Archive & Library Resource Centre

The Museum Archive is currently undergoing a thorough process of cataloguing. Specific items may not be available to view at this time, please contact us with any enquiries before you travel. We appreciate your patience and apologise for any inconvenience.

Open by appointment only : Monday to Friday 10:00am – 4:30pm

The Museum’s extensive archive is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in the history of Coventry’s transport industry and the British transport industry in general. It includes :

• Library : Books, sales literature, catalogues and magazines covering cycling, motoring and industrial topics
• Technical Collection : Manuals, production records and handbooks (cars, motorbikes and commercials) from 1900. Manufacturers covered include Daimler, Hillman, Humber, Morris, Standard and Triumph.
• Daimler Collection : 4000 glass negatives of Daimler and Lanchester vehicles and factories from 1900-1939.
• Rootes Collection : Over 60,000 negatives and prints covering Rootes Group companies from the 1940s to the 1970s
• Photographic Collection : Subjects include cycling, motoring, motorcycling, factory life, historic scenes. Companies include Maudslay, Armstrong Siddeley, Standard, Triumph, Lea Francis, Calcott, White & Poppe.

The archive facility includes state of the art conservation systems, and a reading room to support researchers. The reading room will be equipped with power and a wireless computer network and will be available by appointment only.

Archive Contact :

Lizzie Hazlehurst
Coventry Transport Museum
Millennium Place
Hales Street
Coventry
CV1 1PN
T 024 7623 4270
E lizzie.hazlehurst@transport-museum.co.uk