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  1. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes

    Full STEAM ahead for British Science Week

    By Hannah Cushion, 1 March 2021, 2 minute read

    See what our Learning team has in store for KS2 and KS3 students, to celebrate British Science Week 2021 on the theme 'Innovating for the Future'.

    Three young female students in school uniforms walk between a green and white train and a red tube train
  2. Blog category
    •  Hidden London

    New discoveries at Clapham South's deep level shelter

    By Siddy Holloway, 19 February 2020, 3 minute read

    Did you know that the deep-level shelter at Clapham South was also used as an archive? The recent removal of some of the archive shelving by our Hidden London team revealed something unexpected. Siddy Holloway tells you more about the findings in this blog.

    Black and white photo of an underground tunnel with stairs going up
  3. Blog category
    •  Collections

    District line: a history in maps

    By Simon Murphy, 27 February 2019, 5 minute read

    The District line is 150 years old! We are celebrating its past, present and future throughout 2019, as part of TfL’s District 150 celebrations. In this first blog installment, our curator Simon Murphy unravels the history of the District line through maps from our collection.

    A map of the District Railway
  4. Blog category
    •  Hidden London

    70th Anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush

    By Siddy Holloway, 7 June 2018

    In the lead-up to the 70th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush, Siddy Holloway gives a first-hand account of welcoming a very special guest back to Clapham South deep-level shelter for the first time in 70 years.

    A black and white photo of black shelters in Clapham South
  5. Blog category
    •  Exhibitions

    Introducing our new gallery, Digging Deeper

    By Simon Murphy, 19 March 2018, 1 minute read

    Simon Murphy introduces our new Digging Deeper gallery, telling the tunnelling story of London's transport over the last 200 years.

    A woman standing in fonrt of a projection of a Greathead shield
  6. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Exhibitions

    Digging Deeper - A New Discovery

    By Simon Murphy, 26 September 2017, 2 minute read

    Discover why a small item in our collection became more than just a model to display in our new Digging Deeper gallery, but an important piece of tunnelling history.

    An angled view of the shield six screw ram, from above. gold and brown, on a Gray concrete background