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News - 2017

Volunteers Week: Rachel's Story

05/06/2017

Did you that the Coventry Archive and Research Centre, located in the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, houses the Rootes Archives - a transport collection of national importance? Read volunteer Rachel's story to discover more about this exciting project... "Hi! My name is Rachel Owen and I’ve been volunteering... Read more

GT Motorsport star races into Coventry to boost STEAM in the City

09/05/2017

One of the leading stars of GT Motorsport will be visiting Coventry Transport Museum on May 10 as part of a concerted push to get more young people interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM). Brose UK, who employs almost 1000 people across its two plants in the City, has teamed up with Coventry Transport Museum to... Read more

A Model from Memory

03/05/2017

In our collection, we have a very special item - a model made from memory. In the year 2000 David Robinson (pictured below with his son Ciaran) was commissioned by the museum to build a small model of a single decker Maudslay bus. Inspired by the museum’s own collection David got to work creating a model for this ENTA (NVQ) training... Read more

Jump on board the historical Sky Blues Bus!

27/04/2017

This May sees the 30th anniversary of Coventry City FC winning the FA Cup and to mark this occasion Coventry Transport Museum are opening up the legendary Sky Blues Bus for one day only! Visitors will be able to get on board the uniquely decorated bus on Sunday 21st May to take their own pictures including on the open top... Read more

Don't miss out on the latest from the Coventry Transport Museum

Home of Record Breakers

Coventry Transport Museum is home to the world's two fastest cars.

Marvel at these spectacular feats of British engineering.

Get up close to the two fastest cars in the world, Thrust SSC and Thrust 2.

Bring the curriculum to life!

Coventry Transport Museum's interactive exhibitions make the perfect venue for school visits in Coventry.

We offer a wide range of sessions for school groups, all 'Learning Outside The Classroom' quality assured.

We thoroughly believe there is no such thing as being too old for play!

Get involved in our ever-growing Family Programme around Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

We also have free to loan family activities which are available at the Box Office.