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    Transported by Music – The delightful links between transport and opera

    By Elizabeth McKay, 3 December 2020, 2 minute read

    Discover the surprising links between transport and opera in this blog by Elizabeth McKay, the Museum’s Chief Operating Officer, inspired by a recent online event with Dr Harry Brünjes, Chairman of the English National Opera and the London Coliseum Theatre.

    A train carrying costumed characters on a theatre stage
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    5 things you'll love about our new website

    7 October 2020, 1 minute read

    We are excited for you to explore some of the amazing features of our brand new website. We picked 5 of our favourites which we think you'll love!

    Black and white photo of a man in a suit sitting in front of a computer
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    A brief history of tran-sports!

    By Ellie Miles, 11 September 2020, 1 minute read

    Did you know that London Underground has its own football league? And that London transport sports teams history dates back to the early twentieth century? Contemporary Curator Ellie Miles tells you more in this blog.

    Six football players wearing a blue kit standing in line in front of two red double decker buses
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    Poster Power - The way for all

    24 April 2020, 2 minute read

    London Transport has a long tradition of commissioning established and emerging artists to design advertising posters for the transport network. London Transport Museum’s collection holds around 15,000 between posters, prints and original artworks. As part of our Poster Power online celebrations from 25 April to 3 May 2020, we have asked Nick Gill, London Transport Museum Friend and volunteer guide for 17 years, to tell us about his favourite poster in the Museum’s collection.

    Poster of a woman dressed in Victorian clothes with green silhouettes of men and women in the background and a partially visible sign reading Underground
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    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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    Our Q Stock story: one year on

    11 November 2019, 3 minute read

    An update on our Q Stock restoration project by Project Manager Jullian Urry.

    Volunteers working on the inside of a train car
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    Untangling the Tracks: communicating change

    22 October 2019, 2 minute read

    Senior 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,

    A young woman looks at posters
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    Thameslink: A history through the city

    By Laura Sleath, 24 July 2019, 3 minute read

    Our 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.

    Print of works on a railway