All this week a great supporter of the museum – Stuart Kettell - has been raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support by literally living in a box above Lady Godiva in the centre of Coventry.
This Sunday – 28th March – he’ll be coming down and being released from his box at 6pm. We will be there from 3pm on Sunday afternoon with great music, prize giveaways and dedications for three hours. It’s all free so come along and join us from 3 o’clock to give Stuart Kettell a HUGE cheer on his amazing achievement! You can keep up to date with his challenge by logging on to www.willthemadfoolmakeit.co.uk and we’ll see you on Sunday!
Friday 26 March 2010
Thursday 11 March 2010
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Jaguars through the times
Last week, Coventry saw some of the leading thinkers of the world at the Coventry Urban Design Symposium. The evening session took place here at the Museum. Jaguar being one of the sponsors, put up a fantastic display in Millennium Place of Jaguars - from the classics to the latest Jaguar XF!
Click here to see the images of the fabulous display in Millennium Place.
Click here to see the images of the fabulous display in Millennium Place.
Thursday 4 March 2010
A Pat on the Back!
Here's a nice little feedback by one of our visitors on their Great Day out at the Museum. This piece was published in this week's Classic Car Weekly -
Coventry Class
"In a past edition of CCW you mentioned the Museum of British Road Transport in Coventry as worth a visit. I therefore thought you might be interested in a little feedback. On a recent trip to Solihull to collect a pair of wind deflectors for my Saab 900 Classic, my wife and I decided to use the rest of the day to visit Coventry's Museum. We are so pleased that we did, as we had a wonerdful few hours looking at the exhibitis and reminiscing about days gone-by.
On show are some superb classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles and much, much more. One thoughful aspect of the museum is that there are plenty of places where you can sit down and rest your legs and the whole place is wheelchair friendly. The staff I spoke to was very polite, knowledgeable and obviously enjoyed his job - a real happy chappy. On noticing my Saab Enthusiasts' Club badge, he invited me for a closer look at the new Spyker sports car, made by the Dutch company that has taken over Saab. What a beautiful piece of engineering it is!
We will definitely be returnng for another visit and with exhibits frequently changing, there will always be something different to see. Oh, I nearly forgot, it gets better - admission is FREE! I say well done to Coventry and thanks to CCW for this and other useful tips."
Vic Machin, Bordon, Hants.
Coventry Class
"In a past edition of CCW you mentioned the Museum of British Road Transport in Coventry as worth a visit. I therefore thought you might be interested in a little feedback. On a recent trip to Solihull to collect a pair of wind deflectors for my Saab 900 Classic, my wife and I decided to use the rest of the day to visit Coventry's Museum. We are so pleased that we did, as we had a wonerdful few hours looking at the exhibitis and reminiscing about days gone-by.
On show are some superb classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles and much, much more. One thoughful aspect of the museum is that there are plenty of places where you can sit down and rest your legs and the whole place is wheelchair friendly. The staff I spoke to was very polite, knowledgeable and obviously enjoyed his job - a real happy chappy. On noticing my Saab Enthusiasts' Club badge, he invited me for a closer look at the new Spyker sports car, made by the Dutch company that has taken over Saab. What a beautiful piece of engineering it is!
We will definitely be returnng for another visit and with exhibits frequently changing, there will always be something different to see. Oh, I nearly forgot, it gets better - admission is FREE! I say well done to Coventry and thanks to CCW for this and other useful tips."
Vic Machin, Bordon, Hants.
Monday 1 March 2010
New Exhibition 'Transport for Disabled People: Past - Present - Future' (2nd April 2010)
How many vehicles for disabled people have you seen on display in museums lately?
Now, here's your chance to take a journey through the history of disabled vehicles as we are staging a unique exhibition of vehicles designed for the disabled from the 19th century to the present and even into the future.
For the first time in the history of British museum, an innovative exhibition is being staged where so many disabled vehicles will be brought together to tell the story of how the disabled transport industry has developed in terms of design and attitutes towards theses vehicles and its users.
The exhibition will be opened by Paralympian Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson on Thursday 1st April and will be open to public from 2nd April.
There will be some fascinating vehicles on display including:
• The ‘Blood Waggon’ – a very early and unusual carriage, purpose built for a Boer War British Colonel
• A WW1 Raleigh Invalid Carriage – a hand-propelled three-wheeler used by British soldiers injured from the Great War
• A Harper Mark 1 – a motorised three-wheeler full-bodied vehicle, thought to be the only remaining type to survive
• A Nelco ‘Solocar’ – an electric powered streamlined part-bodied invalid carriage
• An Invacar Model 70 – the iconic full-bodied three-wheeler once a common sight on our roads. Available in a range of colours as long as it was sky blue!
Bring the family along and spend some quality time together on Good Friday getting to know more about a very important slice of road transport history! See the ‘Highfield Road Wall’ line up, the Invalid carriages of achievement, plus many more vehicles of interest.
What’s more, entry to the exhibition is FREE!!!
Now, here's your chance to take a journey through the history of disabled vehicles as we are staging a unique exhibition of vehicles designed for the disabled from the 19th century to the present and even into the future.
For the first time in the history of British museum, an innovative exhibition is being staged where so many disabled vehicles will be brought together to tell the story of how the disabled transport industry has developed in terms of design and attitutes towards theses vehicles and its users.
The exhibition will be opened by Paralympian Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson on Thursday 1st April and will be open to public from 2nd April.
There will be some fascinating vehicles on display including:
• The ‘Blood Waggon’ – a very early and unusual carriage, purpose built for a Boer War British Colonel
• A WW1 Raleigh Invalid Carriage – a hand-propelled three-wheeler used by British soldiers injured from the Great War
• A Harper Mark 1 – a motorised three-wheeler full-bodied vehicle, thought to be the only remaining type to survive
• A Nelco ‘Solocar’ – an electric powered streamlined part-bodied invalid carriage
• An Invacar Model 70 – the iconic full-bodied three-wheeler once a common sight on our roads. Available in a range of colours as long as it was sky blue!
Bring the family along and spend some quality time together on Good Friday getting to know more about a very important slice of road transport history! See the ‘Highfield Road Wall’ line up, the Invalid carriages of achievement, plus many more vehicles of interest.
What’s more, entry to the exhibition is FREE!!!
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