Sense the City: Meet the Photographer Q&A – Danielle Houghton

This Q&A is part of the Sense the City Flickr Project. For background on this project see Sense the City – Flickr Project.   Tell us about the inspiration behind your photo My inspiration behind the photograph was simply to capture the feeling and look of London.  As a visitor to London I always enjoy [...]

Installing the new poster parade “John Burningham: Journeys of Imagination”

On Friday 9th September a team of curators and museum technical assistants arrived early at London Transport Museum to install the new extended poster parade, John Burningham: Journeys of Imagination which celebrates the transport related work of the renowned children’s author and illustrator John Burningham. Poster parades have to be installed early in the morning [...]

Loan to the Esoterick Collection for “The Poster King: Edward McKnight Kauffer”

London Transport Museum’s Poster Collection is one of the most sought after in terms of loans requests the Museum receives. A loan must be agreed months before an actual exhibition opens to ensure that all the relevant paperwork has been completed. This week, London Transport Museum has sent out seven posters and three artworks by [...]

Installing the New Poster Parade: Engaging Londoners on the Move

Buy Poster Every few months London Transport Museum installs a new Poster Parade which showcases 20 posters from our collection of over 5,000 different poster designs. Curators and Museum Technical Assistants have to arrive at the museum early to make sure the display is ready for when the museum opens. The poster parades are usually themed. [...]