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- Museum Depot
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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!
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.
Find out more about our Green Journey summer workshops, inspiring families to learn about possible solutions to climate change.
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- Climate Crossroads
Celebrating London Climate Action Week with Mott MacDonald and Mastercard
, 2 minute readTo mark London Climate Action Week 2022, we talked to our Climate Crossroads sponsors, Mott MacDonald and Mastercard, about the ways they are helping to tackle climate change and build a greener London.
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- Contemporary Curators
Women’s Safety and Welfare - A new collecting project
, 2 minute readAs part of a new collecting project documenting women’s safety and welfare on the transport network, we are hosting an event at the Museum on 23 May 2022 to discuss these issues across the heritage sector. Find out more in this blog by Documentary Curator, Rosamund West.
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- Contemporary Curators
'I helped open the Elizabeth line' - Documenting contemporary transport history
, 2 minute readDocumentary Curator Rosamund West shares her memories of the Elizabeth line trial operations day at Woolwich station.