Lanchester Interactive Archive
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Sharing the story of Britain’s ‘Leonardo da Vinci’. Lanchester's genius is brought to life using augmented reality, serious games and even a real car!
The Lanchester Interactive Archive celebrates one of Britain’s greatest engineers and inventors, Frederick William Lanchester
(1868 – 1946). Within Coventry University’s Frederick Lanchester Library the project has created a space where you can view exhibits, and sit inside a Lanchester car, alongside displays giving interpretations of his creations and how they still are in use, or affect, today’
15/09/2023
This heritage weekend on Saturday, you can find us in TWO places! At our home in the Coventry Canal Basin and at the Lanchester Interactive Archives celebrating engineering. We’re looking forwards to seeing you!
13/09/2023
16/07/2023
19/04/2023
Lanchester Open Day A display of Coventry classic cars including the Lanchester Archives’ 1932 Lanchester 15/18.
08/03/2023
By order of the Peaky Blinders
11/01/2023
Looking forward to taking part in this event with our 1932 Lanchester car!
🦁🤗🏁 Happy New Year - Coventry Leofric Lions are pleased to announce the return of our Motoring Festival for 2023
You can book your Car, Camper, or Motorcycle a place in the Classic Car Run starting at Coombe Abbey Country Park, on Sunday 23rd April - Saint George's Day 🏴
Just click on the link: https://leofriclions.eventcube.io/
Visit our club website for further details
https://www.leofriclions.org.uk/classic-car-run
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Our Story
The Lanchester Interactive Archive is the largest collection in the world dedicated to British engineer, physicist, mathematician, and entrepreneur Frederick Lanchester (1868 - 1946). The project has created a space on the second floor of Coventry University Library where you can view part of the collection, sit inside a Lanchester car, and explore how his inventions still influence modern technologies through videogames and augmented reality.
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Frederick Lanchester Library, Coventry University, Gosford Street
Coventry
CV15
Opening Hours
| Monday | 1pm - 4pm |
| Tuesday | 1pm - 4pm |
| Wednesday | 1pm - 4pm |
| Thursday | 1pm - 4pm |
| Friday | 1pm - 4pm |
| Saturday | 1pm - 4pm |
| Sunday | 1pm - 4pm |