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From the French word for carpet, moquette is a tough woollen fabric, used on transport all over the world. It was introduced to London in the 1920s. How much do you know about the city's most iconic fabric?

To celebrate our 40th birthday, we've put together a quiz to test how much you know about the Museum, our collection and the big facts from our history. How much do you know?

Santa's got a new sleigh! Check out what we have planned for families this Christmas.

We partnered up with museum freelancer Sacha Coward and invited people to use the #MyJourneyToPride hashtag to document and share their stories of travelling to Pride in London and UK Black Pride 2019. We also asked some people to record video diaries of their journeys in order to create a picture of the lived experience of a group of people from the LGBT+ community in London in 2019. Find out what happened.

Inspired by some of the stations highlighted in our Untangling the Tracks exhibition, you can now find out what Thameslink station you’re most like! Take our personality quiz below and share your results with us using the hashtag #UntanglingTheTracks.

Documentary Curator Ellie Miles introduces our new My Journey to Pride project - asking you to document your journey to 2019 pride parades

Susanna Cordner explores our Social Stations projects, celebrating how community and grassroots projects are reclaiming spaces at stations for public and/or environmental benefit

We're celebrating the opening of our Untangling the Tracks exhibition with a special quiz! Test your knowledge and don't forget to share your results with us.