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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.
Museum Volunteer and Doctor of transport history Rudi Newman reveals the story of one of the few confirmed ‘hauntings’ on the Underground
Shari Royer, designer of the carnival headdress on display in our Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce exhibition, reveals the inextricable link between her love for Carnival and her career as a costume designer.
Go behind the scenes of our latest Poster Parade with Danyi Wei and Wenyi Shi, the former interns who worked with our curators to put together the display, showcasing the work of influential British designer Tom Eckersley.
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Introducing our new Young Freelancers (2022-2023)
, 2 minute readMeet our new cohort of Young Freelancers, joining our team for a year as part of our Young People's Skills Programme.
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London Transport at War: Recruitment Posters from the First World War
By Nick Gill, , 3 minute readFind out how poster commisions by the the Underground Group contributed to recruitment propaganda at the beginning of the First World War, with Museum Depot volunteer Nick Gill.
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West Side Story – Marking the fifth anniversary of Grenfell
, 2 minute readTo mark the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, young residents who lost friends in the disaster have produced a charity single called ‘West Side Story’, with the support of the non-profit organisation One Vibe. Our current Khadija Saye Photography Fellow, Hannah Daisy, photographed the launch event on 6 May 2022. Find out more.
Josh Burrell, Senior Press Officer at TfL, shares insights of his experience as a member of the Advisory Board behind our exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce.