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    Not all London buses are red: discover our green RM2 bus

    27 April 2021, 2 minute read

    Find out more about our green RM2 bus, on display at the Museum Depot in Acton, in this blog by Depot volunteer Grahame Bath.

    A green double decker bus in front of the Museum Depot
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    To Theatreland by bus or Underground

    By Nick Gill, 22 April 2021, 3 minute read

    Discover London Transport's posters advertising travel to the West End and Theatreland through the ages.

    Poster artwork depicting the entrance of a theatre with bright lights at nighttime
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    London buses in wartime

    14 April 2021, 2 minute read

    Discover some of the buses in our collection that help us tell the story of London's transport during wartime, in this blog by Museum Depot volunteer Grahame Bathe.

    The battle bus driving through the Somme
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    A look at London Transport's early advertising posters

    By Nick Gill, 19 March 2021, 3 minute read

    Discover how, in 1933, poster art helped to establish the brand identity of the newly formed London Passenger Transport Board, later known simply as London Transport.

    Three posters with colourful flowers and leafy landscapes
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    Transported by Music – The delightful links between transport and opera

    By Elizabeth McKay, 3 December 2020, 2 minute read

    Discover the surprising links between transport and opera in this blog by Elizabeth McKay, the Museum’s Chief Operating Officer, inspired by a recent online event with Dr Harry Brünjes, Chairman of the English National Opera and the London Coliseum Theatre.

    A train carrying costumed characters on a theatre stage
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    5 things you'll love about our new website

    7 October 2020, 1 minute read

    We are excited for you to explore some of the amazing features of our brand new website. We picked 5 of our favourites which we think you'll love!

    Black and white photo of a man in a suit sitting in front of a computer
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    A brief history of tran-sports!

    By Ellie Miles, 11 September 2020, 1 minute read

    Did you know that London Underground has its own football league? And that London transport sports teams history dates back to the early twentieth century? Contemporary Curator Ellie Miles tells you more in this blog.

    Six football players wearing a blue kit standing in line in front of two red double decker buses
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    Poster Power - The way for all

    24 April 2020, 2 minute read

    London Transport has a long tradition of commissioning established and emerging artists to design advertising posters for the transport network. London Transport Museum’s collection holds around 15,000 between posters, prints and original artworks. As part of our Poster Power online celebrations from 25 April to 3 May 2020, we have asked Nick Gill, London Transport Museum Friend and volunteer guide for 17 years, to tell us about his favourite poster in the Museum’s collection.

    Poster of a woman dressed in Victorian clothes with green silhouettes of men and women in the background and a partially visible sign reading Underground