In one year from today London Transport Museum will open a major exhibition for 2012 that will draw on our outstanding historic map collection, exploring the theme of Journeys. Along with historic maps we’ll be displaying some fantastic newly commissioned artworks by artists such as Stephen Walter, Simon Patterson, Susan Stockwell, Jeremy Wood and Agnes [...]
Even though the artwork only arrived on Tuesday afternoon, our fantastic MTA’s (Museum Technician Assistants) wasted no time in starting work on the installation. They spent several hours on Wedensday drilling, hanging and sticking the art panels to the wall of our temporary exhibition space, where the artwork will be shown until the 3rd June. [...]
Excitement in the office as the artwork for a small exhibition to celebrate the end of the Bus Shelter project arrives! Here’s a sneak preview of one of the panels, which should be going up in our temporary exhibition space by the end of the week!
Public transport in London provides millions of connections to millions of people every day. For some it is purely a means of travel; getting to work, school, an appointment or as a link to another mode of transport. For others public transport is a means by which they gain a sense of independence, social freedom [...]
Journeys 2012 is the working title for a major exhibition being organised for 2012. This exhibition will draw on the museum’s outstanding historic map collection to explore the theme of Journeys. The museum is commissioning a series of new artworks for the exhibition which will add further layers of meaning to the existing collection. One of the [...]
