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  1. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard
    •  Families

    What's in store for families and schools

    By Fenella Goodhart, 21 May 2021, 2 minute read

    Now that we've reopened our doors, we're back on track to deliver our fantastic programmes for families and schools, starting with fun activities at the Museum in Covent Garden and at the Museum Depot in Acton during May half term.

    A man and two children walking between two vintage trains
  2. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators
    •  Collections

    A brief history of tran-sports!

    By Ellie Miles, 11 September 2020, 1 minute read

    Did you know that London Underground has its own football league? And that London transport sports teams history dates back to the early twentieth century? Contemporary Curator Ellie Miles tells you more in this blog.

    Six football players wearing a blue kit standing in line in front of two red double decker buses
  3. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    Opening the Museum Depot for a new summer season

    By Fenella Goodhart, 20 July 2020, 2 minute read

    We are getting ready to open the doors to our Museum Depot this summer. Find out what we have in store for our visitors.

    View of three historic trains, one yellow, one red and one white and green
  4. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    Inspiring curiosity at London Transport Museum

    By Fenella Goodhart, 12 June 2020, 2 minute read

    Find out how we have been keeping the Museum alive in your hearts, minds and across your digital devices during lockdown.

    A teacher inspiring children
  5. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators

    Contemporary Collecting: An Ethical Toolkit for Museum Practitioners

    By Ellie Miles, 31 March 2020, 2 minute read

    Contemporary collecting involves people making decisions about preserving lived experience, knowledge, stories and objects and as such can venture into complicated ethical territory. Ellie Miles, together with other Museum practitioners, has created a toolkit which aims to be a useful resource for people embarking on contemporary collecting.

    A collage of photographs laid out on a table
  6. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators

    #MyJourneyToPride - Here's what happened!

    By Ellie Miles, 22 August 2019, 3 minute read

    We partnered up with museum freelancer Sacha Coward and invited people to use the #MyJourneyToPride hashtag to document and share their stories of travelling to Pride in London and UK Black Pride 2019. We also asked some people to record video diaries of their journeys in order to create a picture of the lived experience of a group of people from the LGBT+ community in London in 2019. Find out what happened.

    Poster depicting 6 double decker buses in the colours of the LGBT rainbow flag
  7. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Contemporary Curators

    #MyJourneyToPride – Collecting LGBT+ experiences

    By Ellie Miles, 17 June 2019

    Documentary Curator Ellie Miles introduces our new My Journey to Pride project - asking you to document your journey to 2019 pride parades

    A station with rainbow-coloured seats and a trans flag themed roundel
  8. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators
    •  Collections

    Where are all the women?

    By Ellie Miles, 5 February 2019, 3 minute read

    Ellie Miles takes a look at some of the stories that were submitted as part of the Where are all the Women project

    Female Lathe Operators at Acton Works 1942