Forthcoming local events

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Coventry's Lost Library
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
Drop into the History Gallery during opening hours - museum admission fees apply. Find out about the Old Grammar School, on Hales Street, and its library collection, founded more than 450 years ago. See a magnificent medieval manuscript and discover what a Tudor schoolchild would have been reading.
https://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/1891/coventrys-lost-library

Behind the Scenes - Coventry Archive Christmas Tours
Tuesday 16th December 2025
12pm - 1pm and 1:30pm - 2:30pm £5 per person Celebrate the Xmas season with a tour of the archive strongrooms, a fascinating look at festive documents and visit to our medieval undercroft! To book a space contact our Archives team on: archives@cvlife.co.uk or 024 7623 7583 Spaces are limited and on a first come first served basis
https://www.theherbert.org/history-centre/

Joseph Paxton Talk at the Archives, by Peter Walters
Tuesday 20th January 2026
11am start. Free entry but donations or Archives shop purchases gratefully received. Designer of the Crystal Palace and one of Europe’s leading horticulturists, Joseph Paxton was a giant of the Victorian age. Coventry played a modest but important part in his life and career as first designer of London Road cemetery and then MP. Peter Walters tells his fascinating story. To book a space for this talk, contact our Archives team on: archives@cvlife.co.uk or call 02476 237583 / 02476 237578 spaces are limited and on a first come first served basis
Email: archives@cvlife.co.uk