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  1. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard
    •  Families

    What's in store for families and schools

    By Fenella Goodhart, 21 May 2021, 2 minute read

    Now that we've reopened our doors, we're back on track to deliver our fantastic programmes for families and schools, starting with fun activities at the Museum in Covent Garden and at the Museum Depot in Acton during May half term.

    A man and two children walking between two vintage trains
  2. Blog category
    •  Posters

    Winter Wonderland - Discover our festive Poster Parade

    By Georgia Morley, 2 December 2020, 1 minute read

    Senior Curator Georgia Morley shares five of her favourite posters from our new Poster Parade Winter Wonderland celebrating the magic of wintertime in London through the years.

    Winter fun-skating by Anna Hymas, 2016. Poster depicting people skating
  3. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    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
  4. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    Inspiring curiosity at London Transport Museum

    By Fenella Goodhart, 12 June 2020, 2 minute read

    Find out how we have been keeping the Museum alive in your hearts, minds and across your digital devices during lockdown.

    A teacher inspiring children
  5. Blog category
    •  Welcome Aboard

    Changing times in the world of museum retail

    By Laura Mullins, 3 June 2020, 2 minute read

    The Museum's Retail team is looking at how best to promote a socially distanced and pleasant shopping environment for when we reopen our doors in Covent Garden.

    A display of london transport themed children gifts in all the colour of the rainbow
  6. Blog category
    •  Posters

    Celebrating London's tramways past and present

    By Georgia Morley, 3 January 2020, 1 minute read

    We are starting the new year with a celebration of London’s tramways in our new Poster Parade on display at the Museum from 10 January to 26 March 2020. Find out more in this blog by Curator Georgia Morley.

    Poster depicting a trolleybus to Kingston
  7. Blog category
    •  Collections

    Celebrating Britain's transport textile

    By Georgia Morley, 7 January 2019

    Georgia Morley introduces the Celebrating Britain's Transport Textile project, exploring the use of moquette on the transport system since the 1920s

    A red, black green and yellow paid moquette pattern