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The Art of the Poster - London Transport at War: First World War
By Nick Gill, , 3 minute readMuseum Depot volunteer Nick Gill presents a selection of posters commissioned by the UERL during the First World War, in the first instalment in a series of blogs exploring wartime posters in our collection.
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A brief history of the pocket Underground map
By Nick Gill, , 4 minute readFrom the first map produced by the UERL in 1908 to the revolutionary Harry Beck design and its modern iterations, enjoy a brief history of the Underground map by Museum volunteer Nick Gill.
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Energy Garden: Bringing Community Energy to the London Overground
, 2 minute readEnergy Garden is a Community Benefit Society that invests in renewable energy infrastructure to support community development. Find out how they help tackle the lack of accessible green space in urban environments by creating community-owned renewable energy and garden initiatives on transport infrastructure across London.
Museum Depot volunteer Grahame Bath talks about one of his favourite design icons in our collection, the Routemaster bus.
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Engineering Change - Takeover Day
, 2 minute readAs 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.
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Engineering Change - Meet the Engineers
, 2 minute readPupils from Wembley Primary School will be putting their questions to grown-ups in the transport industry to find out what actions they are taking to help build a greener future, during a live stream on 12 November 2021, part of our Engineering Change themed week.
In this blog, we introduce two of the real-world engineers who will be talking to the Year 5 students. Discover some of the solutions helping to make our city more sustainable.
The Underground Group and London Transport were major sponsors of poster art and commissioned a huge variety of artists and designers during the 20th century. In our latest Poster Parade, we explore the wide range of artistic and graphic styles and techniques used by some of those artists. Find out more in this blog by the two Curatorial interns who put together our Poster Techniques display.