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    •  Quiz

    Quiz: How well do you know the Tube map?

    25 June 2020

    Do you know your Overground from your Emirates Airline? Think you know what colour the Elizabeth line will be? Test out your Tube map knowledge with our latest quiz!

    AN early version of the Underground map as designed by Harry Beck
  2. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Collections

    The golden age of urban attractions

    23 April 2020, 5 minute read

    Zorian Clayton, Assistant Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum presents a selection of posters from London Transport Museum's and V&A's poster collections showcasing a golden age of illustrative graphic design in the UK.

    Graphic depicting half the face of a woman and half the black silhouette of a head
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    •  Quiz

    Quiz: Do you know our sporting posters?

    15 April 2020

    To celebrate our gift range based on sporting posters, now available in our online shop, we've put together a quiz to test your sporting (and poster!) knowledge...

    Wimbledon poster
  4. Do you think you know the most iconic posters in our collection? See if you can spot the correct missing item on these 10 artworks?

    A tube of acrylic paint depicting the Underground network
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    •  Quiz

    Quiz: Are you a moquette master?

    24 March 2020

    From the French word for carpet, moquette is a tough woollen fabric, used on transport all over the world. It was introduced to London in the 1920s. How much do you know about the city's most iconic fabric?

    Brown, yellow and orange patterned moquette fabric
  6. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    London Transport Museum's Ruby Anniversary

    25 February 2020, 3 minute read

    A brief look at the origins of London Transport Museum and its collection, on the occasion of its Ruby anniversary, with first-hand memories of Mike Walton, who was working in the Museum shop when it first opened in Covent Garden on 28 March 1980.

    Poster depicting a red bus and tube train, a steam train and the facade of a victorian building with a sign reading London Transport Museum
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    •  Quiz

    Quiz: How well do you know London Transport Museum?

    14 February 2020

    To celebrate our 40th birthday, we've put together a quiz to test how much you know about the Museum, our collection and the big facts from our history. How much do you know?

    The front entrance of the Museum
  8. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Museum Lates

    Museum Late: Night on the tiles

    5 February 2020, 2 minute read

    Our Museum Late: Night on the tiles is all about the history of London’s rich nightlife from Victorian music halls and night clubs, to subcultures which have influenced London and the world. The Museum of Youth Culture will also be joining us to talk about their latest collecting project, Grown Up In Britain.

    Poster depicting people dancing on a dance floor with a dj in the background