A Tyrannosaurus rex, baby dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures are coming to Coventry city centre later this month, joining Dippy the Diplodocus for a dinosaur-themed family event.
Dinosaur Discovery Day will be held on Saturday, July 25 at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, running from 10am to 4pm and included with standard admission.
Large-scale dinosaur puppets will roam the venue throughout the day, giving visitors the chance to get up close to lifelike creatures, handle real fossil specimens from the Herbert’s own collections, and take on friends and family in dinosaur-themed board games.
Visitors can also join Nature’s Wonders, a new series of drop-in craft activities inspired by the natural world, and take the opportunity to see three of the Herbert’s new summer exhibitions in one visit.
These include Unearth the Palaeoverse: Dig Into the Dawn of Time, which uses immersive digital displays to bring prehistoric life to the museum, and Curious Creatures: Stones and Bones, featuring more than 250 natural history specimens. A third exhibition, Beneath the Waves, is an immersive sensory experience designed especially for children under five.
Kathy Byrne, venue manager at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, said the event was one of the highlights of the venue’s calendar and a fantastic way to kick off the summer holidays.
“Whether visitors are watching the dinosaurs roam the museum, discovering fossils from our collections, getting creative with our craft activities or exploring our other captivating new exhibitions, there’s something to spark everyone’s curiosity,” she said.
She added that she hoped people of all ages would spend the day discovering everything the Herbert has to offer this summer.
Dinosaur Discovery Day is included with standard admission to the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, alongside the Unearth the Palaeoverse, Curious Creatures and Beneath the Waves exhibitions.
For more information, visit www.theherbert.org/whats-on
