Coventry Transport Museum

Over het museum

Coventry Transport Museum was founded in 1980 as the Museum of British Road Transport. Coventry was long the centre of the British motor industry, and the museum cares for what it describes as the largest publicly owned collection of British road vehicles. The collection includes more than 240 cars and commercial vehicles, about 100 motorcycles and about 200 bicycles, as well as royal limousines of Queen Mary and King George V.

The museum is housed in a building at Millennium Place in the city centre. An £8.5 million redevelopment, funded among others by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the Biffa Award and the Garfield Weston Foundation, transformed 12 of its 14 galleries and was completed in 2015. In the same year the Biffa Award Land Speed Record Gallery opened.

The star exhibits are the land speed record cars Thrust2 and ThrustSSC, which the museum calls the world's two fastest cars. The museum also runs a family programme on science, technology, engineering and maths, and its archive department answers enquiries from the public. It is run by Culture Coventry.

Hoogtepunten

• ThrustSSC and Thrust2, the land speed record cars
• Largest publicly owned collection of British road vehicles
• Royal limousines of Queen Mary and King George V
• Ted Simon's Triumph Tiger 100 and the Sky Blues Bus among the star vehicles
• Biffa Award Land Speed Record Gallery
• Family play and make zones with free activities to borrow

Vaste collectie

• Biffa Award Land Speed Record Gallery – The gallery for the land speed record cars ThrustSSC and Thrust2, which the museum calls the world's two fastest cars.
• Star Vehicles – Highlights of the collection such as the Sky Blues Bus, a Daimler armoured car and Ted Simon's Triumph Tiger 100.
• Future Technology Gallery – A gallery on transport technology that also holds the Family Play Zone.

Opgericht

1980

Beheerder

Culture Coventry

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Online prices are for tickets bought in advance and are £17 for adults, £13 for concessions and £9.50 for juniors on the day. Tickets are valid for one year from the date of purchase and allow unlimited visits in that time; no day tickets are sold at the standard price. Advance bookings can be moved to another date free of charge, and tickets are non-refundable. Admission includes children's activities such as the Play and Make Zone. Coach parties visiting Tuesday to Friday in term time may receive a free guided tour.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Most parts of the museum are suitable for unaccompanied wheelchair users, and lifts serve both floors. Accessible toilets are on the ground floor beside the café and in Gallery 8, and on the first floor in the Transport Technology and Champions galleries. There is no Changing Places toilet on site; the nearest are at Coventry Central Library and The Wave. A small number of wheelchairs can be borrowed free, and advance requests are considered. Weekend Blue Badge parking must be booked in advance by phone, and on weekdays staff escort visitors from the Bishop Street car park to the box office. Assistance dogs are welcome. Videos and interactive displays use directional speakers and the main videos have subtitles. Large-print labels and magnifying sheets are available, staff are trained in Makaton, and an alternative route avoids the Blitz experience in the Second World War exhibition. Weekday visits after 14:30 are quieter.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Speeltuin / speelhoek
• Kinderfeestjes

The museum has a family programme on science, technology, engineering and maths, holiday clubs and the Future Engineers Kids Club, and free family activities can be borrowed from the box office. The Future Technology Gallery has a Family Play Zone, and the Mini Museum Engineers play area is included with admission. Birthday parties are offered at weekends: a Mini Museum Engineers party for ages 1 to 5, a Tinker-Make-Play party for ages 5 and over and a party room for ages 3 to 21. Children aged 4 and under are free.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Sat-nav postcode CV1 1JD; the entrance is at what3words spring.most.soak. Coventry Canal Basin is a 5-minute walk across the footbridge over the inner ring road. Cycle parking and West Midlands Cycle Hire docks are outside the front of the museum.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel

The Baxter Baristas coffee shop sells the local Coventry Godcake, and there is a museum shop.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Zakelijke evenementen
• Bruiloften / trouwceremonies

Hire spaces include the Bettmann Suite (60 people), the Starley Suite (150), the Swift Centre (30), the Mezzanine Gallery and the Baxter Café (120, no bar); events include weddings, conferences, dinners and Christmas parties.

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