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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.

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

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.

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

From 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.

Find out how Thomas James, one of our brilliant volunteers, prepares for a long day working at the Museum as a Welcome Host.

Museum Depot volunteer Grahame Bath talks about one of his favourite design icons in our collection, the Routemaster bus.

Museum volunteer Thomas James shares a few snaps taken at Battersea Power Station on the opening day of the Northern Line Extension.