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  1. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Next stop…2024!

    19 December 2023, 5 minute read

    As 2023 draws to a close, Museum CEO, Elizabeth McKay takes us on a tour of her highlights of the year.

    Elizabeth stands at the back of a vintage Routemaster bus in London Transport Museum.
  2. Blog category
    •  Quiz

    Quiz: How much do you know about Hidden London tours?

    12 July 2023, 5 minute read

    Test your knowledge about our Hidden London tours! When you step into the past and explore behind the scenes of Underground sites, what makes each location different, and what can you expect to see?

    Statue of Sherlock Holmes in profile, wearing deerstalker hat and holding pipe
  3. Blog category
    •  Q Stock Restoration
    •  Volunteers

    Working with the Q stock restoration team

    28 March 2023, 2 minute read

    Museum Depot Volunteer Andy Simpson shares his experience working on the restoration of the last remaining 1030s Q stock cars.

    A vintage tube train covered in graffiti
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    •  Quiz

    Quiz: How much do you know about the London Underground?

    9 January 2023, 5 minute read

    How much do you know about the history of the London Underground?

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    •  Quiz

    Quiz: How much do you know about the Elizabeth line?

    16 August 2022, 5 minute read

    How much do you know about the history of the Elizabeth line and its vital statistics, now that London's newest railway is open to the public?

    Elizabeth line route map
  6. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Director's Blog - Top things to look forward to in 2022

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 26 January 2022, 2 minute read

    Museum Director Sam Mullins shares highlights of our programme for 2022, from a new exhibition and the return of our Friday Lates, to Hidden London in-person tours and the new seasons of Secrets of the London Underground and Hidden London Hangouts

    View of the museum's ground floor with people walking around tube trains and buses
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    •  Director's Blog
    •  Welcome Aboard

    Director's Blog - Welcome aboard (again)!

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 19 April 2021, 2 minute read

    Our Director Sam Mullins reveals what's in store at the Museum when we reopen on 17 May 2021.

    Families in the Museum
  8. Blog category
    •  Quiz

    Quiz: Can you identify the Tube map colours?

    2 February 2021, 5 minute read

    Can you tell the difference between Corporate Blue and Corporate Light Blue? Test your knowledge of the colours of the Tube lines with our ultimate colour quiz!

    Tube map with missing colours