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  1. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Life as an Apprentice at London Transport Museum

    To mark National Apprencticeship Week 2022, our Learning Apprentice Georgia reveals what her last six months at the Museum have been like, and shares some words of advice for other young apprentices starting out their careers in the arts & heritage sector.

    A young woman poses in front of old bus stop signs
  2. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Joe’s Busy Bus - A new school session taking kids back in time 

    , 2 minute read

    Find out all about our new session for Key Stage 1 students, exploring the story of Joe Clough, London's first Black bus driver, and those of other remarkable London Transport's workers.

    Four children looking at a giant map of London and a sign reading Joes's Busy Bus
  3. Blog category
    •  Exhibitions

    How we made our new exhibition Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce

    By Laura Sleath, , 2 minute read

    Find out how we developed our exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce, working closely with an Advisory Board made up of people of Caribbean heritage, in this blog by Senior Curator Laura Sleath.

    A Black man sits across from another Black man and a White men interviewing him for a job
  4. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Climate Crossroads

    Engineering Change - Takeover Day

    , 2 minute read

    As part of Kids in Museums Takeover Day, on 12 November 2021 children from Wembley Primary School are putting their questions to grown-ups in the transport industry to find out what actions they are taking to help build a greener future. Find out more.

    Three Year 5 boys in school uniform wearing yellow high vis vests writing down ideas
  5. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Engineering Change - Environmental warriors in the making

    , 3 minute read

    How can children become aware of environmental issues through exploring the history of transport? The children of Wembley Primary School have a lot to say about it, and we should be listening. Read more in this blog by Young Freelancer, Daisy Howarth.

    Hands of a school pupil taking notes on the image of a vintage poster from the museum's collection
  6. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Discovering London's transport history through green lenses

    , 4 minute read

    Young Freelancer Feyi Olubajo shares her experience of researching our collection through the lenses of environmental issues to develop a green-themed scavenger hunt for adults exploring the Museum.

    Metropolitan Railway A class 4-4-0T steam locomotive No. 23, 1866
  7. Blog category
    •  Posters
    •  Collections

    London by Design - Five iconic posters from the Museum's collection

    By Nick Gill, , 2 minute read

    Nick Gill, Art and poster store volunteer guide at the Museum Depot, presents a selection of iconic posters from the collection that reflect the great tradition of London Transport's poster art commissioning.

     The Tate Gallery by Tube, by David Booth of the agency Fine White Line, 1987
  8. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Posters

    To Theatreland by bus or Underground

    By Nick Gill, , 3 minute read

    Discover London Transport's posters advertising travel to the West End and Theatreland through the ages.

    Poster artwork depicting the entrance of a theatre with bright lights at nighttime