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News - 2015

Going back to our Rootes

06/10/2015

Currently housed in the History Centre at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is the Rootes Photographic Archive. Funding has been awarded by Arts Council England to digitise and preserve the material. This is the first large scale digitisation project that the Herbert has undertaken. Previously any digitisation of material has been carried out... Read more

Grand Re- Launch Video

22/09/2015

In June 2015 we held a spectacular event to celebrate the relaunch of the Coventry Transport Museum. Take a look at the video below to see what we got up to. Read more

First Entries Confirmed for Trailblazing Cars of the World Display

15/06/2015

Coventry Transport Museum has named the Ferrari F40, Porsche 911, original Range Rover and Jaguar C-type as the first entries in a special Trailblazing Cars of the World display, as part of the museum’s re-launch celebrations on Saturday 20 June 2015. The Ferrari F40 was the first road-legal production car to break the... Read more

Classic Car Parade set to Smash Two World Records in Coventry

30/03/2015

Please note that this World Record attempt has been temporarily postponed, to allow more time for classic car owners to register. Registration is therefore still open - find out more here! We have teamed up with one of the country’s leading classic car insurers, to hold a massive parade of classic cars in Coventry, in an... Read more

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