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	Coventry Transport Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Coventry Transport Museum (formerly known as the Museum of British Road Transport) is a major motor museum, located in Coventry, England.
		The most notable exhibits in the museum are Thrust2 and ThrustSSC, the British jet cars which broke the land speed record in 1983 and 1997 respectively.
		The museum is located in Coventry as the city was previously the centre of the British car industry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coventry_Transport_Museum (145 words)

	Coventry History
		Coventry has an important historical place in the region, and there are some attractive historical buildings that can still be found in the City.
		One of the oldest habitations in Coventry was a nunnery, near the present town centre.
		Coventry's guild hall was built between 1340 and 1460, and is among the finest examples of a medieval guild hall in the country.
	home.freeuk.com /webbuk2/coventry.htm (3117 words)

	BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Webcams - New Transport Museum tour
		The museum is home to 230 cars and commercial vehicles, 250 cycles and 90 motorcycles - all of which were built in the UK and many made in Coventry, home of the motor industry.
		The museum is home to several displays which chart the history of the UK motor industry, from its birth at the turn of the 20th century to the present day.
		Included are the golden age of touring through the 20s and 30s, the part road transport played during the war and the subsequent boom and bust of the motoring economy.
	www.bbc.co.uk /coventry/webcams/stories/2004/new-transport-museum-tour.shtml (582 words)

	Coventry travel guide - Wikitravel
		Coventry [1] is a large and important city in the West Midlands region of England, part of the United Kingdom.
		Coventry is on the main London to Manchester rail route operated by Virgin.
		Coventry Cathedral Quarter [2] - the medieval Gothic Cathedral of St Michael was built in the late 14th-early 15th century, but largely destroyed by the German Luftwaffe on the night of 14 November 1940 in an incendiary bombing raid - only the tower, spire and outer walls remained...
	wikitravel.org /en/Coventry (819 words)

	www.MotorSnippets.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Though the first museum of transport in Coventry did not open until late 1980 its roots go back to 1937 when Sammy Bartleet presented the City with his collection of over 70 historic bicycles From that small beginning the collection has grown to 240 cars, commercial vehicles and buses, 94 motorcycles and over 200 cycles.
		The Museums policy is to collect and display the products of the City or ones that were extensively used there, and it focuses on the skills, expertise and innovations of its people.
		Coventry was of course very badly damaged in the blitz and I am delighted that the previous short but very effective display on the bombing remains - most evocative.
	www.motorsnippets.com /news_item_museums.asp?articleid=456 (830 words)

	Coventry University and UWM Center for By-Products Utilization
		Coventry was the original centre of the British car industry and is still the home of Jaguar cars.
		The result is the largest collection of British road transport exhibits in the world, with over 500 machines on show in the impressive new facility which boasts 125,000 square feet of floor space.
		As the name suggests, there's more to the museum than just cars, with the exhibits also including bikes and commercial vehicles and with period sets and audio-visual presentations helping to convey the history of British road transport and Coventry's important - and continuing - part in it.
	www.uwm.edu /Dept/CBU/coventry.html (1185 words)

	Museum of British Road Transport, Coventry UK
		Coventry’s Museum of British Road transport is celebrating one of its busiest February half terms ever, attracting nearly 5,000 visitors.
		The Museum of British Road Transport in Coventry is launching a new exhibition after being awarded a grant of £100, 000 to spend on new developments.
		The Museum of British Road Transport is entering an exciting new phase of development which will include new exhibitions and a new frontage as part of the Phoenix Initiative.
	www.cwn.org.uk /tourism/museums/mbrt/index.html (560 words)

	Coventry Transport Museum - 4Car Feature - from Channel 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The original museum, opened in 1980, had an entrance that was discreet to the point of anonymity, but the revised structure has a large, elegant frontage that overlooks Coventry's Millennium Square.
		The sheer scale of the museum is certainly impressive - it is three times the size of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu and its 240 cars, commercial vehicles and buses are insured for £25m.
		Visitors are led through a chronology of the city's transport industry and during peak times, live performers recreate life in a bygone age.
	www.channel4.com /4car/feature/feature.jsp?id=48&page=2 (264 words)

	£6.9m Refurbishment For Coventry Transport Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, ...
		The refurbishment, which includes new-look facilities and a range of new galleries, follows on from the Museum's £7.5 million redevelopment two years ago, and represents an upswing in fortunes for a museum that only 25 years ago was little known and underfunded.
		Education provision at the museum is also going to be improved with the opening of an education suite and 'Technocentre' housing 15 networked PCs, an SDL line and audio-visual facilities.
		Coventry Transport Museum also boasts an extensive archive covering the history of Coventry’s transport industry and the British transport industry in general and part of the money is being used to make this more accessible.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh_gfx_en/ART35002.html (806 words)

