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  1. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    On the Surface - London by bus and river

    By Nick Gill, , 2 minute read

    Discover posters from our collection promoting travel by bus and river from 1945 to today, with Museum Depot volunteer guide Nick Gill.

    Psotrer depicting a busy river bank
  2. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    The Underground’s Steam Survivor

    , 2 minute read

    Rudi Newman, a Doctor of transport history and London Transport Museum volunteer, talks about one of the highlights in our collection, the Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive No. 23.

    Detail of a steam locomotive with the words Metropolitan Railway 23
  3. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    'Music in London' by Hans Unger and Eberhard Schulze (1964)

    By Nick Gill, , 2 minute read

    Depot volunteer guide Nick Gill explores the 1964 poster 'Music in London' by Hans Unger and Eberhard Schulze, one of the thousands of iconic posters in our world-renowned collection of transport posters and artworks.

    Poster depicting a bearded man playing a classical piano
  4. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    Along the Right Lines

    , 2 minute read

    Thomas, one of our Volunteer Welcome Hosts, talks about one of his favourite Underground maps in our collection and shares his experience as a wheelchair user travelling on the Underground.

    A diagrammatic map of London Underground's lines
  5. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Young People's Blog Series - 5 things I wish I’d known before joining the Young Freelancers programme

    , 2 minute read

    In the last instalment of our Young People's Blog Series, young freelancer Veronica Sarmiento shares useful tips she's learned during her time at London Transport Museum.

    Six young people standing in front of the Hidden London exhibition entrance
  6. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Young People's Blog Series - Reflections on under-represented people in the museum sector

    , 3 minute read

    Young Freelancer Sinead McGeechan shares her reflections about working-class and under-represented people in museums and the transport sector, as well as recounting her personal experience to encourage anyone who might be facing barriers while looking for their dream job.

    Black and white photo of a young woman with long hair wearing a hat
  7. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Young People's Blog Series - Reflecting on the Young Freelancers Experience: One Year On

    , 2 minute read

    Aagya Pradhan, one of the Young Freelancers in our Young People Skills programme, reflects on how the programme has helped her to explore aspects of museum work she wouldn't have considered before.

    A young woman smiles to the camera with a map of London visible in the background
  8. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Young People's Blog Series - How to get the best out of being an apprentice

    , 2 minute read

    We're launching a new series of blogs written by some of the young freelancers and apprentices in our Young People's Skills Programme. In the first installment, Bayley gives useful tips and advice to young people to make the most of an apprenticeship.

    A young Black man with short hair wearing a dark green jumper with a yellow and black locomotive in the background