Head to Herbert Art Gallery & Museum for their Freaky Family Fun Day and celebrate all things STRANGE and MYSTERIOUS!

Freaky Family Fun Day | Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

• Date: Saturday 26 October 2024 | 11am - 3pm
• Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP
• Suitable for: All ages
• Price: FREE
• Booking: No need to book, just drop in!

Be one of the first to experience the extraordinary Microworld exhibition, then bring alive spooky skeletons, survive chilling stories in the Undercroft, and compose creepy soundtracks to classic horror and sci-fi films. Enjoy a Halloween-inspired performance by Rebel Manifesto Aerial Studio, spooky tours around the galleries, Studio Craft Workshops (Spooky Skeletons), mask making, and self-led face painting.

What to expect

There's a jammed pack day with lots of activities for families with both younger and older children to enjoy including:

All day:

• Studio craft workshops - Spooky skeletons (PAID)
• Mask making
• Self-led face painting
• CFON Spooky Soundtracking

 Regularly throughout the day:

• Undercroft Spooky Stories
• The Roswells
• Rebel Manifesto Aerial Studio - Halloween inspired performance
• Spooky tours around galleries

The Roswells

Performances Throughout the Day | FREE For all ages

What happens when an alien family sets its holiday destination as planet Earth? The Roswells have decided that the best place to come to discover more about humans and Planet Earth is the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum! The alien family will be spending their day enjoying the galleries, taking holiday snaps, playing a very English game of cricket and enjoying a picnic lunch. They would be more than happy if you joined them, perhaps you could help them understand more about life on Earth?   A sci-fi experience that offers something completely unique, fun filled and 'out of this world'. The Roswells are ready and waiting to entertain and entrance audiences across the UK.

Creepy Collages | Digital Art Masterclass

£8 Per Participant (Plus Booking Fees)* | 10.30am – 12.00pm & 1.30pm – 3.00pm | For ages 11-16

Be inspired by our new Microworlds exhibitions and develop a digital collage, mixing together images of museum objects and other weird and wonderful things to make a creepy creature of your own design. During this workshop participants will learn digital editing skills and have a guided visit to the microworld exhibition. *Admission to Microworlds is included within the workshop ticket price.

What is Microworld?

Microworld is an immersive space filled with digital creatures. The creatures communicate with each other and the audience. Sensors in the space create an engaging and intuitive digital ecosystem with cascades of actions and reactions. Each Microworld is a celebration of a new type of living art that encourages experimentation and collaborative play. Find out more.

Microworld is designed and programmed by Genetic Moo and produced by Lumen Studios.