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Celebrating 150 years of the District line with our new Poster Parade
By Laura Sleath, , 2 minute readSenior Curator Laura Sleath presents some of the posters in our new Poster Parade, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the District line.
We're celebrating the opening of our Untangling the Tracks exhibition with a special quiz! Test your knowledge and don't forget to share your results with us.
Poster Art Commissioner for Transport for London and London Transport Museum Michael Walton looks at the history of commissioning art posters for the Underground since 1908.
Artist Julia Allum, winner of the Silver Award in 2017 Prize for Illustration, reveals how she brought London stories to life in her stunning promotional image for this year’s Poster Prize for Illustration exhibition.
A note from Julia on the process behind winning the Silver award for her poster design, and what she has been up to since.
Find out more about the Zinkeisen sisters and how their portrayal of women in their poster designs could have been deemed 'racy' in the 1930s.
Join us in wishing Carol Barker a Happy 80th Birthday, and find out more about the artist herself.