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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.

Welcome Host volunteer Thomas James share one of his favourite London Underground stories, about the very special Mind the Gap announcement at Embankment station.

The cast and crew of Sunday's best, one of the films commissioned for our new exhibition Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce, reflect on the experience of making the film.

Find out how we developed our exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce, working closely with an Advisory Board made up of people of Caribbean heritage, in this blog by Senior Curator Laura Sleath.

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.

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

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

Museum volunteer Thomas James shares a few snaps taken at Battersea Power Station on the opening day of the Northern Line Extension.