Coventry Women Through History: Legacy, Impact and Change

Coventry Women Through History: Legacy, Impact and Change runs on Wednesday 28 October, from 10:30am to 3:00pm, across The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and the Coventry Transport Museum. It's a drop-in day, so you can wander in and out whenever suits you rather than committing to a fixed start time.

The day is built around the women who've shaped Coventry and left their mark on the wider world, pulling together stories from across the centuries. It's a broad reach: historical figures and local pioneers sit alongside artists, campaigners and women who made their way into 1980s music. The whole thing is held together by historic photographs and documents from Coventry Archives, which are displayed throughout the venues, with copies and interpretation panels on the walls to spell out the stories they tell.

There's a guided tour element to it, too, and the two museums each take a different angle. The Transport Museum runs tours on women's history, while the Herbert focuses on women in industry, community life and social change. If you're in the mood to get hands-on, there's object handling to get closer to the items themselves, and a costume corner where you can try on a costume and take a photograph.

Because it's a drop-in, you can pick your own pace—do the tours, browse the archives, or just spend a bit of time with the displays. It's included with admission, so if you're already heading into the museums, it's just one more thing to see while you're there. The Herbert and the Transport Museum are both in the city centre, and the day runs from 10:30am to 3:00pm on Wednesday 28 October.