Editing Coventry (section)

====Cultural institutions====
[[File:Herbert Art Gallery ^ Museum extension, Coventry - geograph.org.uk - 4870561.jpg|thumb|Herbert Art Gallery.]]
The [[Herbert Art Gallery and Museum]] is one of the largest cultural institutions in Coventry. Another visitor attraction in the city centre is [[Coventry Transport Museum]], which has the largest public collection of British-made road vehicles in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transport-museum.com|title=Coventry Transport Museum|website=www.transport-museum.com|access-date=14 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906063348/http://www.transport-museum.com/|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The most notable exhibits are the world speed record-breaking cars, [[Thrust2]] and [[ThrustSSC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transport-museum.com/visiting/biffa_award_land_speed_record_exhibition.aspx|title=Biffa Award Land Speed Record Exhibition – Coventry Transport Museum|website=www.transport-museum.com|access-date=14 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910075722/http://www.transport-museum.com/visiting/biffa_award_land_speed_record_exhibition.aspx|archive-date=10 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The museum received a refurbishment in 2004 which included the creation of a new entrance as part of the city's Phoenix Initiative project. It was a finalist for the 2005 [[Gulbenkian Prize]].  
[[File:Coventry Transport Museum (1).jpg|thumb|Coventry Transport Museum.]]
Historic Coventry Trust (previously known as The Charterhouse Coventry Preservation Trust) was founded in 2011. The Trust is a social enterprise aiming to regenerate Coventry's historic buildings and landscapes. Their sites across Coventry include the [[The Charterhouse, Coventry|Charterhouse]], the two surviving City Gates, [[Drapers' Hall, Coventry|Drapers' Hall]], [[London Road Cemetery]]: [[Joseph Paxton|Paxton]]'s Arboretum and Priory Row.<ref>{{cite web |title=Visit |url=https://www.historiccoventrytrust.org.uk/visit/ |access-date=7 June 2024 |website=Historic Coventry Trust }}</ref>

The £5 million [[Fargo Village]] creative quarter shopping precinct was open in 2014 on Far Gosford Street with a mixture of retail units.

About {{convert|4|mi|spell=in|abbr=off}} from the city centre and just outside Coventry in [[Baginton]] is the [[Lunt Fort]], a reconstructed [[Roman Empire|Roman]] fort on its original site. The [[Midland Air Museum]] is situated just within the perimeter of Coventry on land adjacent to [[Coventry Airport]] and near [[Baginton]].

Coventry was one of the main centres of watchmaking during the 18th and 19th&nbsp;centuries and as the industry declined, the skilled workers were key to setting up the cycle trade. A group of local enthusiasts founded the Coventry Watch Museum in [[Spon Street]].<ref name=cwm/>

[[File:West Midlands Police - Coventry Museum.jpg|thumb|right|Exhibits in Coventry Police Museum]]

The city's main [[police station]] in Little Park Street also hosts a museum of Coventry's police force. The museum, based underground, is split into two sections—one representing the history of the city's police force, and the other compiling some of the more unusual, interesting and grisly cases from the force's history. The museum is funded from charity donations—viewings can be made by appointment.

[[Hillfields#Coventry City Farm|Coventry City Farm]] was a small farm in an urban setting. It was mainly to educate city children who might not get out to the countryside very often. The farm closed in 2008 due to funding problems.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/7291402.stm |title=City farm shuts after cash crisis |date=12 March 2008 |access-date=28 March 2008 |work=BBC News Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321045232/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/7291402.stm |archive-date=21 March 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>