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    •  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
  2. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    Hope springs eternal

    By Elizabeth McKay, 11 June 2021, 2 minute read

    After a rollercoaster of closures and cancellations, what does it mean to 'reopen the Museum better'? Find out how we've adapted our programmes, improved our galleries and delivered inspiring new projects in this blog by the Museum's COO Elizabeth McKay.

    A gallery with fake grass on the floor and digital screens on the side
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    •  Collections
    •  Posters

    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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    •  Welcome Aboard

    Shaping the future (and making lemonade)

    By Elizabeth McKay, 26 August 2020, 5 minute read

    As the arts & heritage sector still grapples with the aftermath of months in lockdown, new ways to engage with audiences have emerged. Our Chief Operating Officer looks at how London Transport Museum and other organisations around the world are paving the way for re-imagined live experience.

     A banner sign saying Welcome Aboard with a white train and red bus in the background
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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
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    •  Posters

    Celebrating 150 years of the District line with our new Poster Parade

    By Laura Sleath, 28 June 2019, 2 minute read

    Senior Curator Laura Sleath presents some of the posters in our new Poster Parade, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the District line.

    Underground map of London with the lines mark in red and black
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    •  Collections

    Spiral escalator: An engineering wonder ahead of its time

    By Laura Sleath, 2 August 2018

    In 1988, the rusty remains of an engineering experiment were found buried at the bottom of a lift shaft at Holloway Road station. Laura Sleath explores more about this engineering wonder ahead of its time.

    Construction of the spiral escalator at Holloway Road station, 1906