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    Director's Blog - Welcome aboard (again)!

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 19 April 2021, 2 minute read

    Our Director Sam Mullins reveals what's in store at the Museum when we reopen on 17 May 2021.

    Families in the Museum
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    Welcome back to London Transport Museum

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 4 September 2020, 2 minute read

    We are ready and excited to welcome back our visitors at last on 7 September 2020. Our Director reveals what to expect from your next visit of the Museum, as well as giving you tips on the best routes to enjoy spectacular London views on your way to Covent Garden.

    The front entrance of the Museum
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    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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    Staycation in Acton - Welcome back to our Museum Depot!

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 10 August 2020, 2 minute read

    Our Museum Director reveals what families can expect from our Depot family summer season.

    A collage of photos including underground maps, signs and trains, and two children on an orange background
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    Opening the Museum Depot for a new summer season

    By Fenella Goodhart, 20 July 2020, 2 minute read

    We are getting ready to open the doors to our Museum Depot this summer. Find out what we have in store for our visitors.

    View of three historic trains, one yellow, one red and one white and green
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    Keeping our visitors and staff safe

    By Geoff Rowe, 9 July 2020, 3 minute read

    We are working hard to ensure that the Museum is safe for visitors and staff when we reopen in September. Find out more about the measures we are putting in place.

    A man and two children sitting on a bench at a tube station and wearing face masks
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    How can we use design to support the new ‘normal’?

    By Sau-Fun Mo, 24 June 2020, 3 minute read

    Our Head of Design looks at how new signage and wayfinding systems are going to become an essential part of everyone’s journey, be it for business, school, leisure or essential, after months of lockdown.

    A collage of health and safety signs
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    Return to Covent Garden Pt. 2

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, 17 June 2020, 2 minute read

    Our Museum Director returns to Covent Garden with a few colleagues to check on the sleeping London Transport Museum

    A man standing in Covent Garden Piazza with London Transport Museum in the background