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    •  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
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    •  Welcome Aboard

    Let's get digital! Discover the Museum's new and improved displays

    By Sau-Fun Mo, , 2 minute read

    With upgraded digital screens and information points, interactive displays and new digital installations, the Museum has never looked better! Find out more in this blog by our Head of Design & Presentation, Sau-Fun Mo.

    A child crawling on the floor of the London by Design gallery
  3. Blog category
    •  Posters

    Winter Wonderland - Discover our festive Poster Parade

    By Georgia Morley, , 1 minute read

    Senior Curator Georgia Morley shares five of her favourite posters from our new Poster Parade Winter Wonderland celebrating the magic of wintertime in London through the years.

    Winter fun-skating by Anna Hymas, 2016. Poster depicting people skating
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    •  Welcome Aboard

    How can we use design to support the new ‘normal’?

    By Sau-Fun Mo, , 3 minute read

    Our Head of Design looks at how new signage and wayfinding systems are going to become an essential part of everyone’s journey, be it for business, school, leisure or essential, after months of lockdown.

    A collage of health and safety signs
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    •  Posters

    Celebrating London's tramways past and present

    By Georgia Morley, , 1 minute read

    We are starting the new year with a celebration of London’s tramways in our new Poster Parade on display at the Museum from 10 January to 26 March 2020. Find out more in this blog by Curator Georgia Morley.

    Poster depicting a trolleybus to Kingston
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    •  Collections
    •  Exhibitions

    Thameslink: A history through the city

    By Laura Sleath, , 3 minute read

    Our latest exhibition Untangling the Tracks takes a closer look at the Thameslink Programme, a major project to increase capacity, improve connections and provide greater reliability on the Thameslink route. Senior Curator Laura Sleath tells us the history behind the only north-south mainline railway to cross London.

    Print of works on a railway
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    •  Posters

    Celebrating 150 years of the District line with our new Poster Parade

    By Laura Sleath, , 2 minute read

    Senior Curator Laura Sleath presents some of the posters in our new Poster Parade, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the District line.

    Underground map of London with the lines mark in red and black
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    •  Collections

    Celebrating Britain's transport textile

    By Georgia Morley,

    Georgia Morley introduces the Celebrating Britain's Transport Textile project, exploring the use of moquette on the transport system since the 1920s

    A red, black green and yellow paid moquette pattern