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  1. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Young People's Blog Series - Reflecting on the Young Freelancers Experience: One Year On

    16 November 2020, 2 minute read

    Aagya Pradhan, one of the Young Freelancers in our Young People Skills programme, reflects on how the programme has helped her to explore aspects of museum work she wouldn't have considered before.

    A young woman smiles to the camera with a map of London visible in the background
  2. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Young People's Blog Series - How to get the best out of being an apprentice

    9 November 2020, 2 minute read

    We're launching a new series of blogs written by some of the young freelancers and apprentices in our Young People's Skills Programme. In the first installment, Bayley gives useful tips and advice to young people to make the most of an apprenticeship.

    A young Black man with short hair wearing a dark green jumper with a yellow and black locomotive in the background
  3. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    A lifeline for the Museum from the Culture Recovery Fund

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 29 October 2020, 2 minute read

    We have received a £1.75 million lifeline as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Find out what this means for the future of the Museum in this Director's Blog.

    View of two red double decker buses and visitors walking around them
  4. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard
    •  Director's Blog

    Welcome back to London Transport Museum

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 4 September 2020, 2 minute read

    We are ready and excited to welcome back our visitors at last on 7 September 2020. Our Director reveals what to expect from your next visit of the Museum, as well as giving you tips on the best routes to enjoy spectacular London views on your way to Covent Garden.

    The front entrance of the Museum
  5. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Shaping London since 1980

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 9 March 2020, 2 minute read

    London Transport Museum has stood proudly in the Covent Garden Piazza since it was open on 28 March 1980. Over the past four decades Covent Garden has been transformed into a vibrant quarter of London, with the Museum contributing to the distinct personality of the area.

    A drawing depicting a Victorian building with arches and large buildings and a sign reading London Transport Museum
  6. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Exploring the past and shaping the future

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 17 December 2019, 3 minute read

    Our Director reveals what we have in store for our visitors in 2020.

    Entrance of London Transport Museum
  7. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog
    •  Hidden London

    Uncovering Hidden London

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 26 September 2019, 3 minute read

    In this blog, our Director talks all things Hidden London, from the new immersive exhibition at the Museum and a brand new illustrated book, to the popular Hidden London tours of disused stations across the transport network.

    A section of the Hidden London exhibition showing a disused ticket window and desk
  8. 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