Museum · Coventry · West Midlands

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is a museum and art gallery in Coventry. Recorded visits for 2010 came to 300K. Close by, Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael is 200 m away, one of 52 within 15 km.

Photo: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, E Gammie (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Coventry

inside the built-up area

Visitors a year

300K

in 2010 (Wikidata)

How well known

Top 4%

#268 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Coventry

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#268 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (10 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Coventry

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is inside Coventry’s built-up area, with 20 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Coventry

If warmth matters, go June to September: Coventry reaches 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°63 mm

Feb8° / 2°46 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°46 mm

May17° / 7°61 mm

Jun20° / 10°55 mm

Jul22° / 12°64 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct14° / 7°67 mm

Nov10° / 4°68 mm

Dec8° / 2°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Coventry, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Coventry. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Coventry’s full climate →

About

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

It is written up in 10 Wikipedias.

Type: Museum
Visitors: 300K visitors a year (2010)
Wikipedias: Covered in 10 languages
Town: in Coventry
Official site: theherbert.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Entry, hours, address

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Finding Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Find Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Coventry, with 344,289 people, is the largest of the 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Coventry

344,289 people · 42 places to visit

2 · 3.6 km south of it

Baginton

741 people · 20 places to visit

3 · 4.9 km north of it

Ash Green

2,562 people · 17 places to visit

4 · 6 km north of it

Hawkesbury

2,288 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is	People	Places to visit
Coventry	It’s in town	344,289	42
Baginton	3.6 km south of it	741	20
Ash Green	4.9 km north of it	2,562	17
Hawkesbury	6 km north of it	2,288	6
Binley Woods	6.1 km east of it	2,569	11
Keresley Newlands	6.2 km north of it	3,631	14
Ryton-on-Dunsmore	6.6 km southeast of it	1,829	8
Bubbenhall	6.9 km south of it	647	5

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Choose from 52 places within 15 km, such as 2 cathedrals, 2 castles and 2 museums.

CathedralCoventry Cathedral Church of St Michael200 m away 2

Castle · English HeritageKenilworth Castle8.8 km away 3

MuseumCoventry Transport Museum500 m away 4

CastleCaludon Castle3.9 km away 5

CathedralSt Mary's Priory and Cathedral300 m away 6

Water parkThe Wave400 m away 7

Historic houseCoombe Abbey6.7 km away 8

MuseumNational Motorcycle Museum14 km away · 250K visitors a year

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to Herbert Art Gallery & Museum: questions

Where is Herbert Art Gallery & Museum?

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is in Coventry, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Herbert Art Gallery & Museum?

Museum and art gallery in Coventry, England, United Kingdom.

How many people visit Herbert Art Gallery & Museum?

About 300K visitors a year, in 2010 (the latest count on Wikidata).

When is the best time to visit Herbert Art Gallery & Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Coventry, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Herbert Art Gallery & Museum?

Within 15 km: Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael (200 m), Kenilworth Castle (8.8 km), Coventry Transport Museum (500 m) and Caludon Castle (3.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kenilworth Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coventry Transport Museum: Jim Linwood from London, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caludon Castle: Mum's taxi (Wikipedia Takes Coventry participant), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Priory and Cathedral: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Wave: Si Chun Lam (林詩雋), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coombe Abbey: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Motorcycle Museum: Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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