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We’ve got something very special planned for February Half Term 2020: we are sending you and your family on a mission to explore our galleries and discover the signs and symbols that make London’s transport system the most recognisable in the world. Find out more!
Senior Curator Laura Sleath looks at Transport for London's long history of producing posters to keep passengers informed about upgrades to the network. This theme is further explored in our exhibition Untangling the Tracks,
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Thameslink: A history through the city
By Laura Sleath, , 3 minute readOur latest exhibition Untangling the Tracks takes a closer look at the Thameslink Programme, a major project to increase capacity, improve connections and provide greater reliability on the Thameslink route. Senior Curator Laura Sleath tells us the history behind the only north-south mainline railway to cross London.
Early Explorer mornings at the Museum are a fantastic opportunity for students with a broad range of Special Educational Needs to explore the Museum while it is quieter and less busy.
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Poster Girls - Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964)
, 1 minute readDavid Bownes, co-curator of our Poster Girls exhibition, talks about one of the illustrators featured in the exhibition, Mabel Lucie Attwell.
David Bownes, Co-Curator of our exhibition Poster Girls, talks about the 'Travel Queen', 1960s designer Dorrit Dekk.
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C&RE - A modern couple who brought a new aesthetic to 1930s poster art
, 2 minute readFind out about Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, the husband and wife designer duo who shared artistic and marital equality.
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Introducing our new gallery, Digging Deeper
By Simon Murphy, , 1 minute readSimon Murphy introduces our new Digging Deeper gallery, telling the tunnelling story of London's transport over the last 200 years.