark offer! 🌊 For just £5 extra per person, you can enjoy a session at The Wave anytime for up to one month after the sleepover 🎉 Tickets are limited, so secure yours now! https://ow.ly/QrNY50Z818M

Join us this Saturday for this month's Pastime Playtimes♟️ Beat the heat and enjoy a nostalgic trip at our Pastime Playtimes sessions - drop in and enjoy games such as Scrabble, Monopoly, Operation and more! 🎟️ Saturday 27 June | Drop in from 10am https://ow.ly/Sgfr50ZfRIU

Our Early Years exhibition is back for 2026 - and it's bigger and better than ever! 🎉 Beneath the Waves — an immersive, sensory-rich experience inspired by the wonders and mysteries of ocean life opens on Saturday 11 July 2026, 10am 🐠 https://ow.ly/Tu7V50ZfRlI

📚 Sensory Stories & Rhymes Tuesday | 10.30am 🎨 NEW EXHIBITION! TWO LIONESSES From Tuesday | Available during opening hours ☠️ Dark History Talks | Blood, Bandages & Barber Surgeons Thursday | 11am ♟️ Pastime Playtimes! Saturday | 10am-3pm https://ow.ly/7eUL50VV3xO

☀️ Happy Summerween! 🎃 It's the summer version of Halloween and we're showcasing our upcoming Dark History Talks hosted by Dark History UK: ✂️ Thursday 25 June | Blood, Bandages & Barber Surgeons 🕰️ Thursday 23 July | The Grim Fate of the Marys https://ow.ly/YYxo50Zfj97

☠️ Have you booked your tickets yet? These Dark History informative talks are back to highlight the dark, grim, ghostly and occasionally funny historic tales. ⌛ Thursday 25 June | 11am | Blood, Bandages & Barber Surgeons 🎟️ £10.50 | 🧒 For ages 10+ https://ow.ly/zTYH50XQHfN

LAST CHANCE TO BOOK 🦊 Learn more about the natural world in our new interactive talks, hosted by local naturalist, Simon Watts, featuring stunning visuals and beautifully captured sound. 📆 Wednesday 17 June, 1pm-2pm 🎟️ £12 per person | Book online https://ow.ly/mvHU50YYSNk

📚 Sensory Stories & Rhymes Tuesday | 10.30am-11am 🦊 Warwickshire Wildlife Talks with Simon Watts Wednesday | 1pm-2pm 🎨 NEW EXHIBITION! Queer Monumentality From Wednesday | Available during opening hours https://ow.ly/7eUL50VV3xO

Don’t forget to book your ticket 🎟️ Warwickshire Wildlife talk with Simon Watts. These fun and interactive talks are perfect for those that would like to know more about Warwickshire’s natural landscape. 📆 Wednesday 17 June, 1pm-2pm 🎟️ £12 per person https://ow.ly/mvHU50YYSNk

For a limited time only, we're offering a 25% discount on bookings for our summer Home Ed Gamers Meet Ups 🎉 🕹️ Social gaming sessions for 11 - 16 year olds 📅 Tuesdays | 7 July & 4 August 2026, 1pm-3pm https://ow.ly/kS8x50Z49MK #coventry #HomeEd #coventryevents

🎨 Highlights Tours Tuesday-Sunday 📚 Sensory Stories & Rhymes Tuesday | 10.30am 🖌️ NEW EXHIBITION! Queer Monumentality From Wednesday 🦖 EXHIBITION Unearth the Palaeoverse: Dig Into the Dawn of Time | Until 31 Aug 2026 https://ow.ly/7eUL50VV3xO

This summer, enjoy a talk by local naturalist, Simon Watts and discover more about nature and wildlife. 📆 Wednesday 17 June or Tuesday 14 July, 1pm-2pm 🎟️ £12 per person | Book online https://ow.ly/mvHU50YYSNk

☠️ Dark History talks have returned! Our next talk will be on Blood, Bandages & Barber Surgeons - the gruesome world of medieval medicine and the barber surgeons who practised it. 📅 Thursday 25 June | 11am - 12pm 🎟️ £10.50 per person 🧒 For ages 10+ https://ow.ly/zTYH50XQHfN

Doze Under Dippy is back this summer - and with a brand new Wave waterpark offer! 🌊 For just £5 extra per person, you can enjoy a session at The Wave anytime for up to one month after the sleepover 🎉 🎟️ 26 July, £50-£55 per person Book now: https://ow.ly/HGZA50Z818W

Tuesday: 🧶 Create & Craft Cafe | 10.30am 📚 Sensory Stories & Rhymes | 10.30am 🎮 Home Ed Gamers Meet Ups | 1pm Thursday: 🖌️ Mini Makers: Messy Play | 10.30am Weekend: 🚗 MotoFest 2026 (Joint ticket offer with Coventry Transport Museum) https://ow.ly/7eUL50VV3xO

🎉 Join CV Life as a Trustee ✏️ Help support the development and delivery of the CV Life’s strategic objectives. 👉 Support partnerships that improve wellbeing, heritage, education and sport in Coventry 👉 Roles is voluntary and unpaid https://cvlife.co.uk/job-vacancie/cv-life-trustee/