Volunteer Resource Manager Sam Clift report back from our fist family volunteering day at the Museum Depot. The day provided families with an opportunity to visit our Museum Depot on a weekend afternoon, and spend some recreational time together helping to maintain the tracks of our London Transport Mu
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Our Q Stock story: one year on
11 November 2019, 3 minute readAn update on our Q Stock restoration project by Project Manager Jullian Urry.
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Untangling the Tracks: communicating change
22 October 2019, 2 minute readSenior Curator Laura Sleath looks at Transport for London's long history of producing posters to keep passengers informed about upgrades to the network. This theme is further explored in our exhibition Untangling the Tracks,
Our Museum Depot celebrates its 20th anniversary this year! Find out all about this marvellous transport treasure trove in Acton Town.
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Thameslink: A history through the city
By Laura Sleath, 24 July 2019, 3 minute readOur latest exhibition Untangling the Tracks takes a closer look at the Thameslink Programme, a major project to increase capacity, improve connections and provide greater reliability on the Thameslink route. Senior Curator Laura Sleath tells us the history behind the only north-south mainline railway to cross London.
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Love Your Line - Museum Depot Open Weekend
15 April 2019, 3 minute readCelebrating the Victoria Line's 50th, Jubilee Line's 40th and District Lines 150th anniversaries at the Acton Depot Open Weekend. Find out more about the Tube lines you Love!
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Poster Girls - Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964)
4 July 2018, 1 minute readDavid Bownes, co-curator of our Poster Girls exhibition, talks about one of the illustrators featured in the exhibition, Mabel Lucie Attwell.
David Bownes, Co-Curator of our exhibition Poster Girls, talks about the 'Travel Queen', 1960s designer Dorrit Dekk.