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  1. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Climate Crossroads

    Engineering Change - Takeover Day

    11 November 2021, 2 minute read

    As part of Kids in Museums Takeover Day, on 12 November 2021 children from Wembley Primary School are putting their questions to grown-ups in the transport industry to find out what actions they are taking to help build a greener future. Find out more.

    Three Year 5 boys in school uniform wearing yellow high vis vests writing down ideas
  2. Blog category
    •  Climate Crossroads
    •  Learning Programmes

    Engineering Change - Meet the Engineers

    4 November 2021, 2 minute read

    Pupils from Wembley Primary School will be putting their questions to grown-ups in the transport industry to find out what actions they are taking to help build a greener future, during a live stream on 12 November 2021, part of our Engineering Change themed week.
    In this blog, we introduce two of the real-world engineers who will be talking to the Year 5 students.

    Engineers wearing high vis jackets on top of scaffolding in a tunnel
  3. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Engineering Change - Environmental warriors in the making

    13 October 2021, 3 minute read

    How can children become aware of environmental issues through exploring the history of transport? The children of Wembley Primary School have a lot to say about it, and we should be listening. Read more in this blog by Young Freelancer, Daisy Howarth.

    Hands of a school pupil taking notes on the image of a vintage poster from the museum's collection
  4. Blog category
    •  Volunteers

    All of London - Memories of a Museum volunteer inspired by our Connections map

    27 August 2021, 2 minute read

    Welcome Host volunteers Thomas and Bill talk about one of their favourite objects in the Museum, the Connections map on the ground floor.

    A family looks at a giant map of London
  5. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    On the Surface - London by bus and river

    By Nick Gill, 6 July 2021, 2 minute read

    Discover posters from our collection promoting travel by bus and river from 1945 to today, with Museum Depot volunteer guide Nick Gill.

    Psotrer depicting a busy river bank
  6. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Collections

    Independent Woman: The life and work of Dorothy Burroughes

    29 June 2021, 2 minute read

    Read about artist Dorothy Burroughes, who designed posters for London Transport in the 1920s, and get inspired to take part in Children's Art Week, from 28 June to 1 July 2021, and design your own poster with your family.

    Poster depicting a monkey with the words For the Zoo in the bottom
  7. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    The Underground’s Steam Survivor

    7 June 2021, 2 minute read

    Rudi Newman, a Doctor of transport history and London Transport Museum volunteer, talks about one of the highlights in our collection, the Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive No. 23.

    Detail of a steam locomotive with the words Metropolitan Railway 23
  8. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    'Music in London' by Hans Unger and Eberhard Schulze (1964)

    By Nick Gill, 4 June 2021, 2 minute read

    Depot volunteer guide Nick Gill explores the 1964 poster 'Music in London' by Hans Unger and Eberhard Schulze, one of the thousands of iconic posters in our world-renowned collection of transport posters and artworks.

    Poster depicting a bearded man playing a classical piano