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  1. Blog category
    •  Volunteers

    Mind the Gap - The story of Embankment station's announcement

    25 March 2022, 2 minute read

    Welcome Host volunteer Thomas James share one of his favourite London Underground stories, about the very special Mind the Gap announcement at Embankment station.

    A Tube train along a platform with a yellow line and the words Mind the Gap
  2. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Museum Lates

    Please Mind the Ghosts - Discover a new AR app at our Friday Late

    10 March 2022, 3 minute read

    Patricia 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.

    A display of Caribbean flags
  3. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    A powerful reminder

    8 March 2022, 2 minute read

    The walls of Clapham South deep-level shelter still bear graffiti left by people who took refuge there during and after the Second World War, from those who had lost their homes in the Capital to people displaced from their homes in Europe. Find out more in this blog.

    Black and white photo of an underground tunnel with stairs going up
  4. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Exhibitions

    Reflections on the making of Sunday's best

    28 February 2022, 2 minute read

    The cast and crew of Sunday's best, one of the films commissioned for our new exhibition Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce, reflect on the experience of making the film.

    Close up of a man filming a scene with a hand held camera
  5. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    Every Story Matters - Discover TfL's Pride roundels

    14 February 2022, 2 minute read

    Jenney De Sousa, Brand Manager in TfL's Design team, talks about the Every Story Matters project, and the amazing Pride roundels celebrating London's LGBT+ community across the Underground network.

    A roundel with the word ours and the skyline of London in the rainbow colours
  6. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    How we co-created the Secret Shelter Challenge game

    2 February 2022, 3 minute read

    In January 2022, together with Musemio, we launched a virtual reality game for children, Secret Shelter Challenge: time-travel deep underground. In this blog, Musemio's CEO Olga Kravchenko tells all about the creative process behind this new exciting educational game.

    A child looking into a virtual reality headset
  7. Blog category
    •  Volunteers
    •  Collections

    A brief history of the pocket Underground map

    By Nick Gill, 17 December 2021, 4 minute read

    From the first map produced by the UERL in 1908 to the revolutionary Harry Beck design and its modern iterations, enjoy a brief history of the Underground map by Museum volunteer Nick Gill.

    Map of the Undeground
  8. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Climate Crossroads

    Energy Garden: Bringing Community Energy to the London Overground

    14 December 2021, 2 minute read

    Energy Garden is a Community Benefit Society that invests in renewable energy infrastructure to support community development. Find out how they help tackle the lack of accessible green space in urban environments by creating community-owned renewable energy and garden initiatives on transport infrastructure across London.

    An allotment on the side of a platform at a London Overground station