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  1. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators
    •  Collections

    Where are all the women?

    By Ellie Miles, 5 February 2019, 3 minute read

    Ellie Miles takes a look at some of the stories that were submitted as part of the Where are all the Women project

    Female Lathe Operators at Acton Works 1942
  2. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Picking up speed in 2019

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 15 January 2019

    Our Director, Sam Mullins, takes a look at what's coming up in 2019

    Sam Mullins OBE standing on the back of Battle Bus
  3. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators

    New LGBT+ collecting

    By Ellie Miles, 12 November 2018

    Ellie Miles introduces some of the new objects in our collection as part of our LGBT+ collecting project

    Trans pride flag above 55 Broadway, 12 November 2018, photo © Andy De Santis
  4. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators

    What is contemporary collecting?

    By Ellie Miles, 12 September 2018

    Our Documentary Curators bring more contemporary material to the Museum to enrich its historic collections. Documenting transport at the Museum means working with all kinds of material, including photographs, objects, stories, artworks, sound works and oral histories.

    A collage of photos laid on a table
  5. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Bryan Avery - An Appreciation

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 12 July 2017, 2 minute read

    Our Director San Mullins remembers Bryan Avery, the architect who led the design team for the extension and refurbishment of the Museum in November 2007.

    Black and white image of a smiling Bryan Avery
  6. Blog category
    •  Battle Bus

    Battle Bus: Going Back to the Somme

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 6 November 2016, 2 minute read

    Our Museum Director shares updates of a visit to the Somme to plan out the route for our First World War ‘Battle Bus’ (B2737), which will be revisiting for the centenary of the Battle of the Somme in 2017.

    Men in uniform pay respect to a memorial at the Somme
  7. Blog category
    •  Battle Bus

    1920: King George V and Ole Bill

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 9 November 2014, 2 minute read

    Director Sam Mullins takes a look at what life in London was like following the war – the beginnings of Armistice Day, the role of commemoration and the significant contribution made by London’s transport workers.

    Men in uniform parade down the street followed by a motor bus
  8. Blog category
    •  Battle Bus

    1919: Battered War Buses Back in Service

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 7 November 2014

    Our Director Sam Mullins takes a look at what life in London was like following the war – the beginnings of Armistice Day, the role of commemoration and the significant contribution made by London’s transport workers.

    Men stand next a motor bus