Coventry Transport Museum- Warwickshire
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Norfolk12
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A wonderful museum, full of Tractors, coaches, bicycles, motorbikes
and of course cars of yesteryear.
Waymark Code: WM3K3R
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/14/2008
Views: 57
Multi-million pound re launched visitor attraction. Walk through time from 1869 through to the Future while exploring the largest display of British road transport in the world. See everything from boneshakers to land speed record holders and find out what it is like to break the sound barrier at over 763mph.
Recently completed is a brand new gallery called 'Boomtown'. The gallery charts Coventry's booming road transport industry from the 1950s to the 1970s. The new gallery signals the latest wave of developments at the Transport Museum, which proudly displays the world's largest collection of British road transport and is completely free admission.
As part of the new gallery a real tarmac roadway, complete with working cats eyes, has been laid in the Museum. As you follow the course of this roadway you can hear people talking about their experiences in the city during this exciting period; have a go at building cars on a mock production line; play an 'engine organ' and explore where Coventry cars have been sold around the world. As you explore the gallery you will see a Mini emerging from a tunnel, representing one of the most famous chase scenes from the iconic movie 'The Italian Job', filmed here in Coventry's sewers! Don't miss the recreation of Coventry's ring road, once described as the best in the country.
The gallery also contains a number of commercial vehicles: buses, lorries and tractors.
Marvel at the 20-foot stack of tractors and find out how Massey Ferguson built tractors in Coventry.
Discover what it was like to work on Coventry Transport buses as a driver or a 'clippy', and discover how far a bus will tilt before it falls over.
Free entry but a box for donations.or purchase a programme for £3.00
Open all the time
Musuem: Open daily 10am - 5pm. Last admission 4.30pm. Museum Shop: Open daily 10am - 5pm. Museum Café: Open 11am - 3pm. Closed 24th to 26th December and January 1st.
Primary Vehicle Category: Cars
Hours of Operation:
Museum: Open daily 10am - 5pm. Last admission 4.30pm. Museum Shop: Open daily 10am - 5pm. Museum Café: Open 11am - 3pm. Closed 24th to 26th December and January 1st.
Tel: 024 7623 4270
Cost of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Physical address of Museum:
Coventry Transport Museum
Millenium Place , Hales Street, Coventry
Coventry, Warwickshire United Kingdom
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Museum Website: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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