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  1. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Museum Lates

    Museum Late: Night on the tiles

    , 2 minute read

    Our Museum Late: Night on the tiles is all about the history of London’s rich nightlife from Victorian music halls and night clubs, to subcultures which have influenced London and the world. The Museum of Youth Culture will also be joining us to talk about their latest collecting project, Grown Up In Britain.

    Poster depicting people dancing on a dance floor with a dj in the background
  2. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    Family volunteering at the Museum Depot

    , 3 minute read

    Volunteer Resource Manager Sam Clift report back from our fist family volunteering day at the Museum Depot. The day provided families with an opportunity to visit our Museum Depot on a weekend afternoon, and spend some recreational time together helping to maintain the tracks of our London Transport Mu

    A men and two children walking by a red tube train
  3. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Q Stock Restoration
    •  Museum Depot

    Our Q Stock story: one year on

    , 3 minute read

    An update on our Q Stock restoration project by Project Manager Jullian Urry.

    Volunteers working on the inside of a train car
  4. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    Farewell, Baker Street - TfL's Lost Properties Office is on the move

    , 2 minute read

    After 86 years, Transport for London's Lost Property Office is moving from its historic location at 200 Baker Street. What better time to explore the building's nooks and crannies, filled with lost treasures from the mundane to the bizarre, before they are moved to new premises.

  5. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    Celebrating 20 years of the Museum Depot

    , 3 minute read

    Our Museum Depot celebrates its 20th anniversary this year! Find out all about this marvellous transport treasure trove in Acton Town.

    View of three historic trains, one yellow, one red and one white and green
  6. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot
    •  Families

    Love Your Line - Museum Depot Open Weekend

    , 3 minute read

    Celebrating the Victoria Line's 50th, Jubilee Line's 40th and District Lines 150th anniversaries at the Acton Depot Open Weekend. Find out more about the Tube lines you Love!

    illustrated advert for Love Your Line, with a mimic of the Tube map in the shape of hearts along the lines
  7. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Posters

    Prize for Illustration Notes from a winner - By Julia Allum

    A note from Julia on the process behind winning the Silver award for her poster design, and what she has been up to since.

    A photo of Julia holding her winning poster, with the three parakeets adorned on roundels
  8. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Young People’s Skills Programme

    Young Freelancer Aksana Khan talks about her first big project which involved supporting the Young People’s Skills Programme.

    A group of young people sitting at the back of a bus in the Museum