Culture Vultures

Status:Active, open to new members
Coordinator:
Bill D Tel: 02476457321
When: All day
Usually 4th Thursday in a month, but not necessarily every month. See newsletter or this website for dates and further details.
Cost: When possible, we use public transport with an older person's concessionary bus pass, which also permits free West Midlands off peak train travel.

Visits to various venues and visitor attractions with a cultural theme such as art, history, literature, science or architecture, mainly using public transport. The aim is that visits takes place approximately every other month, but see the newsletter or this website for details of the next trip.

Suggestions for visits are welcomed, but there needs to be a cohesive and costed travel plan along with the proposed destination, and if you are prepared to help to co-ordinate the trip, then even better!

We've had a great time on these excursions, so why not join us?

Visiting the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition
Visit to Richard III Exhibition and Leicester Cathedral
Visit to Barber Institute (art gallery) Birmingham
Visit to Van Gogh Experience, Leicester
Tour of Rugby School
Tour of Oxford Colleges
Visiting Lapworth Museum, Birmingham
Visiting Birmingham Jewellery Quarter
Visit to Frida Kahlo Exhibition in Coventry
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery visit
Trip to Birmingham University and Lapworth Museum
Visit to Birmingham Coffin Works
Birmingham Coffin Works visit
Coventry Transport Museum visit

Forthcoming events

13th September 2026
Outing
Aston Hall is a magnificent 17th Century mansion in a public park. The restored rooms are furnished in Jacobean style, with furniture, paintings and textiles, while the long gallery is […]
Cost: Entry to the House is £10, which is halved with a National Trust card. The gardens and the church are free.