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Acton Access Project: Work Experience and Community Engagement at the Museum Depot
, 5 minute readIn this blog, Arielle Murphy (the acting Communities Manager on the Learning team for the Acton Access project) reflects on the first round of the project’s community engagement work, and the impact that it has had on its participants.
Acton Access is a major new project for London Transport Museum, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. In this blog, Henry Flynn (Senior Curator for Collections Management and curatorial lead on Acton Access) discusses more about the project, what it involves, and what its aims are.
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- Climate Crossroads
Teaming up with Mastercard to create a greener future
, 2 minute readThis summer, we’re teaming up with Mastercard to offer our visitors the opportunity to take a small action that will help restore some of the world’s forests. Find out how!
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- Q Stock Restoration
- Volunteers
Working with the Q stock restoration team
, 2 minute readMuseum Depot Volunteer Andy Simpson shares his experience working on the restoration of the last remaining 1030s Q stock cars.
How can making a group meal give young people special access to the collection of the London Transport Museum and help them explore the theme of travel? David Thomson from Eat Club looks back at a special event held in October.
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- Volunteers
A day in the life of a Welcome Host volunteer - Depot edition
, 3 minute readWelcome Host volunteer Thomas James shares his experience working at our September Depot Open Days
Museum Volunteer and Doctor of transport history Rudi Newman reveals the story of one of the few confirmed ‘hauntings’ on the Underground
At our July Depot Open Days, visitors had the chance to explore the state of the art Alexander Dennis ADL/BYD Enviro 400 bus. Find out what our visitors asked the Abellio team about their electric buses.