 In 2009 the Herbert hosted a collection of fifty watercolours from British artists such as J. M. W. Turner and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.In 2010, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the museum's opening, the Herbert held several events throughout the year.In March more than 1,000 people attended a special event where ten objects, including a sixteenth-century tapestry and Shakespeare's ring, illustrating the history of Warwickshire, were put on display.