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  1. Blog category
    •  Climate Crossroads

    Teaming up with Mastercard to create a greener future

    24 July 2023, 2 minute read

    This summer, we’re teaming up with Mastercard to offer our visitors the opportunity to take a small action that will help restore some of the world’s forests. Find out how!

    Parent watching as child reaches up to stick leaf-shaped magnets onto display shaped like tree
  2. Blog category
    •  Q Stock Restoration
    •  Volunteers

    Working with the Q stock restoration team

    28 March 2023, 2 minute read

    Museum Depot Volunteer Andy Simpson shares his experience working on the restoration of the last remaining 1030s Q stock cars.

    A vintage tube train covered in graffiti
  3. Blog category
    •  Volunteers

    A day in the life of a Welcome Host volunteer - Depot edition

    2 December 2022, 3 minute read

    Welcome Host volunteer Thomas James shares his experience working at our September Depot Open Days

    Two people smiling while posing in the museum depot
  4. Blog category
    •  Volunteers
    •  Collections

    The Underground’s Unlikeliest ‘Ghost’

    9 November 2022, 3 minute read

    Museum Volunteer and Doctor of transport history Rudi Newman reveals the story of one of the few confirmed ‘hauntings’ on the Underground

    A locomotive emerging from a tunnel
  5. Blog category
    •  Climate Crossroads

    Abellio's electric bus - Making transport history

    30 August 2022, 2 minute read

    At our July Depot Open Days, visitors had the chance to explore the state of the art Alexander Dennis ADL/BYD Enviro 400 bus. Find out what our visitors asked the Abellio team about their electric buses.

    An Abellio ADL/BYD Enviro bus (side view) at the Museum Depot in Acton
  6. Blog category
    •  Volunteers
    •  Collections

    London Transport at War: Recruitment Posters from the First World War

    By Nick Gill, 12 August 2022, 3 minute read

    Find out how poster commisions by the the Underground Group contributed to recruitment propaganda at the beginning of the First World War, with Museum Depot volunteer Nick Gill.

    Poster depicting soldiers marching through ruined buildings
  7. Blog category
    •  Climate Crossroads
    •  Families

    Come on a Green Journey with us

    2 August 2022, 2 minute read

    Find out more about our Green Journey summer workshops, inspiring families to learn about possible solutions to climate change.

    A family playing with an interactive display in the Green Journey installation
  8. Blog category
    •  Climate Crossroads

    Celebrating London Climate Action Week with Mott MacDonald and Mastercard

    1 July 2022, 2 minute read

    To mark London Climate Action Week 2022, we talked to our Climate Crossroads sponsors, Mott MacDonald and Mastercard, about the ways they are helping to tackle climate change and build a greener London.

    Person cycling on a cycle lane