	Coventry event listings, tourist guides and what's on locally
		The Museum occupies a 26 acre urban heritage park in the shadow of Dudley Castle in the centre of the Black Country conurbation of two million people.
		Coventry Cathedral is a dynamic centre of worship and mission, a place of pilgrimage, liturgical creativity, healing; a focus for international reconciliation, education and the arts; a frequent venue for national services and television and radio broadcasts; a church for the City, the Diocese and even for the world.
		Coventry is the birthplace of the British cycle and motor industries and the Museum displays the largest collection of British road transport in the world.
	www.britevents.com /events.asp?city=Coventry (623 words)

	Coventry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coventry is traditionally believed to have been established in the year 1043 with the founding of a Benedictine Abbey by Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva.
		Coventry's most famous resident was Lady Godiva, who according to legend, rode through the city naked on horseback, in protest at high taxes being waged on the cityfolk by her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia.
		Coventry is approximately latitudinal with the towns of Aberystwyth (west Wales), Kettering (Northamptonshire), Ely (Cambridgeshire) and Diss (Norfolk).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coventry (3407 words)

	Coventry History
		In 1086 Coventry was a mere hamlet and in 200 years it rose to be one of Britain's most powerful cities.
		The devastation that was Coventry in World War 2 is poignantly described in Coventry at War.
		The history of the car in Coventry is well displayed at the Coventry Road Transport Museum.
	www.thecoventrypages.net /hstoric-cov/index.htm (399 words)

	Web Directory » Web Directory » Reference » Museums » Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Museum of Transportation - Features over seventy locomotives and displays of cars, fire trucks, buses, trolleys and several aircraft.
		New Zealand Bus Museum - Provides a directory of preserved buses housed in museums and private collections, as well as vehicles that are still in service, and passenger transport history.
		Pacific Bus Museum - Organization of bus enthusiasts based in Northern California who are dedicated to honoring the history of bus transportation.
	dcpages.com /DC_ODP/?c=Reference/Museums/Transportation (596 words)

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		Coventry is becoming increasingly important as a university city, being the home of the
		Coventry is traditionally believed to have been established in the year
		Coventry was the first ever city to 'twin' with another city and hence began the now common worldwide practice of twinning.
	www.coventryone.com (719 words)

	Visit Coventry: tourist guide, photos and sightseeing ideas
		The new Coventry Cathedral (formally called the New Cathedral Church of St Michael, designed by the architect Basil Spence) was opened in 1962, next to the bombed ruins of the former cathedral (known now as Old St Michael's Cathedral).
		Coventry has twinned itself with over 30 other towns and cities across the world, many of which have been chosen because they have also suffered from wartime destruction (including the German city of Dresden which was heavily bombed by the British).
		Coventry had an earlier cathedral which was destroyed at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries during the reign of King Henry the Eighth.
	www.ukstudentlife.com /Travel/Tours/England/Coventry.htm (1416 words)

	Coventry Transport Museum on AboutBritain.com
		With a world-renowned collection and dynamic displays the Museum is one of the major attractions in the region and amust-see for visitors of all ages looking for a mind-blowing day out.
		Standing in the heart of Coventry's modern city centre and just 200 metres from the Cathedral, the Leofric Hotel is renowned as the first hotel to be built in Britain after the Second World War.
		The hotel is situated in the heart of Coventry adjoining the historically famous Cathedral.
	www.aboutbritain.com /MuseumofBritishRoadTransport.htm (572 words)

	Coventry City Council: Museums and galleries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The museum is home to the largest collection of British Road Transport, including 250 motor vehicles, 250 cycles and 90 motorcycles.
		The Herbert at the cultural heart of Coventry is in the middle of a major re-development which includes a new extension to the building scheduled for completion in late 2007.
		Close to the Air Museum in Baginton, is the Lunt Roman Fort, once inhabited by the Roman Army.
	www.coventry.gov.uk /ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/museums-and-galleries (900 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A car museum slap-bang in the centre of what was once Britain's very own Motown (in the 1950s, 40 per cent of the 300,000-strong Coventry workforce sweated their guts out in the car industry) denying its residents the chance to admire the family silver.
		In the institution's former guise as the British Museum of Road Transport, vehicles such as the Ferguson were presented in serried rows, tightly packed armadas of metal, with a dense essay of eye-rubbingly detailed info perched on a pole in front of each Hillman, Standard, Jaguar and Alvis.
		Coventry Transport Museum (www.transport-museum.com) is open daily from 10am to 5pm, admission free.
	motoring.independent.co.uk /features/article16624.ece (987 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| Museum of the year: Coventry Transport Museum
		The revamped Coventry Transport Museum is a flagship project of the newly redeveloped city centre.
		Coventry's glory days are long gone, but it was once "the cycle capital of the world" thanks to its plethora of 19th-century bicycle makers.
		More importantly, after Daimler chose Coventry as its first home in 1896, it was the birthplace of the British motor industry and remained at its centre until the 1970s.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/03/23/bacov23.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/03/23/ixartleft.html (612 words)

