Blog posts
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.
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A trip to the new Battersea Power Station Underground station
, 1 minute readMuseum volunteer Thomas James shares a few snaps taken at Battersea Power Station on the opening day of the Northern Line Extension.
How do you show what it's like to travel on the London Underground in a theatre? Award-winning Designer Bunny Christie reveals how they have recreated Christopher Boone's adventurous Tube journey from Paddington to Willsden Junction in the upcoming production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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All of London - Memories of a Museum volunteer inspired by our Connections map
, 2 minute readWelcome Host volunteers Thomas and Bill talk about one of their favourite objects in the Museum, the Connections map on the ground floor.
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On the Surface - London by bus and river
By Nick Gill, , 2 minute readDiscover posters from our collection promoting travel by bus and river from 1945 to today, with Museum Depot volunteer guide Nick Gill.
In this past year of closures, one thing that we've all been doing more of is walking around our local neighbourhoods. At our Museum After Dark event on 17 June 2021, journalist and writer Erica Buist will be collecting your thoughts and experiences to create a collective piece of writing. Find out more in this blog.
Rudi Newman, a Doctor of transport history and London Transport Museum volunteer, talks about one of the highlights in our collection, the Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive No. 23.
