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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Our Journey To The (Museum Futures) Summit

    , 2 minute read

    Young Freelancers Feyi and Lei let us in behind the scenes of their contribution to the Museum Futures Summit, an online event hosted by the British Museum to explore paid entry-level training programmes that increase the diversity and accessibility of the cultural sector. 

    Students at a workshop at the museum depot
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Life as an Apprentice at London Transport Museum

    To mark National Apprencticeship Week 2022, our Learning Apprentice Georgia reveals what her last six months at the Museum have been like, and shares some words of advice for other young apprentices starting out their careers in the arts & heritage sector.

    A young woman poses in front of old bus stop signs
  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