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Acton Access Project: Work Experience and Community Engagement at the Museum Depot
, 5 minute readIn this blog, Arielle Murphy (the acting Communities Manager on the Learning team for the Acton Access project) reflects on the first round of the project’s community engagement work, and the impact that it has had on its participants.
Acton Access is a major new project for London Transport Museum, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. In this blog, Henry Flynn (Senior Curator for Collections Management and curatorial lead on Acton Access) discusses more about the project, what it involves, and what its aims are.
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Working with the Q stock restoration team
, 2 minute readMuseum Depot Volunteer Andy Simpson shares his experience working on the restoration of the last remaining 1030s Q stock cars.
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Please Mind the Ghosts - Discover a new AR app at our Friday Late
, 3 minute readPatricia Lalla, Owner of Wolfskill Ltd and contributor at our Friday Late - Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce, talks about the personal and historic background of her Augmented Reality prototype app, Please Mind The Ghosts™, bringing to life characters of different eras and ethnicities, all connected to the Windrush story.
Meet Jimmy and Michael, two long-time friends who set themselves the challenge of completing all of London’s bus routes. We were delighted to welcome them to our Museum Depot this summer for a special visit with Depot Manager Mike Dipre and Depot Supervisor Keith Raeburn. Read on to find out how all about it.
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.
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More than storage - Behind the scenes at our Museum Depot
, 2 minute readAs we're getting ready to reopen our Museum Depot to families this May half term, find out what has been going on behind the scenes during winter in lockdown.
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Not all London buses are red: discover our green RM2 bus
, 2 minute readFind out more about our green RM2 bus, on display at the Museum Depot in Acton, in this blog by Depot volunteer Grahame Bath.