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  1. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators

    Women’s Safety and Welfare - A new collecting project

    , 2 minute read

    As part of a new collecting project documenting women’s safety and welfare on the transport network, we are hosting an event at the Museum on 23 May 2022 to discuss these issues across the heritage sector. Find out more in this blog by Documentary Curator, Rosamund West.

    Upskirting poster on display on a platform
  2. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators

    'I helped open the Elizabeth line' - Documenting contemporary transport history

    , 2 minute read

    Documentary Curator Rosamund West shares her memories of the Elizabeth line trial operations day at Woolwich station.

    A tote bag with an Elizabeth line roundel sign
  3. 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
  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
    •  Volunteers
    •  Collections

    A brief history of the pocket Underground map

    By Nick Gill, , 4 minute read

    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.

    Map of the Undeground
  7. Blog category
    •  Volunteers

    A day in the life of a Welcome Host volunteer

    , 2 minute read

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

    A man on his wheelchair poses next to a tube train in the museum
  8. Blog category
    •  Volunteers
    •  Collections

    The Routemaster: A design icon

    , 2 minute read

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

    Routemaster double deck motor bus bonnet No RM1737, 1963