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Coventry Museums
(Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK)



The main museums in Coventry celebrate its past car manufacturing industry and remember a bygone era. Coventry's Transport Museum is one of England's finest and features vehicles from many different decades right up to present day and projections of transport in the future.

The Jaguar and Daimler Heritage Trust is another notable transport museum in the Coventry area, while the Toy Museum is equally popular and home to many exceptional and historical examples of children's play things from yesteryear. Here are Coventry's main museums.




Coventry Museums: Coventry Transport Museum (Museum of British Road Transport) - Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV1 1PN, England, UK
Tel: +44 (0)24 7652 4524
The Coventry Transport Museum is located in the very heart of the city centre, at Millennium Place. Offering a true blast from the past, this museum contains a host of nostalgia. Ranging from old 'bone-shaker' bicycles to vintage vehicles at their best, the museum is grouped into collections and galleries, with favourites including the Blitz Experience, Futures Gallery and Spirit of Speed. In total, you will find around 250 different cars and vehicles on display here, together with more than 100 motorbikes.
Coventry museum open: daily - 10:00 to 17:00
Coventry museum admission: free

Coventry Museums: Toy Museum - Whitefriars Gate, Much Park Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV1 2LT, England, UK
Tel: +44 (0)24 7622 7560
Exhibits at the Coventry Toy Museum span more than 200 years, from 1740 onwards, and include many unusual exhibits, beautiful dolls, cuddly teddy bears, and numerous other historic toys in remarkable condition and fully operational. The museum itself is housed in the Whitefriars Monastery Gatehouse, which dates back to the 14th century. This enormous collection of children's memorabilia is constantly expanding and is amongst England's best and most comprehensive of its kind.
Coventry museum open: daily - 10:30 to 17:30
Coventry museum admission: free

Coventry Museums: Priory Visitors Centre / Priory Undercroft - Priory Row, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV1 5EX, England, UK
Tel: +44 (0)24 7655 2242
Centrally located along Priory Row, Coventry's Priory Visitors Centre is full of information about the city's original cathedral, which was founded in the 1200s and demolished some years later. On display are a number of archaeological games found when the site was being excavated. Underneath the complex, the Undercroft is a series of cellars and hidden, underground passageways, and guided tours of these ancient remains are available.
Coventry museum open: Monday to Saturday - 10:00 to 17:30, Sunday - 12:00 to 16:00
Coventry museum admission: free, small charge for guided tours of the Undercroft

Coventry Museums: Jaguar and Daimler Heritage Trust Museum - Browns Lane, Allesley, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV5 9DR, England, UK
Tel: +44 (0)24 7620 3322
The Jaguar and Daimler Heritage Trust Museum is home to over 100 different vehicles, although not all of the cars are on display at any one time. Standing just 5 km / 3 miles from central Coventry, many of the vehicles on display here are in mint condition and as if they have just left the actual factory production line, being in full working order and a reminder of an earlier time.
Coventry museum open: daily - by arrangement only, Monday to Thursday - 09:00 to 16:30, Friday - 09:00 to 15:00
Coventry museum admission: free

 
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