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  1. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    15 November 2021, 2 minute read

    How do you show what it's like to travel on the London Underground in a theatre? Award-winning Designer Bunny Christie reveals how they have recreated Christopher Boone's adventurous Tube journey from Paddington to Willsden Junction in the upcoming production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

    Two actors on stage with a map of London visible in the background
  2. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    On the buses!

    9 November 2021, 1 minute read

    Meet Jimmy and Michael, two long-time friends who set themselves the challenge of completing all of London’s bus routes. We were delighted to welcome them to our Museum Depot this summer for a special visit with Depot Manager Mike Dipre and Depot Supervisor Keith Raeburn. Read on to find out how all about it.

    Two men stand in front of a heritage bus outside the museum depot
  3. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Collections

    Abram Games and the Festival of Britain travel poster

    14 May 2021, 2 minute read

    Over his six-decade career, Abram Games designed many iconic posters for London Transport, now in the Museum's collection. In 1951, he was commissioned to design the logo for the Festival of Britain, cementing his reputation as one of the best graphic designers of the 20th century. Find out more in this blog by Abram's daughter, Naomi Games.

    Weather vane made of a spiral and flags with the words Festival of Britain Transport Infromation
  4. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    More than storage - Behind the scenes at our Museum Depot

    30 April 2021, 2 minute read

    As we're getting ready to reopen our Museum Depot to families this May half term, find out what has been going on behind the scenes during winter in lockdown.

    View from above of three underground trains
  5. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Museum Depot

    Not all London buses are red: discover our green RM2 bus

    27 April 2021, 2 minute read

    Find out more about our green RM2 bus, on display at the Museum Depot in Acton, in this blog by Depot volunteer Grahame Bath.

    A green double decker bus in front of the Museum Depot
  6. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Guest blog

    Co-creating ‘Bus for the Future’ with London Transport Museum

    8 March 2021, 2 minute read

    To celebrate British Science Week (5-14 March 2021), we have developed a workshop for Key Stage 2 students to inspire the future generation of engineers and to start thinking about ways to create a sustainable future. In this blog, teachers from Mayfield Primary School share their experience working with us to create the workshop.

    Poster showing a red bus flying in the sky with the writing The Bus of the Future above it
  7. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    A brief history of the Thames Tunnel and the East London line

    22 February 2021, 2 minute read

    Katherine McAlpine, Director of the Brunel Museum, gives us an overview of the unusual history of the Thames Tunnel, London's first underwater tunnel, from visitor attraction to main railway connection between north and south London.

    Drawing of the Thames Tunnel showing the two entrances and pedestrians walking through
  8. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    All on the Board - Changing London journeys with the power of words

    29 January 2021, 2 minute read

    Meet Ian and Jeremy, aka N1 & E1 of All on the Board, the formerly anonymous masked duo who brighten Londoner's journeys on the Underground with their inspirational messages written on station notice boards.

    Two men in London Underground uniforms pose at the bottom of an escalator in front of a white notice board