2010 - Pearl of Year!

With a very successful year behind, we are now looking forward to 2010, our 30th Pearl Anniversary year. This is going to be a fantastic year, full of exciting and inspiring events and exhibitions, which will be bigger and better than ever before!
The year kick-starts with the opening of our new gallery ‘Ghost Town?’ on 15th January 2010. This will be a thought-provoking gallery telling a media-led story of the rollercoaster plight of Coventry’s motoring industry from 1980 to 2010. Followed by the new gallery we have three major special exhibitions lined up for the year which will excite and interest everyone. During spring there will be an exhibition of disabled transport vehicles followed by the Ice Cream Dream Machines exhibition in summer, a story of ice cream vans and ice cream through the ages, and the Ladybird Books Exhibition in autumn, where you can find out about artists who worked for motor trade and Ladybird books. And don’t forget the Coventry Blitz Ball this year on the occasion of the 70th year commemoration of the Coventry Blitz!
And then there will of course, be our Craft fairs throughout the year, where you can buy unique handmade gifts for your loved ones, holiday activities and workshops for children, loads of infotaining activity weekends organized by our friendly facilitators and a fun-filled programme for Christmas.
So watch out for forthcoming activities on our website as well as the blog and come along and have your Great Day Out!

CTM Events Calendar 2010

Xmas Factor Finals

What a Grand Final! Fantastic performances, fabulous entertainment and a full house audience!
The competition was won by the duo, Charlie Blyth, age 13 from Coundon Court and Conner Nolan, age 15. The winners are also members of the EGO Performance Company which is based at the Quadrant on Warwick Row in Coventry. Performance ability runs very deep in the Nolan family as Connor’s dad is Paul Nolan, Nipper from the Cheeky Chappies, who are currently at the Belgrade 2 with their Christmas show.
Estelle of Coventry’s singing family ‘Good Evans’ was on the panel of judes and there was a performance by the Evans children. There were sizzling performances by Phoenix Dance Academy while Touch FM’s Breakfast Show host Brody Swain was the Dermot O'Leary for Coventry's own version of the X-Factor.
The event has been our biggest and best so far and we are going to make it even better next year! So watch out all those who couldn't strut their stuff this year... there's always the next year!

New Props for Doctor Who

The Doctor Who exhibition that's been on at the Museum since this March, originally scheduled to close in November,it has now been extended to the 10th of January 2010, owing to its whopping success! Thinking of it now, it's one of the longest running special exhibitions we've had! But that's not all... we now have brand new props in the exhibition from the latest Doctor Who special, ‘The Waters of Mars’, screened 15th November on BBC One.
So you can now meet 'The Flood' (a monster who spews water at the touch of a button!) the costume of Captain Adelaide Brooke (played by acclaimed actress Lindsay Duncan), the costume of Andy, and the robot GADGET!

We also have on display in the Museum ‘Bessie’, the Third Doctor Jon Pertwee’s yellow roadster car together with his costume. There's no charge to see these as these are not in the exhibition. So you can pose beside Bessie for a photograph for free!

So for all you Doctor Who devotees, an excellent way to spend time over Christmas holidays. I even coined a slogan: "When you're bored and can't find anything to do, come to Doctor Who!" ... Cheesy, huh? But don't let that put you off! Do come along and see our new 'Waters of Mars' props for before you know it, it's going to be 2010 and they will be gone! So don't miss this fabulous opportunity!

Booking information is available here or call our Doctor Who Information line 0871 976 9461.

Xmas Factor Grand Final this weekend

The Xmas Factor heats were simply great on the Saturday before last, 21st November that is! And we have 11 spectacular finalists including a guitar-based duo and 9 year-old identical twin girls who call themselves "Paw Prints"! All the singers will be performing two songs and the lucky winner will receive £100 cash prize, plus other great prizes.
There's going to be other great stuff as well... the Phoenix Dance Academy dancers will be performing, so will this year's Britain's Got Talent stars Good Evans while mum Estelle will be on the panel of judges. And Brody Swain will be playing presenter! So, if you are looking for some entertainment on a cold Saturday afternoon, why not join us at the Museum at 2'o clock and give a big 'whoop whoop!' to all the particpants? It's totally free!
Though you might want to book the tickets right away... free tickets, they are going faster than hot cakes!