	Coventry Transport Museum gains new lift: News from movemanSKG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In April 2006 the Coventry Transport Museum, which displays the largest collection of British cars, cycles and motorcycles in the world, unveiled to the public a dramatic £6.9 million redevelopment.
		The museum, which reached the finals of the 'Museum of the Year' in 2005, is one of the regions most popular tourist destinations attracting nearly 300,000 visitors a year.
		People from all walks of life visit the museum, and the museum is keen that everyone can access all of its exhibits.
	www.industrialsafetytalk.com /news/mov/mov105.html (559 words)

	Coventry Transport Museum
		Coventry Transport Museum is full of inspiration, thrills and fun, with something to keep everyone in the family happy.
		The Museum displays over 150 years of fascinating and unique history, but its not just a place for the past - you can design your own car, feel what its like to break the sound barrier at 763 mph and even travel into the future.
		With a world-renowned collection and dynamic displays the Museum is one of the major attractions in the region and a must-see for visitors of all ages.
	www.all4kidsuk.com /sitemap/company/coventrytransportmuseum.htm (228 words)

	Coventry Rugby Club - Club to Establish Education Centre
		The centre will be the fifth in the city, following those at Coventry Transport Museum, Jaguar, Coventry City Football Club and the city's Construction Industry Partnership centre.
		It is part of a scheme called Playing for Success, which aims to increase pupils' interest in education by placing them in business environments.
		Coventry City Council education and libraries director Roger Edwardson said: "Young people coming to a stadium to develop literacy and numeracy skills - and using ICT to do that in the environment of a rugby or football club - has huge benefits for those turned off by schools.
	www.coventryrugby.co.uk /content/view/75/52 (248 words)

	destinations-uk.com
		The Museum is one of the most visited attractions in the region and we are confident that both our old friends and new visitors alike will delight in these new additions, of which we are justifiably proud”.
		The Museum’s superb education provision will be boosted by a new dedicated education centre, with three rooms for both wet and dry activities, superb technical facilities and an exciting lifelong education programme for all ages and abilities.
		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.
	www.destinations-uk.com /news.php?link=news&id=1458 (679 words)

	Clearing, UCAS degree courses at Coventry University, UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Famous for being the birthplace of the Godiva legend and the motorcar, the devastating air raids in World War Two, the ska sound of the 80s and the rave scene in the late eighties; it is a City that is constantly changing with the times.
		Coventry University students can now enjoy their own state-of-the-art £3.6 million fitness facilities at the new University Sports Centre at subsidised rates.
		Coventry is also home to the largest arts centre outside London, attracting visitors to events embracing music, drama, dance, comedy, literature, films and visual art.
	www.coventry.ac.uk /clearing/whats_coventry_like.html (393 words)

	Press Releases :: visitcoventry \| media
		Coventry’s new look Transport Museum will be paying a special tribute to the legendary design and engineering qualities of one of the City’s most famous manufacturers from Good Friday.
		On Wednesday April 12th 2006 key members of the local and regional business community will be addressed by Sir Digby Jones, Director General of the CBI during a celebration dinner at Coventry Transport Museum, marking the Museum’s flagship £6.9 million redevelopment.
		He is expected to use this as an opportunity to highlight the changing economic base of Coventry and the West Midlands and the role that tourism, leisure and education plays in the regional skills base.
	www.visitcoventry.co.uk /media/press_search_list.htm?pFrom=80 (600 words)

	The Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries
		Despite its pre-eminent collections, Coventry Transport Museum’s location in a quiet back street of Coventry meant that it was, until its redevelopment, one of Britain’s best kept secrets.
		Residents, the museum says, who hadn’t set foot in the museum have been drawn in by its stronger outward presence; in the first six months since the relaunch, the Museum received over 180,000 visitors, beating all targets and doubling previous visitor figures.
		Joe Elliott, Chair of the Museum's Board of Directors said "It is absolutely brilliant news that the Museum has reached the final stages of the Museum of the Year Award, particularly in light of the quality of the other shortlisted museums.
	www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk /2005/finalist2.htm (406 words)

	Coventry Degree Show 2006
		Transportation and product design students at Coventry University in England recently displayed their work in the school's summer degree show, one of the two graduation shows per year.
		With such a large body of graduating students, Coventry have wisely chosen to introduce a separate 'Selected Works' show this year for industry guests, which also opened to the public for one week at the end of June.
		This consisted of 39 of the best projects, as selected by tutors and a jury of professional designers, to demonstrate the breadth of work coming from the different routeways within the undergraduate course and was hosted in the new Coventry Transport Museum in the city center.
	www.cardesignnews.com /site/process/college_exhibitions/display/store4/item41915 (638 words)

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