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  1. Blog category
    •  Volunteers

    Happy Volunteers' Week 2022!

    , 2 minute read

    Our Museum volunteers contribute a huge amount of time, energy, enthusiasm, skills and expertise to everything we do, ensuring our visitors have a fantastic time when they visit us in Covent Garden and Acton. This Volunteers' Week we're saying a huge Thank You to our volunteers and shining a light on their contributions.

    Museum volunteer helping visitors
  2. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Early Explorer Mornings for schools are back!

    Find out what goes on at our Early Explorer Mornings designed for schools and familie with SEND.

    Person in 1930s clothes sitting in a vintage carriage
  3. Blog category
    •  Volunteers
    •  Collections

    The Art of the Poster - London Transport at War: Second World War

    By Nick Gill, , 3 minute read

    A look at wartime posters commissioned by London Transport during the Second World War, with Museum Depot volunteer Nick Gill.

    Illustration of a man, woman and child in a field
  4. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes

    Insights from our Inspire Engineering webinar

    , 2 minute read

    Find out all about our recent Inspire Engineering webinar where young people heard from STEM Ambassadors from Transport for London about the wonders of STEM careers and the different jobs that help to move London forward safely, inclusively and sustainably.

    Two girls in school uniform handling wires
  5. Blog category
    •  Volunteers
    •  Collections

    The Art of the Poster - London Transport at War: First World War

    By Nick Gill, , 3 minute read

    Museum 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.

    Illustration of women dragging a horse drawn carriage in a field
  6. Blog category
    •  Volunteers

    Mind the Gap - The story of Embankment station's announcement

    , 2 minute read

    Welcome Host volunteer Thomas James share one of his favourite London Underground stories, about the very special Mind the Gap announcement at Embankment station.

    A Tube train along a platform with a yellow line and the words Mind the Gap
  7. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Caribbean Journeys: a voyage of discovery for school children

    , 2 minute read

    Find out more about our news school session for Key Stage 2, Caribbean Journeys, inspired by the themes and stories of our new exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce

    School children queue up to board a bus in the museum
  8. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Joe’s Busy Bus - A new school session taking kids back in time 

    , 2 minute read

    Find out all about our new session for Key Stage 1 students, exploring the story of Joe Clough, London's first Black bus driver, and those of other remarkable London Transport's workers.

    Four children looking at a giant map of London and a sign reading Joes's Busy Bus