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  1. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    Discovering our Museum Depot: The Acton Access Project

    8 February 2024, 7 minute read

    Acton Access is a major new project for London Transport Museum, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. In this blog, Henry Flynn (Senior Curator for Collections Management and curatorial lead on Acton Access) discusses more about the project, what it involves, and what its aims are.

    Project Curator Becky is seen measuring an item
  2. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Exhibitions

    For the love of Carnival

    21 October 2022, 4 minute read

    Shari Royer, designer of the carnival headdress on display in our Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce exhibition, reveals the inextricable link between her love for Carnival and her career as a costume designer.

    A person pointing at a feathered headdress on display in a case
  3. Blog category
    •  Exhibitions
    •  Guest blog

    Leaving a Legacy

    6 May 2022, 2 minute read

    Josh Burrell, Senior Press Officer at TfL, shares insights of his experience as a member of the Advisory Board behind our exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce.

    A man standing in front of a screen with words from a poem
  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
    •  Exhibitions

    How we made our new exhibition Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce

    By Laura Sleath, 28 January 2022, 2 minute read

    Find out how we developed our exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce, working closely with an Advisory Board made up of people of Caribbean heritage, in this blog by Senior Curator Laura Sleath.

    A Black man sits across from another Black man and a White men interviewing him for a job
  6. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    On the buses!

    9 November 2021, 1 minute read

    Meet Jimmy and Michael, two long-time friends who set themselves the challenge of completing all of London’s bus routes. We were delighted to welcome them to our Museum Depot this summer for a special visit with Depot Manager Mike Dipre and Depot Supervisor Keith Raeburn. Read on to find out how all about it.

    Two men stand in front of a heritage bus outside the museum depot
  7. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    More than storage - Behind the scenes at our Museum Depot

    30 April 2021, 2 minute read

    As we're getting ready to reopen our Museum Depot to families this May half term, find out what has been going on behind the scenes during winter in lockdown.

    View from above of three underground trains
  8. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Museum Depot

    Not all London buses are red: discover our green RM2 bus

    27 April 2021, 2 minute read

    Find out more about our green RM2 bus, on display at the Museum Depot in Acton, in this blog by Depot volunteer Grahame Bath.

    A green double decker bus in front of the Museum Depot