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  1. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    Inspiring curiosity at London Transport Museum

    By Fenella Goodhart, , 2 minute read

    Find out how we have been keeping the Museum alive in your hearts, minds and across your digital devices during lockdown.

    A teacher inspiring children
  2. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    Changing times in the world of museum retail

    By Laura Mullins, , 2 minute read

    The Museum's Retail team is looking at how best to promote a socially distanced and pleasant shopping environment for when we reopen our doors in Covent Garden.

    A display of london transport themed children gifts in all the colour of the rainbow
  3. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    Preparation! Preparation! Preparation!

    By Geoff Rowe, , 2 minute read

    While the Museum remains closed, the team are not standing still. We've been cleaning and preparing every part of the Museum to get ready to welcome visitors again soon.

    A wide shot of London Transport Museum with two red double decker buses in the foreground and historic buses in the background
  4. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    A visit to Covent Garden

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 2 minute read

    We are launching a new blog series, Welcome Aboard, to keep you updated on how the Museum team are doing during lockdown. In the first instalment, our Director Sam Mullins visits the sleeping Museum for the first time in two months.

    View of London Transport Museum entrance on Covent Garden Piazza
  5. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Shaping London since 1980

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 2 minute read

    London Transport Museum has stood proudly in the Covent Garden Piazza since it was open on 28 March 1980. Over the past four decades Covent Garden has been transformed into a vibrant quarter of London, with the Museum contributing to the distinct personality of the area.

    A drawing depicting a Victorian building with arches and large buildings and a sign reading London Transport Museum
  6. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Exploring the past and shaping the future

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 3 minute read

    Our Director reveals what we have in store for our visitors in 2020.

    Entrance of London Transport Museum
  7. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog
    •  Hidden London

    Uncovering Hidden London

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 3 minute read

    In this blog, our Director talks all things Hidden London, from the new immersive exhibition at the Museum and a brand new illustrated book, to the popular Hidden London tours of disused stations across the transport network.

    A section of the Hidden London exhibition showing a disused ticket window and desk
  8. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Picking up speed in 2019

    By Sam Mullins, OBE,

    Our Director, Sam Mullins, takes a look at what's coming up in 2019

    Sam Mullins OBE standing on the back of Battle Bus